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Digital Banking
ADVANCE.AI Consortium Seeks Singaporean Digital Banking License
January 07, 2020

Yet another business consortium vies for a lucrative, wholesale digital banking license, according to reports. Singapore’s FinTech firm ADVANCE.AI, Hong Kong’s financial services company Sheng Ye Capital and Singapore’s firm Phillip Capital are the most recent in a series of contenders for critical business permits...

Merchant Innovation
At CES, Voice Plus Vehicles Jump Start The Connected Economy
January 07, 2020

The future of the connected vehicle ecosystem — emphasis on connected —  is becoming more clear, it seems, every day. And that push continues this week with news from Amazon and others, along with the start of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and...

Mobile Payments
Tracing The Rise Of Multi-Issuer Mobile Wallets
January 07, 2020

Mobile wallets are on the march, so to speak, and what happens with them in their next phase of development — in 2020 and beyond — will say much about what happens to broader areas of payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Security & Fraud
What Iran Can – And Won’t – Do In A Cyberwar
January 07, 2020

A crippling cyberwar with Iran looms, but maybe not. In an interview with Karen Webster, Samuel S. Visner, director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), separates fact from fiction as to what Iran can — and won’t — do when...

Merchant Innovation
NEW DATA: Why 64 Pct Of Merchant Services Providers Want A Payments Overhaul
January 07, 2020

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Investments
Alphabet Shares Soar Despite Regulator Scrutiny
January 07, 2020

Google parent company Alphabet and Facebook, despite a number of looming competition and antitrust investigations for both companies from U.S. government agencies, closed out at high share prices on Monday (Jan. 6), according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
Goop To Sell Wellness Products At Sephora Stores
January 07, 2020

Celebrity Gwyneth Paltrow’s company Goop, an array of lifestyle products and more, will partner with Sephora in 2020. 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...

Retail
NJ’s American Dream Mega-Mall Bucks Mall Vacancy Trend
January 06, 2020

The highly anticipated American Dream Mall (ADM) in New Jersey will hold its last opening day celebration in March with almost 100 percent of its 3.3 million square feet fully leased out to retail, food and entertainment tenants, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. 6).  Get...

Retail
Qualcomm Expects To Ship 1B 5G Smartphones By 2023
January 06, 2020

Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon spoke at CES 2020 on Monday (Jan. 6) and debuted a few new products from the company, according to a report by VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...