To gauge the economic health and vitality of local economies, one need look no further than the financial stability of the small and medium-sized businesses that line the main streets and side streets of communities across the nation. A bustling Main Street signals a vibrant and...
With live sports and entertainment still mostly on hold, fans are getting their sports fix by betting on it. Dan Hannigan-Daley, director of sportsbook product at popular app DraftKings, says lockdown boredom and a lack of actual live sports to watch have been the perfect...
More than a few notable companies have started in a Silicon Valley garage. Maurice Brewster, CEO of Mosaic Global Transportation, said he believes he’s one of them. He has grown from a small group of vintage cars in the San Francisco area to a global,...
The year was off to a flying start for Chairish CEO Gregg Brockway. He said he felt good about the state of the high-end home decor market and his place in what was a rapidly growing eCommerce segment. In January and February, sales were in...
A day after Chantel Jeffries is scheduled to drop her anticipated single “Come Back to Me” featuring Shaylen on Wednesday (May 13), she will join DoorDash for a virtual dinner party at Chili’s featuring her new song, an exclusive menu and celebrity guests. Starting Thursday...
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, when you find yourself going through tough times, keep going. The current coronavirus pandemic seems interminable. The loss of life and the economic toll continue to mount. And across any number of verticals, merchants are struggling with sudden and steep drop-offs...
With a new solution announced Tuesday (March 17), identity trust and digital fraud protection firm Kount seeks to help people avoid the pitfalls and annoyances of account takeover fraud. Called Kount Control, it is an “adaptive protection solution” that will evaluate user behavior and device...
Inclusion is a laudable goal — bringing the 1.7 billion unbanked and underbanked people worldwide into the global digital marketplace is a nearly uncontested good. But it’s also a notoriously difficult problem to solve, particularly in places like sub-Saharan Africa where mobile penetration is high....
To solve the healthcare payments puzzle — look to eCommerce. In an interview with Karen Webster, Paul Ketchel, founder and CEO of MDsave, said that online platform models could help bring together patients seeking affordable care with providers and simplify billing and payments collection along...