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Point of Sale
Uber Eats Taps Olo To Streamline Food Delivery
June 26, 2019

To integrate directly into the point-of-sale (POS) systems of leading restaurant brands through Olo Rails, Uber Eats has teamed up with digital food ordering platform Olo. With the tie-up, orders placed through the Uber Eats app or website are injected directly into a restaurant’s order stream...

Payments Innovation
TransferWise Rolls Out Multicurrency Debit Card
June 26, 2019

In the United States, money transfer firm TransferWise has launched a Mastercard debit card along with an accompanying TransferWise Borderless multicurrency account. The card is said to work without balance limits in more than 40 currencies and its conversion fees are said to be in...

Retail
Is Better Sizing The Secret To Swimwear Innovation? 
June 26, 2019

While many of the retail innovators and entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS found the inspiration for their business while trying to find a solution, Kitty and Vibe Founder and CEO Cameron Armstrong is one of the few who described being reduced to tears by...

Retail
Unattended Retail Stumbles In China, But Global Growth Continues
June 26, 2019

Unattended retail is having a moment – a bad moment, as it turns out, in China, according to reports. The challenges there come as kiosks and other forms of unattended retail continue to develop globally. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
When Clothing Shopping Is All About The Experience
June 26, 2019

In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these merchants to bring them an easy experience, offering seamless shopping in store and online. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
San Francisco Votes To Ban eCigarettes
June 26, 2019

In a ban that would be the first of its kind to go into effect in the United States, San Francisco has voted to prohibit the sale of eCigarettes. Now, the measure will go to the mayor to be signed into legislation, Bloomberg reported. Get...

Retail
Alibaba Seeks To Attract International Brands Via English Tmall Portal
June 26, 2019

To bring the number of global brands to 40,000 over the three years to come, Alibaba rolled out a merchant-focused English-language website for its Tmall Global marketplace. The Chinese eCommerce firm said it aims to make Tmall Global more accessible and attractive to niche brands,...

B2B Payments
Acquisition Expands Amex GBT’s Germany Footprint
June 26, 2019

American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) is bolstering its corporate travel and expense management solutions through the acquisition of DER Business Travel. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

B2B Payments
Financial Data Analytics Firm MX Lands $100M Investment
June 26, 2019

MX, a Utah-based technology startup offering a data cleansing and analytics platform for the finance sector, has just announced a $100 million investment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...