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Twitter Ad Targeting Bug Could Have Exposed User Data
August 07, 2019

Twitter has admitted to ad-targeting data breaches in regard to user permissions, according to reports. 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
C2FO Lands $200M For Dynamic Discounting Tech
August 07, 2019

C2FO, an online loan marketplace that connects businesses with invoice financing, has announced $200 million in new funding as it looks to expand with small and medium-sized firms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
JPMC Makes ‘Strategic Investment’ In FreshBooks
August 07, 2019

After establishing itself as an accounting software platform for small businesses and self-employed professionals with paying customers in 160 countries, FreshBooks has announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has made a “strategic investment” in the company. FreshBooks aims to differentiate itself by creating easy-to-use accounting...

Retail
Groupon Debuts Membership Program
August 07, 2019

Groupon has announced an additional discount program called Groupon Select, according to a news release. 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,...

Retail
How An Online Automotive Deal Is Fueling A Retail Trend
August 07, 2019

Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for...

Retail
Toyota To Conduct Joint Robotic Research With Preferred Networks
August 07, 2019

To help fuel efforts to create robot helpers for homes, Toyota Motor Corp is turning to Preferred Networks Inc to conduct joint research. The idea is to create service robots that can learn in “typical living environments,” Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Retail
Why Rural Shoppers Need Digital Innovation Too
August 07, 2019

It is easy enough to think about the various advances in digital commerce as mostly being urban or suburban phenomena. Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail...

Retail
Putting Leisure In A Box, On Demand
August 07, 2019

Some entrepreneurs create companies to tackle a challenge they have faced in their own lives. Ballbox Founder and CEO Alexander Hejazi, for instance, moved to Chicago after college with all the essentials but didn’t have the items he wanted to use at the beach. While...

Retail
FedEx Will Not Renew Amazon Ground Delivery Contract
August 07, 2019

After ending its express U.S. shipping contract, per an announcement earlier in the summer, FedEx now plans to conclude its ground-delivery contract with Amazon and will not renew it. Shares of Amazon and FedEx had declined during premarket trading by at least 1 percent, CNBC...