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eBay Joins Growing List Of Online Retailers To Say Post-COVID Growth Will Slow
April 29, 2021

You could call it a statement of the obvious or a perhaps a physics refresher on the laws of gravity. But however you frame it, the fact remains that eBay just told investors that its growth in Q2 is going to be 8 to 10...

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O’Reilly Automotive Posts Record Q1 Sales Growth 
April 29, 2021

O’Reilly Automotive, one of the country’s largest auto parts retailers, said demand led to the best same-store sales growth in the company’s 64-year history. Despite the pandemic and extreme weather in some parts of the country, sales for the first quarter (ending March 31) increased...

B2B Payments
Unlocking R&D Tax Credits For The Unsuspecting Small Business
April 29, 2021

Decades ago, the U.S. government introduced a research and development (R&D) tax credit designed to incentivize innovation. But as regulation has evolved over the years, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been left out of the opportunity for a variety of reasons. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
Finding Space For The Relationship Manager In Modern SMB Banking
April 29, 2021

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have finally come into focus for banking and financial services innovators, resulting in the proliferation of neobanks and FinTechs challenging marketing incumbents to step up their game. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
As Real-Time Payment Rails Rise, Interoperability Comes Into Focus
April 29, 2021

Embracing new payment rails, and enhancing the value of existing ones, remains a key part of promoting overall payment innovation. But as real-time payment networks proliferate, a new challenge is on the rise: enabling interoperability between these rails on both a domestic and international scale....

B2B Payments
Rho Announces $100 Million Debt Financing
April 29, 2021

Rho Technologies has announced a $100 million debt financing from global impact investment firm, Community Investment Management (CIM), which will go toward new strategic investments and broaden its service offering to business clients, a press release emailed to PYMNTS said on Thursday (April 29). Get...

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US Auto Sales To Hit Record High For April
April 29, 2021

Auto retail sales for April are slated to go higher than they’ve ever been for that month in the U.S., according to a report from Yahoo Finance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Merchant Innovation
Camping World To Debut P2P RV Rentals
April 29, 2021

Camping World has rolled out details on its new peer-to-peer RV Rental service, a press release says. 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...

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Connected Economy 2021: Using Data To Accelerate Automotive’s Connected Future
April 29, 2021

Americans have always had a love affair with the car, which was first coined in 1961 as part of a television series designed to intensify that passion. The last 12-plus months have seen that love affair grow stronger still, as consumers, en masse, left the cities, public...