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Social Commerce
YouTube To Stop Targeting Kids With Video Ads
August 20, 2019

YouTube is proposing to stop advertisements that target videos watched by kids in a bid to satisfy both regulators and consumer groups. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Ridesharing
New Uber Hub To Create 3K New Jobs In Texas
August 20, 2019

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Uber will receive $24 million from the state to establish a new U.S. General and Administrative Hub in Dallas. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Security & Fraud
Concerns Mount Over Banks’ Move To The Cloud
August 20, 2019

No rest for banks amid the hackers. And certainly not with an outsourced tech model. 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,...

Delivery
DoorDash, Revention Partner For Last-Mile Restaurant Deliveries
August 20, 2019

Restaurant management app Revention is teaming with on-demand logistics platform DoorDash to help restaurateurs streamline delivery operations, Revention said in a press release on Tuesday (Aug. 20).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Financial Inclusion
GenZ Gets Friendly With Credit
August 20, 2019

Generation Z is growing up. The oldest members of the generation born between the mid-90s and the mid-2010s (specific year ranges vary depending on who is supplying the figures) are graduating from college, getting their first jobs and starting to form their relationships with credit...

Delivery
Starship Tech Robots Expand Food Delivery To Colleges
August 20, 2019

Starship Technologies, a company that deploys self-driving robots, will expand and deliver everything from Starbucks to pizzas — but not booze — to college students all around the country, through partnerships with food companies Sodexo and Compass Group, according to a report by CNBC.  Get...

Retail
Walgreens And Kroger Widen Retail Partnership
August 20, 2019

With an expansion of a retail partnership between The Kroger Co. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, a Kroger Express grocery assortment and the Kroger Pickup service will come to 35 Walgreens locations in the Knoxville, Tennessee market. Also, Walgreens’ branded beauty and health products will be...

Retail
Voice Promises To Play A Big Retail Role This Holiday Season
August 20, 2019

When it comes to the holiday shopping season — an increasing area of focus for retail as the year starts to wind down — it’s not so much about the trends we will see, perhaps, as the trend we will hear. Get the Full Story Complete...

Retail
How Cafes Created The Momentum That Made Oat Milk 
August 20, 2019

Plant-based milks are incredibly trendy as of 2019, but are far from a new phenomenon. Soy milk (or something quite like it) has been on the menu in China since the 14th century, and an early variant on almond milk has been around since the Middle...