It takes a different kind of executive to lead a finance team at a FinTech startup. Small wonder, then, the person doing the job at Zeni, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered finance concierge for startups, has a different kind of job title: chief financial officer (CFO)...
The UAE-based car-sharing service ekar is expanding into Saudi Arabia. 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 Today. By completing this...
Digital hieroglyphics of QR codes are everywhere now from airports to restaurants, leaving many to wonder what comes next — or if indeed we need something to replace a reborn piece of “outdated” character recognition tech that emerged as a hero of the pandemic. Get the...
For the grocery industry, one of the most exciting spaces today is the rise of ultrafast grocery delivery. Around the world, new players are making their entries into the category, from newcomer startups to leading on-demand delivery companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
In 2020, grocery shoppers adopted self-checkout more than ever before, motivated by contagion concerns prompting them to avoid face-to-face contact and seek out quicker ways to move through crowded stores. In 2021, this shift presented grocers with the opportunity to rethink their checkout options for...
The payment technology company Zwipe is working with consumer finance firm Easy Pay and security print products firm KL HI-TECH Secure Print Limited to develop and launch biometric payment cards in the Indian market by next summer, following internal tests and external pilots. Get the...
Twenty-one years of age. A time when new opportunities are on the horizon and life is just beginning. 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...
Nonfungible tokens – NFTs – are complicated, to put it lightly. For many consumers and retailers alike, they’re hard to explain, hard to conceptualize, and hard to understand why there is demand is for them. In the meantime, there’s an emerging, fast-growing buzz around them,...
What did holiday shopping look like this year? Well, we recently reported on how Mastercard — a company that just acquired Dynamic Yield from McDonald’s to personalize and contextualize offers to consumers — reports that retail sales overall were up 8.5% this holiday season (between Nov....
