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Retail
Is GameStop’s New NFT Marketplace Diversification or Distraction?
February 03, 2022

GameStop Corp. on Thursday (Feb. 3) announced it has partnered with Australian blockchain startup Immutable X Pty Limited to create a fund worth up to $100 million in Immutable X’s IMX tokens, which will used to create non-fungible token (NFT) content and technology. Get the...

Regulation
Regulators Ordered Tesla to Fix Malfunctioning ‘Full Self-Driving’ Software
February 03, 2022

Nearly 54,000 Tesla vehicles came to a complete stop last week after the electric car maker discovered a software malfunction, according to documents filed by the California-based manufacturer with federal regulators. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Regulation
UK Professor: Digital Platforms Can’t Be Regulated Like Traditional Utility Networks 
February 03, 2022

In “Regulating Digital Platforms: Business Models, Technology Architectures, and Governance Rules,” Panos Constantinides, of the University of Manchester compares digital platforms with traditional utility networks (i.e. water, electricity) to find out if some of the lessons learned when these natural monopolies were regulated in the...

Retail
Investors, Retailers Wildly Disagree Over Fate of Battered eCommerce POS Companies
February 03, 2022

It seems there’s no middle ground these days when it comes to the payments and point of sale system providers space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Regulation
Autonomous Vehicle Advocates Press White House for Coordinated, National Rules
February 03, 2022

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday (Feb. 2) on the “road ahead for automated vehicles,” where most of the participants highlighted the need to adopt new rules for autonomous vehicles (AV), with differences in what is the most important area...

Faster Payments
Dwolla On Harnessing A Collaborative Approach To Security, Compliance As Financial Innovations Take Shape
February 03, 2022

FinTechs and banks are collaborating to give their customers unprecedented flexibility, control and speed, but that can create new security gaps. In the Real-Time Payments Tracker, Dwolla’s Dave Glaser says banks need to think differently about protecting financial data if they want connected banking to...

Regulation
EU Seeks Path to Global Tech Influence Through 5G, A.I. Standard Setting
February 03, 2022

The European Union may not be the world leader in the provision of some of the latest technological advances of our era — like artificial intelligence or 5G — but it still wants to have a say in setting international standards. For this purpose, the...

B2B Payments
Bitcoin Well CFO on the Business Case for Crypto
February 03, 2022

Bitcoin provides a means to financial independence and is going to be around a long time, says Allen D. Stephen, finance chief at Bitcoin Well, a company that’s exploring new ways to make to make the bitcoin experience easier for business-to-business (B2B) customers. Get the...

Latin America
Streaming Platforms Use Digital Payments to Gain Foothold in LatAm
February 03, 2022

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