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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...

B2B Payments
How SMBs’ Digital Banking Demands Change The KYC Challenge For Banks
November 14, 2019

While small businesses often struggle with a lack of integrated digital tools from their traditional financial service providers, the friction in small business banking is often acute even before an SMB opens an account. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
APIs Tackle Law Firms’ Collections Conundrum
November 14, 2019

Late and unpaid invoices are an accounts receivable nightmare for any business. But in the legal services arena, researchers estimate that up to 14 percent of all hours billed to clients are never paid, according to Clio’s 2019 Legal Trends Report. Get the Full Story...

Security & Fraud
FTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices
November 14, 2019

U.S. antitrust regulators are investigating Visa and Mastercard about their debit card policies, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Nov. 13). 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...