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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach
April 24, 2017

This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. Apparently squeezing the $8 juice packets directly into a cup yields the exact...

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Data Dive: Bottom-Line Thinking On Bottom Lines
April 17, 2017

One day, Wells may not dominate the financial headlines the way it has.  But not yet. And elsewhere, suspicions are a-brewing about how fleet cards are managed, at least within the USPS as the IG finds cause for renewed oversight.   

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Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
April 10, 2017

As always, those keeping up with the mainstream news cycle are likely feeling the normal Monday morning nervousness today — though perhaps given the rather militaristic flavor of the last few days, today’s butterflies are a bit more unsettling than normal. The weekend kicked off with...

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Amazon Go Pauses, Bank Tech Gets Glitchy, Waze Navigates Order Ahead
April 03, 2017

Though April Fools’ Day is behind us, the mishaps of last week’s news haven’t quite gone away. While we had our own share of April Fools’ fun here at PYMNTS, there were some companies who probably wished their recent headlines were fiction rather than fact. Amazon’s...

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Alt-Lending Reshuffles, Auto Loan Alarm Bells And HHGregg Goes Bust
March 27, 2017

For those who are fans of big twists, stunning reversals and spectacular admissions of defeat, last week’s news cycle came as a sort of Christmas in March. No, we are not talking about healthcare, politics or whatever it is that happened on Capitol Hill. Our...

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Data Dive, Fierce Competitors Edition: Amazon, Chase And Google.
March 20, 2017

March this week improved on its “in like a lion” bonafides with a mid-month blizzard that socked most of the Northeast and gave us all our collective doubts that any lamb-like exits were in our national future. Innovation Project, incidentally, battled back against the blizzard...

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Costco Dares To Be Different, Google Gets More Global And Cybercriminals Get Organized
March 13, 2017

Americans are waking up slightly groggier this morning as we as a nation continue to adjust to Daylight Savings Time. The good news is that we are all somewhat less likely to be robbed for the next several months. According to the Brookings Institution, DST...

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Data Dive: Walmart And Amex Get Tough; Bitcoin Rebounds
March 06, 2017

March has arrived, and though the national weather map today indicates that most of the nation is still in the “in like a lion” part of the weather pattern, the early signs of spring are showing. The daffodils are fighting to make it to the surface, the...

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Data Dive: Competition Edition: Walmart, Zelle And Alibaba
February 27, 2017

The Academy Awards are over, and the trophies have all gone out. Granted, in the case of the Best Picture Award, getting the right trophy into the right hand tuned out to be a more difficult order than normal, but all’s well that ends well. Plus,...