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Starbucks Expects To See Slowing Growth In China
December 04, 2019

Starbucks has, once again, warned that its China comparable sales could rise 1 percent during the fiscal year. 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...

Investments
Rapyd FinTech Picks Up $20M; Eyes Big Acquisitions
December 04, 2019

London-based FinTech startup Rapyd has secured an additional $20 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $1.2 billion. 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...

Digital Banking
Lumin Digital To Power Banking, Bill Pay For University Of Illinois Credit Union
December 04, 2019

Lumin Digital has signed a multi-year contract with the University of Illinois Community Credit Union (UICCU) that will have Lumin’s cloud-based platform serve as the credit union’s digital banking solution for retail banking and bill payment. Expected to go live in the spring of 2020,...

B2B Payments
SoftBank Leads $100M Investment In Mexico’s Konfio
December 03, 2019

SoftBank Group has made another investment in Mexico, leading a $100 million funding round for small business (SMB) lender Konfio. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Investments
Postscript Gets $4.5M To Help eComm Firms Leverage SMS
December 03, 2019

To help Shopify shops keep in touch with consumers through SMS, Postscript notched $4.5 million in funding. Accomplice led the investment round, which was also backed by Wufoo Co-founder Kevin Hale and Kayak Co-founder Paul English, among others, according to reports.  Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
On-Demand Payment FinTech Hastee Helps Cos Pay Workers On Demand
December 03, 2019

A FinTech payday startup called Hastee has received a $270 million investment from Umbra Capital Partners, with participation from IDC Ventures and others, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Retail
77 Pct Of Holiday Gift Recipients Expect To Make Returns
December 03, 2019

The results of a new survey found that most people – around 77 percent – plan on returning some of their gifts this holiday season, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Payments Innovation
How FinTech Payment Platforms Power Marketplaces
December 03, 2019

FinTech firms are aiming to serve the payment needs of marketplaces with technology that helps funds flow both in and out of their accounts — a process that meets many challenges when dealing with so many payment services globally, or even in just one country. Modo,...

B2B Payments
SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line
December 03, 2019

The We Company, the parent of WeWork, uses a cash-flow metric called the “contribution margin,” which showed that its core services were profitable, Bloomberg Tax reported on Tuesday (Dec. 3). The contribution margin — also used by Lyft and Peloton — ignores fixed and startup...