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B2B Payments
SMB Growth Stumbles Over Technology
February 04, 2019

While there’s been talk of an economic slowdown ahead, and declining optimism among the business community, the latest stats on small businesses (SMBs) are quite positive. Better-than-expected job performance, as well as new evidence from the Small Business Administration (SBA) on SMBs’ contribution to the economy, are...

Payments Innovation
Chase Going After PayPal, Stripe In eCommerce Payments
February 04, 2019

JPMorgan Chase is gearing up to take on the likes of Apple Pay, PayPal, and Stripe by boosting its market share in the global treasury services industry by a goal of 50 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Investments
VCs Urge Tech Startups To Spend Less
February 03, 2019

Venture capitalists are reportedly urging startup companies to curb their spending and hold on to more capital as concerns about the volatility in the stock market and the growth of the global economy are starting to worry them. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Retail
Why The Dollars Are Actually The Greatest Show On Turf
February 02, 2019

Rumor has it, there is some sort of football competition happening in Atlanta this weekend. 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...

Cross-border Payments
Prospect Of ‘No Deal’ Brexit Has FinTechs Scrambling
February 01, 2019

Deal or no deal? No, not the game show, because in the case of “no deal,” it seems like no one wins. That’s a nod to Brexit, of course. And the prospect of “no deal” Brexit has some FinTech firms seemingly anxious about what lies...

Retail
Mall Owner CEO Concerned About Retail Bankruptcies Continuing In 2019
February 01, 2019

David Simon, CEO of Simon Property Group, one of the biggest mall owners in the United States, said he’s concerned there could be more retail store closures and bankruptcies on the way this year, according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
NRF: Inventory Shrink Has $46.8M Impact On Retailers
February 01, 2019

In the modern age of retail, a National Retail Federation (NRF) study has found that inventory loss, due to crime or error, is having a $46.8 billion impact on the industry’s bottom line. The organization also noted that, on average, the shrink comes at a...

Retail
The Farmer’s Dog On Personalizing Pet Food Subscriptions
February 01, 2019

Some startups are born out of personal experience when an entrepreneur sees an unmet need in the market. The Farmer’s Dog Co-founder Brett Podolsky helped start his pet food company when he couldn’t find a way to solve his dog’s stomach ailments. After he tried many...

Retail
How Hims Taps eCommerce To Take Taboo Out Of Millennial Male Health
February 01, 2019

Mens health and personal care startup Hims offers up a pretty straightforward business proposition. Founded a little over a year ago, Hims seeks to tap the millennial male market by offering up skincare solutions, hair-loss products and erectile dysfunction medication (specifically, a generic form of...