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Retail
Amazon Halo Expansion Could Upend Connected Fitness Space
September 30, 2021

Alongside announcements about Alexa, home robots and other new devices earlier this week, Amazon unofficially set its sights on Peloton, aiming to take on the connected fitness giant with an expansion of its Halo platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
Social Commerce Is Retail’s New Inventory Headache
September 30, 2021

Retailers and brands have largely embraced the ability to meet consumers where they’re congregating on social networks, with Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and others rolling out features to help merchants communicate with shoppers and integrate commerce into their social presence. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Retail
Bed Bath & Beyond Traffic Declines in Q2
September 30, 2021

Bed Bath & Beyond saw a 26% drop in net sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 ending Aug. 28, compared to the same three-month period in 2020, the company reported on Thursday (Sept. 30) in its quarterly earnings release. Get the Full Story...

Investments
London FinTech TransferGo Raises $50M in Series C for Digital Payments
September 30, 2021

Money transfer startup TransferGo raised $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Elbrus Capital Fund III and Black River Ventures, according to reports on Thursday (Sept. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Delivery
Uber Eats Rolls Out Pumpkin Delivery in 3 Cities
September 30, 2021

With a little more than a month before Halloween, Uber Eats is trying to scare up interest in pumpkin delivery. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Payment Methods
HIFI Acquires The Music Fund Bringing AI to Bear on Sluggish Creator Economy Payments
September 30, 2021

In the latest news, artists’ financial rights organization HIFI is acquiring royalty payments FinTech The Music Fund (TMF) in a deal aimed at addressing the notion of a starving artist. Specifically, HIFI wants to leverage TMF’s artificial intelligence (AI) that powers a “smart-pricing algorithm” that gives artists and musicians a...

Investments
SoftBank-Backed ContractPodAi Notches $115M for AI-Powered Legal Platform
September 30, 2021

Legal tech platform ContractPodAi has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, according to a press release on Thursday (Sept. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Simple but Sophisticated APIs Hold Promise for B2Bs to Embed Banking Services
September 30, 2021

In an increasingly connected economy that’s laser-focused on profitability and rapid, digitized transactions, anything that can improve efficiency, agility and the customer experience is sure to be well received. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payments Innovation
33 Payments Execs Define Payments’ ‘New Normal’
September 30, 2021

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