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Retail
Grocery Round-Up: Amazon Fresh Opens, Whole Foods Cuts Prices And The US Grocery Sales Boom...
September 17, 2020

The only constant in the world of selling groceries of late seems to be the constant change. The long-awaited first Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar store officially opened for business in Los Angeles this week, while Whole Foods talked up falling prices. But new data indicate that...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin ATM Installations Approach 10K Globally; Homeland Security Runs Contest For Digital Wallet...
September 17, 2020

Two individuals from Russia who were recently sanctioned by the Treasury Department purportedly put into place copycat websites for cryptocurrency exchanges that that tricked people into providing login information, CoinDesk reported. After that time, they purportedly stole ether, bitcoin and NEO to the tune of...

IPO
Mortgage Lender LoanDepot Looks Toward $15B IPO
September 17, 2020

Five years after LoanDepot ditched plans to go public, the California-based lender, now worth as much as $15 billion, is giving the idea a second look. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
EVO Rolls Out Express Deposit B2B Push Payments With Visa Direct
September 17, 2020

To help merchants receive faster access to funds, EVO Payments Inc. has rolled out its Visa Direct-enabled EVO Express Deposit real-time push payments technology. The offering lets eligible U.S. retailers instantaneously get funds for card transactions with actual fund availability depending on receiving bank and geographic...

B2B Payments
NexaCollect Rolls Out Android App For Debt Collection Information
September 17, 2020

NexaCollect, which helps businesses locate collection agencies, has rolled out a mobile app for Android that is available on the Google Play store, according to an announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
ClearBank Introduces Multi-Currency Bank Accounts
September 17, 2020

Cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank has begun offering multi-currency bank accounts using an API, according to a press release. 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...

B2B Payments
CFPB Faces Contention On Loan Data For Minority, Women-Owned Businesses
September 17, 2020

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a new plan for how it looks at data from minority- and women-owned businesses, according to a report from Morning Consult. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Delivery
The eCommerce Digital Shift Is Spurring A Great Logistics Shift, Too
September 17, 2020

In the great digital shift, logistics firms are shifting, too. 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...

eCommerce
European Mall Operator Citycon Works On BOPIS Service
September 17, 2020

To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. Citycon runs 40 shopping centers throughout Estonia and the Nordic nations, Bloomberg reported. Get the...