In today’s top news, Germany’s leaders will vote on the Road Traffic Act on Friday, which will determine the regulation of eScooters in the country, and Softbank’s quarterly profit dropped 99 percent. Also, the FTC expanded its antitrust probe into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, and...
Cross-border consumer credit startup Nova Credit has raised $50 million in Series B equity financing, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 12) release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Three startups that have invested millions in ride-hailing motorcycle taxis in the African country of Nigeria are left with wheels spinning after regulatory changes restricted the use of the vehicles in the city of Lagos, according to a report by TechCrunch. Get the Full Story...
Business email compromise (BEC) scams are squeezing more money than ever out of victims, and accounted for more than half of all losses from cyberattacks last year, according to the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report released on Tuesday (Feb. 11). Get the Full Story Complete the...
Visa has made a strategic investment in the point-of-sale (POS) financing technology platform ChargeAfter to support its partnership to bring more financing options to checkout, the companies announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
With its newest Galaxy S20 flagship phones, Samsung is providing customers with 5G devices in the U.S. and many other markets even if they don’t use the 5G connectivity feature. The base model for this year also comes at a price that is $250 higher...
There is really no way to interpret a pork rind – the fried skin of a pig – as a healthy snack. Per serving, which is a single unit, a pork rind has 154 calories, 515 milligrams of sodium, 27 milligrams of cholesterol and 9...
Here comes the connected bride. And this year’s model has a series of new platforms, partnerships and interactive tools to plan the wedding. For their part, retailers are trying to get data, drive engagement and get more market share in a business where an average...
With holiday sales skyrocketing from 2018 to 2019, Canada’s Shopify registered quarterly earnings that exceeded expectations. The eCommerce firm notched global sales of more than $2.9 billion from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, an increase of approximately 61 percent during the same timeframe in the...
