In today’s top payments news, PayPal has agreed to acquire shopping discount and rewards platform Honey Science Corporation. Also, professional services company Aon has announced it will buy digital insurance platform CoverWallet. And a movie and a meal can now be booked through Duplex via Google Assistant. Get the Full...
U.K.-based software firm The Access Group is expanding its footprint in the payroll technology space with two acquisitions, both announced Thursday (Nov. 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Banking Circle, a company that provides global B2B payment solutions, is collaborating with payment processing company Cardstream to deploy a small business lending solution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
A digital bank that raised $110 million from investors — including celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom — is suddenly struggling to find additional funding, CNBC reported on Thursday (Nov. 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
KPMG is rolling out a new payments security solution targeting B2B payments fraud, the company said Thursday (Nov. 21). 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...
There are plenty of firms in the shoes and apparel sector that are “going green” to some extent. But new shoe startup Thousand Fell is taking the quest a bit more seriously than most, with a fully recyclable shoe and a vision for keeping old...
With technologies that can automate the preparation of quick-service staples such as pizza, robotics firms that serve the restaurant market are gaining traction. News surfaced this week that food production technology provider Picnic notched an additional $5 million in seed funding and is bolstering its leadership team...
Back in the 1970s, when Annie Hurlbut Zander was an anthropology student researching Andean marketplaces in Peru, she became, in her own words, “addicted” to the textiles she would come across. “In the Andes, each village has its own distinctive weaving style, its own iconography...
After attempting to renovate too many locations and sell too many new products at once, Kroger Co. is going back to the basics of grocery retail. The U.S. supermarket company is intending to refresh stores at a slower clip to keep more locations fully operational,...
