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B2B Payments
Kabbage Acquires SMB Data Analytics Firm Radius
September 04, 2019

Small business lending platform Kabbage has announced the acquisition of data analytics platform Radius Intelligence. 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,...

B2B Payments
Challenger Lender B-North Taps Mambu, nCino For Launch
September 04, 2019

U.K. challenger bank B-North has tapped two FinTechs to power its small business lending and banking operations. 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...

Delivery
Australia Gets Taste Of Digital Food Delivery With DoorDash 
September 04, 2019

San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 4).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Artificial Intelligence
Marketplaces Bet That A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
September 04, 2019

In eCommerce, the right visual images pay dividends  when it comes to inducing shoppers toward impulse buys (or at least impulse browsing) across online platforms and marketplaces.  Richard Noguera, chief information security officer at Yapstone, tells PYMNTs that among younger shoppers – Millennials especially –...

Alternative Finances
Building A Better Payday Lending Product
September 04, 2019

Short-term lending has something of a bad rap in the United States — consumer advocacy groups have long accused them of being predatory debt traps, and both state and federal regulators have spent the last decade writing and rewriting regulations aimed at curtailing what they characterize as the short-term lending industry’s...

Banking
India’s Shadow Banks See Foreign Loans Tumble
September 04, 2019

India’s shadow banks are struggling as defaults in the country’s credit market have risen. 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...

International
Japan’s Struggling Regional Banks Take Investment Risks To Stay Afloat
September 03, 2019

Japan’s struggling regional banks are taking on riskier investments as they struggle to survive. 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...

Ridesharing
Investors Sour On Uber, Lyft
September 03, 2019

Shares of Uber and Lyft hit their lowest levels ever on Tuesday (Sept. 3). 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...

Regulation
Senate Antitrust Panel Turns Attention To Big Tech Acquisitions, Competition
September 03, 2019

The Senate Judiciary Committee antitrust panel is going to meet this month to look into issues surrounding Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google, and investigate antitrust concerns surrounding their acquisitions of smaller firms, according to a report by Reuters.  Get the Full Story Complete...