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Subscription Payments Meet Emerging Markets
October 09, 2019

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Investments
Apps And Alternative Finance Gain FinTech Investor Favor In India
October 08, 2019

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Cross-border Payments
US Expansion Of Trade Blacklist Hurts China’s AI Plans
October 08, 2019

The United States has expanded its blacklist of Chinese companies ahead of trade talks, and the move will potentially hurt China’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, and its desire to become the leading country with the technology by 2030. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Loyalty & Rewards
Rakuten And Prodege Team Up For Card-Linked Rewards
October 08, 2019

Rakuten In Store Network, an advertising platform to help push in-store sales and traffic with rewards programs linked to cards, has announced a partnership with engagement platform Prodege to increase its card-linked offers and allow for Prodege members to get gift cards and cash back...

News
Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra...
October 08, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world. Also, the European Commission has asked Facebook as well as the Libra Association to respond to multiple questions on risks that could...

Investments
Robinhood Relaunches Checking Feature With 2 Pct. APY
October 08, 2019

Stock trading app Robinhood, which offers no-fee trading, is relaunching a checking feature called Cash Management after it was previously shelved due to regulatory issues. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

IPO
Alphabet-Backed One Medical Preps For IPO
October 08, 2019

Alphabet-backed healthcare chain One Medical has joined forces with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley for a planned IPO, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Oct. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Retail
The ABCs Of QSR Mobility 
October 08, 2019

Five years ago, tapping a mobile phone to order ahead was still a relatively exotic idea. Starbucks mobile rewards were still new to the market — and though a veritable flood of mobile-based programs spun up offering similar points-based offers, at that time the firm...

Retail
Catering To Cookie Cravings With Healthier Online Offerings
October 08, 2019

Sara Sims has always been a big fan of cookie dough, but she stopped eating it after her teens when she realized it wasn’t healthy to eat raw dough. Sims, founder and president of Sara’s Cosmic Cookie Dough, told PYMNTS in an interview that she started...