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Top Payments News: Visa Makes Olympic Move; Siri Comes To Walmart; Nike Leaves Amazon
November 13, 2019

Amazon is losing a major sneaker brand — could this be a sign of more to come? Meanwhile, Apple cozies up to Walmart and Facebook again tries to improve its payments game. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Xero Overhauls Payments For Faster Transactions
November 13, 2019

New Zealand’s cloud-based accounting firm Xero is overhauling payments to integrate with TransferWise, Stripe and GoCardless, Xero said in a press release Wednesday (Nov. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Investments
DoorDash Adds Another $100M To $2B Coffer
November 13, 2019

Delivery startup DoorDash, which is backed by investing giants like SoftBank Group and Sequoia Capital, has received an investment of $100 million, according to a report by Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

eCommerce
Alibaba Founder: Singles’ Day Sales Fell Short
November 13, 2019

Jack Ma, one of the founders of Alibaba Group Holding, said Singles Day, which is China’s version of Cyber Monday, missed sales projections, according to a report by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

eCommerce
New Clearbanc Program Protects Online Merchants’ Inventory
November 13, 2019

Clearbanc is launching an Inventory Protection Program to support eCommerce companies affected by the U.S.-China trade negotiations ahead of the holiday shopping rush, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Investments
Alibaba Files For Secondary $13.4B Listing In Hong Kong
November 13, 2019

China’s Alibaba Group has unveiled a secondary listing plan in Hong Kong dubbed “Project Tangerine” in an effort to raise about $13 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
JPMorgan Links With Boost For Commercial Card Acceptance
November 13, 2019

New York-headquartered Boost Payment Solutions is collaborating with J.P. Morgan’s Single-Use Card Accounts (SUA) to offer automated commercial card payments, Boost said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 13).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Retail
Uniqlo’s Quiet Retail Robot Revolution
November 13, 2019

In the life of any brand, a pivot – or even a series of pivots – is normal. Times change, tastes expand and brands that don’t evolve generally don’t survive – a lesson that any number of retailers have spent the last several years learning...

Retail
The Generation Gap In Holiday Shopping
November 13, 2019

The great holiday shopping rush is upon us and the annual spending extravaganza is underway as retailers do anything and everything within their power to try to lure in that enhanced consumer spend. But according to newly released data from The NPD Group, while every...