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Retail
CVS Plans To Shutter 22 ‘Underperforming’ Stores
November 06, 2019

In a regulatory filing, CVS Health said it will shutter 22 “underperforming” drugstores early in 2020, beyond the 46 stores it shuttered earlier this year. More information on the store locations was not immediately made known, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Retail
Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership With Holiday Fixtures
November 06, 2019

For the holiday season, Birchbox will grow its brick-and-mortar partnership with Walgreens by installing Birchbox holiday fixtures in 500 Walgreens stores. This is in addition to the Birchbox boutique-like locations that are now in 11 Walgreens stores. The new holiday fixtures will be in retail locations of the pharmacy chain...

How Saas Providers Can Tailor Subscription Payments For Emerging Markets
November 06, 2019

U.S. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers expanding globally may find that card payments give way to paper invoices and cash payments, says SaaS company Corel’s Executive Vice President of Global eCommerce and Digital Marketing Rob Charlebois. In this month’s Global Recurring Payments Tracker, he tells PYMNTS how...

Payment Methods
P2P Payments’ Rising Appeal Beyond Millennials
November 06, 2019

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments are exploding. 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 agree to receive...

B2B Payments
FinTech Firms Take The Reins In Open Banking For SMBs
November 06, 2019

Open Banking continues to explore new B2B use cases. This week, FinTech firms took the reins as they introduced application programming interface (API)-powered solutions for small businesses (SMBs). Experian, VoPay and QuickBooks leaned into the API opportunity via a range of B2B financial services use...

B2B Payments
The Expense Analytics Challenge Of Complex Invoices
November 06, 2019

If a small business buys office suppliers from a vendor once a month, it can be relatively straightforward for the accounts payable (AP) department receiving that supplier invoice to notice if their company has been overcharged. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Banking
Building A Challenger Bank That Actually Challenges Traditional Banking
November 06, 2019

There are several reasons why consumers might complain about the services provided by their traditional banks. Perhaps the worst, HM Bradley CEO Zach Bruhnke told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, is when one gets the feeling that their bank isn’t all that interested in...

Investments
WeWork Write-Off Triggers $6.5B Loss For SoftBank 
November 06, 2019

Japan’s SoftBank reported a $6.5 billion loss on Wednesday (Nov. 6), its first quarterly drop-off in 14 years and far larger than analysts’ estimates, Bloomberg and other news outlets reported.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Security & Fraud
When Being Proactive Creates Fraud Blind Spots
November 06, 2019

When it comes to fighting fraud, it’s not really what you know – not exactly, at least. It’s what you don’t know, and how you go about finding those gaps and putting up defenses via better data and new technology. Get the Full Story Complete...