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Latin America
Clip On How Payments Players Can Capture Digital-First Businesses, Consumer Loyalty in Mexico
February 11, 2022

Mexican consumers are using their mobile devices to purchase everything from groceries to movie tickets, leading merchants to reassess their payment offerings. In the latest Digitizing Payments In Latin America Playbook, Clip’s Mariano Carranza explains how merchants’ ability to offer payment tools such as mobile...

Payment Methods
Embedded Finance Tackles Generation Gap to Win and Serve Older Generations
February 11, 2022

The pandemic has given us all a chance to become more refined digital natives. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Investments
Today in FinTech: Venture Capitalists Made It Rain for FinTechs in 2021; Will 2022 See...
February 10, 2022

Cash rained down on FinTechs in 2021, with venture capitalists almost doubling funding in both transaction value and volume, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

International
EMEA Daily: L’Oréal eCommerce Growth Sparks 2021 Sales Spike; Delivery Hero Sees Record Decline Amid...
February 10, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, L’Oréal singled out its eCommerce growth of 25.7% as key to its strong 2021; and Germany’s Delivery Hero fell more than 31%, its largest decline ever. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Investments
Mark Cuban, Las Olas Venture Capital Invest in Supply Chain Tech Firm Leverage
February 10, 2022

Las Olas Venture Capital (LOVC) led a $5 million seed financing round into Leverage.ai, its third Fund II investment, according to a Thursday (Feb. 10) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Delivery
Deliveroo to Test Rapid Grocery Delivery in London
February 10, 2022

Deliveroo plans to trial its “Deliveroo Hop” rapid grocery service with supermarket chain Waitrose, Reuters reported Thursday (Feb. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

Banking
BoA: Roughly 3 Million Workers Use Its Corporate Employee Banking, Investing Program
February 10, 2022

Over 200 of Bank of America’s corporate and commercial clients around the U.S. — totaling 3 million employees — have adopted its Corporate Employee Banking and Investing program to help larger and mid-sized companies add more lending and investing programs, according to a press release...

Security & Fraud
CMA Finds 70% of UK Consumers Have Been Ripped Off Online
February 10, 2022

Seven out of every 10 people in a survey of more than 2,000 adults across the U.K. have experienced potential rip-offs online, according to new Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) research, which also notes 85% of survey respondents believed businesses were being dishonest with customers....

Payment Methods
Fyncr Unveils Credit Card Bill Payments Mobile App
February 10, 2022

Fyncr on Thursday (Feb. 10) released what it’s calling “the first all-in-one-card bill payment mobile application” in the U.S., noting in the company announcement that it’s focused on helping people manage their credit cards, save more money and spend smarter. Get the Full Story Complete...