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Lyft’s Stock Declines As Some On Wall Street Weigh In
April 02, 2019

Lyft, the ride-hailing startup which went public last week, saw its share price fall for the third trading day Tuesday (April 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Payment Methods
Wells Fargo Rolls Out Contactless Credit, Debit Cards
April 02, 2019

Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (April 2)  the launch of contactless consumer credit and debit cards. In a press release, Wells Fargo said the new cards will enable customers to complete transactions quickly and with a single tap at millions of merchants and transit systems that...

Payment Methods
Dollar General, Western Union Team Up To Expand Access To Money Transfers
April 02, 2019

Dollar General and Western Union announced Tuesday (April 2) that customers can complete Western Union money transfers at more than 15,400 locations in the 44 states with Dollar General store locations. In a press release, the companies said the alliance enables customers to initiate international...

Retail
Travel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
April 02, 2019

Travel companies often tackle the odyssey from home to destination and back, but Welcome Pickups is taking a different approach. The Greece-based company focuses squarely on transportation and other services once a consumer has arrived, such as airport transfers or airport pickups. The company aims...

Retail
Heyday’s Digital And Physical Reformation Of The Facial
April 02, 2019

The concept for Heyday, a New York-based startup aiming to bring facials to the masses, was dreamt up by Co-Founder and CEO Adam Ross when it occurred to him that the world of facials had a hollow middle. A consumer already very into them could...

Retail
Five Below Gives New Fuel To Brick-And-Mortar Retail
April 02, 2019

Consumers may be curbing their spending, and perhaps even anticipating a new recession, but that could all serve as fuel for certain types of retail expansion — in this case, more brick-and-mortar stores for deep discount chain Five Below. It stands as one recent example of...

Retail
New York City Mulls Fur Sales Ban
April 02, 2019

Following the lead of other municipalities, New York City could be going fur-free with a proposed law on the horizon. Council Speaker Corey Johnson recently introduced a bill to ban companies from selling fur apparel in the city, which comes after similar efforts in cities...

B2B Payments
UK SMBs May Soon Bank At Post Offices
April 02, 2019

A proposal under the U.K.’s Labour Party would turn some post offices into bank branches, with policymakers pointing to the need to broaden access to financial services for small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
Deutsche Executive Makes The Case For Commerzbank Merger
April 02, 2019

Deutsche Bank’s head of global transaction banking is making the case for the financial institution’s proposed merger with Commerzbank, aiming to quell concerns that the deal would lead to a decline in service quality. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...