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Retail
The Data Point: Amazon Overtakes Walmart as Top Retailer at 9.4% of Retail Spend in...
April 21, 2022

Coke and Pepsi. McDonald’s and Burger King. Apple and Microsoft. Ranking in high the pantheon of great of corporate rivalries is Amazon versus Walmart. In 2021, Amazon overtook its retail elder in all but one category — one that gets you right in the breadbasket...

Investments
New Funding Values Digital Freight Firm Convoy at $3.8B
April 21, 2022

Convoy, a digital freight firm, has raised $260 million in new funding, bringing the value of the Seattle-based company to $3.8 billion, according to a Thursday (April 21) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Retail
Tractor Supply Company Records Double-Digit Digital Sales Growth for 39th Consecutive Quarter
April 21, 2022

Rural lifestyle retail brand Tractor Supply Company keeps growing its online business, turning in double-digit growth in its eCommerce segment for the 39th consecutive quarter, according to the company’s fiscal 2022 first-quarter earnings report Thursday (April 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Investments
Australian Spend Management Platform Archa Raises $24M
April 21, 2022

Australian corporate card and spending management firm Archa announced (April 19) it raised $4 million and lined up a $20 million debt facility. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Investments
Swedish Delivery Firm Instabox Raises $190M
April 21, 2022

Delivery service Instabox has raised $190 million in a growth equity round that valued the Swedish company at north of $1 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Retail
Carvana Crashes Into ‘Challenging, Difficult, Deteriorating’ Environment
April 21, 2022

For a company whose stock had already fallen 70% in the past eight months, it would be hard to say Carvana investors were caught by surprise when the online used car retailer known for its “vending machine” delivery towers announced its first-quarter earnings results Wednesday...

Latin America
RecargaPay on How Pix Propelled Brazil Into the Global Digital Payments Spotlight
April 21, 2022

When Brazil’s central bank launched Pix last year, the country was thrust into the global payments spotlight. In this month’s "Digitizing Payments In Latin America Playbook," PYMNTS talked with RecargaPay’s Rodrigo Teijeiro about how this instant payments option shifted a mixed cash and credit card...

Cross Border Commerce
Localized Payments Put Developing World’s Auto Dealers in the Driver’s Seat
April 21, 2022

Sometimes, the buyer who will pay the most for a used car is in another country. In the U.S., Canada and European Union, environmental regulations and policies that prioritize electric vehicles over conventional ones reduced the market for older vehicles.  Get the Full Story Complete...

Security & Fraud
Card Issuing Platform Marqeta Launches Risk Management Suite
April 21, 2022

Global card issuing platform Marqeta is introducing a new product suite the company said will help customers that use its card-issuing platform fight fraud — a problem expected to generate losses of $400 billion over the next 10 years. Get the Full Story Complete the...