Hoping to help combat economic stress and support financial well-being, H&R Block is debuting a mobile banking platform called Spruce, the company announced Thursday (Jan. 20). According to the press release, this Spruce solution will “help everyone be good with money,” featuring a debit card...
WalkOut, which makes an autonomous end-to-end frictionless checkout platform, announced Tuesday (Jan. 18) that it has has a new brand identity called Flow. “We’re excited to announce our rebranding to Flow as 2022 marks the beginning of a new chapter for us,” Assaf Gedalia, CEO...
Consumers’ preferences for how they shop have radically changed since the pandemic caused them to reevaluate how they interact with their favorite grocers and pharmacies. PYMNTS’ research reveals that eight out of 10 grocery consumers shop at physical stores, but their desire for digital features...
The Bank of London has granted a non-exclusive license of its one-click checkout patent to the Seattle-based company Firmly, with an eye toward helping ad-to-checkout commerce, according to a Thursday (Jan. 13) press release. Powered by the Bank of London’s intellectual property, Firmly lets merchants...
AT&T has launched a mobile game that it says will demonstrate to customers the faster speeds and lower lag times that are delivered by 5G. The company says the game is one that “our fast, reliable, secure 5G was made for.” Warp Speed Worm is...
In a bid to enrich omnichannel engagement and improve conversion across the digital economy, Mastercard announced Tuesday (Dec. 21) that will acquire Dynamic Yield, the robust personalization platform and decision engine firm that fast-food giant McDonald’s has owned since 2019. Financial terms were not disclosed, and...
TicketCo, a Norway-based ticketing, payment and live-streaming platform for venues, is coming to America. “Bringing a comprehensive solution to venues that boosts access to audiences, greatly simplifies all sales tracking, and increases opportunities to generate more revenue, TicketCo expects to challenge many established competitors,” the...
As the weather turns colder across most of the U.S., people are reaching into their closets to pull out winter coats — or perhaps preparing to upgrade to a sleek battery-operated heated jacket to fight Jack Frost. But, as with any cutting-edge technology, consumers may...
Digital pay and banking tech provider i2c has been growing steadily through more deployment of its signature programs, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 7) press release. The release says that in November, the company rolled out programs in 10 markets and four continents. “The growth...