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Investments
DadeSystems Gets $9M To Expand Integrated Receivables Offering
November 14, 2019

FinTech receivables firm DadeSystems has raised $9 million in a Series D growth funding round led by Napier Park Financial Partners, DadeSystems said in a press release on Thursday (Nov. 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Facebook M&A Chief Defends Instagram Acquisition
November 14, 2019

Amin Zoufonoun, who heads up Facebook’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A), defended the company’s Instagram purchase in a Facebook post amid investigations by lawmakers and regulators, CNBC reported on Thursday (Nov. 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Retail
Why Doing Retail For Runners Isn’t About Chasing The Mass Market 
November 14, 2019

There is no shortage of startups that enter the wild world of direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail to address a hole in the market that leaves a massive number of consumers underserved. It is in fact one of the more common stories we encounter here at PYMNTS....

Retail
Walmart CEO: Progress Still Needed Online
November 14, 2019

It looks like Walmart will have some time back at the drawing board when it comes to their great eCommerce upgrade of recent years. During the post-earnings call with investors, CEO Doug McMillon noted that while the progress has been strong, there is still more to...

Retail
Boosting Innovation And Mobile Gaming Via Sports
November 14, 2019

Sports are big business around the globe, so it comes as no surprise that retail innovation constantly takes place within that industry, and in combination with payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Retail
Apple May Bundle Subscriptions To Attract Users
November 14, 2019

Apple is looking into bundling its digital products — News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Music — as a way to draw in subscribers, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Nov. 14), citing sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Banking
Regions Bank Makes A Digital Push With The Help Of AI
November 14, 2019

In the face of growing competition, banks are rethinking legacy processes and digitizing their customer journeys. For Alabama-based Regions Bank, artificial intelligence (AI) is the linchpin to reaching these goals, which it achieves with an AI system named ROSIE. In the inaugural Digital-First Banking Tracker,...

Payment Methods
For Marketplace Platform Payments Experiences, Is It Back To Basics?
November 14, 2019

It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of new sharing economy platforms. “The Uber of furniture,” P2P closet-sharing and crowdshipping all certainly sound innovative. There’s a lot of competition to capture the $6 trillion in online payments for U.S. digital and physical goods...

B2B Payments
Faster Payments Readies Global Payroll For A Paradigm Shift
November 14, 2019

Increasingly, the gold standard for payments is invisibility. 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 form, you...