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eCommerce
Amazon to Adjust Fulfillment Fees to Give Sellers Greater Transparency
December 05, 2023

Amazon is going to adjust its fulfillment fee structure to provide more transparency to sellers by creating separate fees for specific capabilities. Beginning Jan. 15, 2024, the company will specify different fees for sending products into its fulfillment network and for shipping products out of...

Investments
Mine Raises $30 Million to Expand Data Privacy Offering
December 05, 2023

Data privacy firm Mine has raised $30 million with the help of PayPal Ventures. The Series B funding round, co-led by Battery Ventures, will help the Israeli company scale MineOS, its B2B enterprise-grade product, Mine said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Dec. 5).  According to the...

B2B Payments
Mondu and Mangopay Partner on B2B Payments Solutions in Europe
December 05, 2023

Mondu and Mangopay have partnered to support B2B marketplace businesses across Europe by offering them a modular payments infrastructure that can be tailored to meet their specific needs. This new collaboration brings together Mondu’s B2B payments solutions and Mangopay’s modular and flexible payment infrastructure for...

B2B Payments
TreviPay Debuts All-in-One Payment Solution
December 05, 2023

B2B payments and invoicing network TreviPay has introduced an all-in-one payments solution. The new offering, announced Tuesday (Dec. 5) is part of a series of new features designed to help merchants build loyalty with their buyers. “By providing payment choice, convenience and customization, merchants across different industries, including retail,...

Delivery
Uber Delivery Expands Non-Restaurant Business With Launch of Courier Pickup
December 05, 2023

Uber’s delivery business is expanding beyond restaurants to include courier service from merchants not partnered with the company — a move that comes as aggregators race to capture consumers’ loyalty outside of mealtimes. The company announced Tuesday (Dec. 5) the launch of its “Store Pickup”...

B2B Payments
Hudson Hill Backs Wholesale B2B Platform MarketTime
December 05, 2023

Hudson Hill Capital has made a “significant” majority investment in B2B wholesale platform MarketTime. The private investment firm announced the funding Tuesday (Dec. 5), describing MarketTime as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform whose tools help facilitate more than $6 billion in wholesale retail commerce between brands,...

Point of Sale
Merchants Moving at the ‘Speed of Retail’ Must Offer Payments Choice at POS
December 05, 2023

Terry O’Neil, head of connected commerce and strategic growth for Citi Retail Services at Citi, said that connected commerce needs to move quickly. In fact, it needs to move at the speed of retail, as merchants must onboard new payment methods and options to meet...

Cross-border Payments
J.P. Morgan Payments: AI, Blockchain and APIs Make Cross-Border Payments as Simple as Domestic Transactions
December 05, 2023

It’s no surprise that businesses and consumers continue to seek alternatives to traditional, costly and time-consuming methods for international payments, driving a growing demand for faster, cheaper and more efficient cross-border payment solutions.  As their needs evolve, both consumers and corporates want their cross-border payment...

Artificial Intelligence
When There Is No FICO: AI and ML Transform Emerging Market Lending
December 05, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are no longer emerging technologies. The innovations have officially arrived, and they are already having an impact around the globe – particularly within payments and finance. “There’s a lot of data science magic that goes behind the simple...