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Retail
Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Was Q2 the Bottom or the Beginning?
July 01, 2022

The past three months of runaway inflation, rising interest rates, worries about the war in Europe and the gloomy bear market at home may not have been branded with a fitting nickname yet but they surely will never be forgotten — especially by the nation’s...

Social Commerce
Twitter Launches Branded Likes 
July 01, 2022

Twitter is launching Branded Likes to all managed advertisers reaching consumers in the U.S., U.K., Saudi Arabia and Japan, according to a Friday (July 1) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Regulation
TechREG Weekly US: Former OCC Head Weighs in on SEC vs CFTC Crypto Oversight, Fed...
July 01, 2022

This week in TechREG, the debate about which regulator should oversee crypto assets continued with a former head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) suggesting that cryptocurrencies should be assessed as internet stocks. Gary Gensler, head of the Securities and Exchange...

Retail
Enjoy’s Joyless Ride to Bankruptcy Scorches Cash, SPACs and Reputations
July 01, 2022

In just 10 short months, former Apple executive and “Genius Bar” creator Ron Johnson rode his mobile store startup Enjoy Technology from the cash-drenched hills of Palo Alto to ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq in Times Square, to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in...

Retail
Retail Downturn Leads Kohl’s to End Sales Talks
July 01, 2022

Kohl’s announced Friday (July 1) that it was ending negotiations to put itself up for sale, citing a financing and retail environment that had “significantly deteriorated.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Banking
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Embedded Finance Can Help Banks Compete With FinTechs
July 01, 2022

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B2B Payments
‘1099 Generation’ Wants Easier Ways to Pay — and Get Paid
July 01, 2022

The definition of “employment” is continuing to shift, and that’s led to a corresponding shift in expectations on how workers in the gig economy get paid. And creators such as bloggers, photographers and influencers are redefining themselves as “solopreneurs” — independent contractors with all the...

Faster Payments
Small FIs Tap Third-Party Payments Providers to Fast Track Real-Time
July 01, 2022

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Banking
Banks Use Embedded Payments to Strengthen Digital Ties With SMBs
July 01, 2022

Remy Carole, V.P. of operations at Treasury Prime, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that embedded finance — the ability of FinTechs and other enterprises to offer banking services to their end customers — can have positive ripple effects across entire ecosystems. Get the Full...