Offline travel app Maps.me has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Alameda Research, joined by new investors cryptocurrency lender Genesis Capital and crypto firm CMS Holdings, according to a Monday (Jan. 18) announcement, Coindesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
In today’s top retail news, Alimentation Couche-Tard has scuttled an approximately $20 billion effort to buy Carrefour SA, while Ulta Beauty has reduced its corporate and field management staff amid the pandemic. Plus, the race is revving up at supermarket aisles throughout the nation to add...
India’s Reliance billionaire Mukesh Ambani is planning to embed its eCommerce app JioMart into WhatsApp within six months, according to a Mint report on Monday (Jan. 18), citing sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Walmart-controlled Flipkart Group, which is looking to go public, will now allow its customers to use rewards points alone to pay for products — online and off. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
In today’s top payments news around the world, Mobile Money and bKash have teamed with Ripple, while Ant Group is said to be quickly working to overhaul its operations to comply with government regulations. Plus, MercadoLibre has sold $1.1 billion in bonds to expand its...
“We’re going to fully activate the pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible,” Biden said in a speech on Friday (Jan. 15), outlining his plan to vaccinate 100 million Americans during his first 100 days in office....
CEO Michael Bor of CarLotz — a used-car platform he co-founded and expects to take public this week via a SPAC — says selling used vehicles isn’t all that different from his old job as a mergers-and-acquisitions investment banker. In both cases, someone would approach...
The race is revving up at grocery aisles across America to add “smart” shopping carts that can track what consumers pick up off the shelves and allow them to pay without standing in line. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Talbott Roche, CEO of Blackhawk, explores how COVID-19 has inspired a strengthening of ties to community — and payments have been an important mechanism in that process. “The payment solutions that will rise to the top in 2021 and beyond will be those that meaningfully connect...
