To help travelers and locals navigate cities without needing to lug around their bags, digital platforms are connecting consumers with businesses for luggage and bag storage. One example is Bounce, which offers luggage storage in local hotels and shops. CEO Cody Candee started the company...
The competition among mobile ordering apps for share of stomach is fierce and shows no signs of letting up. According to the latest Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, the volume of orders placed via mobile apps increased 130 percent between 2016 and 2018, and mobile orders now...
Gourmet grocer Dean & DeLuca continues to struggle due to increasing competition. 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...
Cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings has announced it will acquire GR Companies (“Grassroots”), the largest private vertically integrated multi-state operator, in a cash and stock deal valued at around $875 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Skalable Technologies announced Wednesday (July 17) the launch of Skalable Stream, an accounts payable (AP) automation solution. 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...
In corporate payments, crypto was — and often still is — questionable. Though innovators and analysts often turned toward bitcoin’s underlying infrastructure, blockchain, as the real source of opportunity to address B2B payments friction, cryptocurrency itself was rarely discussed as a viable option to do...
The U.K.’s Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) has named-and-shamed some of the nation’s largest organizations for their habit of failing to pay their suppliers on time, reports in The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday (July 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Logistics payments platform RoadSync is syncing into QuickBooks to boost transaction efficiency for its users. 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,...
As the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) brings more third parties into the European financial world, banks are seeing a shift in their relationships with customers. To withstand the shift, banks must get creative and evolve their platform offerings to include products from competing players,...
