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Loyalty & Rewards
For Restaurants, Loyalty Latecomers Can Leverage Consumer Data to Pull Ahead of Digital Veterans
December 28, 2021

If 2021 taught the restaurant industry anything about rewards programs, it is that contrary to prevailing ideas about digital innovation, slow and steady may in fact win the race. That is, it is more important to provide consumers with a well-built, compelling program personalized to...

B2B Payments
New Data: 15% of Receivables Are Late
December 28, 2021

Firms making domestic and international business-to-business (B2B) payments face many challenges as they craft seamless order-to-cash (O2C) processes. The primary issue is information management; they must collect, categorize and verify vast amounts of data and then share it among the departments and systems that firms...

International
Indian FinTech Slice Plans to Hire 800 People Next Year To Expand BNPL, Credit Products
December 28, 2021

Indian FinTech Slice on Tuesday (Dec. 28) said it’s planning to hire almost 800 new employees next year, canvassing its operations, design, product and engineering departments, according to a Business Standard report.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
CFO Focus Turns to Financial and Operational Metrics
December 28, 2021

When companies hire talented and expensive employees, the last thing they want is for them to spend their days manually keying data into spreadsheets. That sort of work, while necessary, doesn’t create value. It’s exactly why intelligent process automation exists, and is seeing increasing demand, by offering businesses a way to handle those repetitive tasks so employees don’t have to. Get...

Investments
Israeli SaaS Platform NeuroBrave Wraps Funding Round 
December 28, 2021

The Israeli Software-as-a-Service platform NeuroBrave has landed new investment with the help of the deep tech fund VentureIsrael.  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...

Retail
Today in Retail: Social Commerce Set to Explode; Handling Holiday Returns
December 28, 2021

In today’s top retail news, social commerce comes with plenty of potential and pitfalls, while retailers are facing a $200 billion holiday returns scenario. Also, FloBiz rolls out a point-of-sale billing platform, and the Bring-It-To-Me economy is reshaping the retail sector. Get the Full Story...

Investments
Kudo Money Closes $4M Funding to Advance On-Chain ID Passport for Crypto
December 28, 2021

Metaverse identity issuance protocol Kudo Money has raised $4 million from a cross-section of venture capitalists, crypto communities, media investors and decentralized protocols worldwide. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Investments
Digital Trust Platform MetaMap Raises $70M 
December 28, 2021

The FinTech MetaMap has raised $70 million in Series B funding as it plans to expand its operations in India.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Merchant Innovation
AT&T Hopes Warp Speed Worm Shows Consumers the Value of 5G
December 28, 2021

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.”  Get the Full Story...