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Mobile Payments
Analyst: Square Cash App Downloads Top Venmo’s
June 13, 2019

A new report shows that Square’s Cash App downloads increased by 2.2 million last month, while Venmo’s were up 1.7 million. According to a report from Nomura Instinet analyst Dan Dolev, the data also shows a slowdown in Venmo’s user acquisition. While year-over-year growth for...

South East Asia
Grab Considered Buying Payments Provider 2C2P
June 13, 2019

In a sign of Grab’s ambitions in the financial services space, the Singapore ride-hailing firm reportedly had discussions to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte. Unnamed sources claim that the company was one of various possible bidders interested in the payments firm, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full...

IPO
Fiverr’s IPO Bodes Well For (Some) Gig Economy Stocks
June 13, 2019

Amid a slew of busted initial public offerings in the tech realm, with Uber and Lyft among them, and the specter of regulators looking into platform firms like Facebook and Google, a recent addition to the pantheon bears watching. Get the Full Story Complete the...

News
President Trump Reveals Apple CEO Was At White House
June 13, 2019

President Donald Trump told reporters that Apple CEO Tim Cook was at the White House on Thursday (June 13), according to a report by Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Payment Methods
Columbia Care Launches Cannabis Credit Card
June 13, 2019

Columbia Care, a medical cannabis company that has licenses in 15 jurisdictions in the European Union and the U.S., is launching the Columbia National Credit program with its new CNC Card, according to a release by the company. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Banking
UK Digital Bank Monzo Crosses Pond To US
June 13, 2019

Digital bank Monzo, based in the United Kingdom, is crossing the pond. 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...

Cross-border Payments
Revolut Expands Beta Version Into Australia
June 13, 2019

Financial technology company Revolut has ventured beyond Europe and into Australia as of Thursday (June 13), according to a report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Retail
Target Adds Same-Day Delivery In Escalating Showdown With Amazon, Walmart
June 13, 2019

Retail giant Target is making same-day delivery though Shipt available to all of its shoppers, according to a report by CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Banking
i2c Teams With Zero To Launch Hybrid Debit/Credit Card
June 13, 2019

To help reimagine the traditional banking experience, digital banking and payments processing technology and infrastructure provider i2c is teaming with Zero. As a financial technology company, Zero lets consumers experience the things they enjoy about debit cards while using a credit card, i2c said in...