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Payments Innovation
Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention
October 21, 2019

The mood in the air at the start of the 2010s was different from the one that preceded the start of the 2000s. The shift from 1999 to 2000 was (mostly) a joyous and cheerful environment. Sure, there was a slight lingering concern that a...

B2B Payments
Citi On Supply Chain Finance In An Age Of (Global) Uncertainty
October 21, 2019

Trade wars. Tariffs. Brexit. Beyond the headlines and stock market gyrations, beyond the speeches from politicians and academics, lies the very real impact of geopolitics on supply chains: Trade corridors are refashioned. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Payments Innovation
Bain’s Matt Harris On Skating To Where The B2B Innovation Puck’s Headed
October 21, 2019

Recent weeks have seen headlines in the financial press heralding the death of unicorns — tech companies that are (or were) valued at $1 billion or more, that went public, crashed and burned. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Investments
SoftBank Wants Majority Stake In WeWork, Sans Liabilities
October 21, 2019

SoftBank looks to become the majority owner of WeWork without getting into long-term lease obligations, Reuters said on Saturday, Oct. 19. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Ridesharing
Uber Eats Rolls Out Pickup Feature Nationwide
October 20, 2019

Uber Eats announced that it has launched a new pickup feature nationwide. 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...

Delivery
FAA Clears Alphabet-Owned Wing To Deliver By Drone
October 20, 2019

The Federal Aviation Administration has allowed Wing, an Alphabet-owned drone delivery service, to perform at home deliveries using the vehicles.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Social Commerce
The Lucrative Advertising Life Of Instafamous Kids
October 19, 2019

On June 3, 2019, a star was born. Her name is Alessi Ren Luyendyk. If you are wondering why a random four-month-old baby is a star, young Ms. Luyendyk was born with the most reliable indicator of bonafide celebrity status as of 2019: a little...

Banking
No More Free Lunch For Swiss Bank Account Customers
October 18, 2019

Swiss banks are going to start charging their millionaire customers to store money, according to a report by CNN. 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...

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WeWork Woes, AI Views And Gig Economy Pay Top Week’s News
October 18, 2019

Happy weekend! You might have missed some vital payments and commerce news this busy week, but the PYMNTS Weekender has you covered. We have deep dives on the gig economy, what AI really means to payment execs, and the Fortnite black hole, among many other...