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Payment Methods
Beauty’s Digital Payments Makeover Being Driven by Permanent Behavioral Shifts
June 05, 2023

The contemporary commerce experience has become an end-to-end, digitally seamless and frictionless experience. Merchant payment capabilities need to keep up with, and even help push forward, this fast-evolving new normal. Beauty and wellness businesses were among those to “shift rapidly to digital-first solutions” due to...

Banking
Robinhood Customers Shift to High-Yield Deposits Amid Banking Turmoil
June 04, 2023

Robinhood Markets says its customers are switching to high-yield deposits amid recent banking sector turmoil. Speaking Friday (June 2) at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said total deposits into the company’s Gold Sweep program had surpassed $10 billion, “so it’s kind...

IPO
Cava Prepares IPO Roadshow Amid Fast-Casual Recovery
June 04, 2023

Fast casual eatery Cava is reportedly set to begin promoting its initial public offering (IPO). Executives from the Mediterranean-themed restaurant chain plan to begin a roadshow to attract investors as soon as Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (June 4). The report, citing people familiar with the matter,...

Security & Fraud
Report: Hackers Exploit File-Transfer Software MOVEit Security Flaw to Steal User Data
June 04, 2023

Hackers have reportedly stolen data from several users of file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer. That’s according to a Friday (June 2) report by Reuters, citing a disclosure from software maker Progress Software, which earlier in the week had revealed the vulnerability that it said could lead to potential...

Regulation
House GOP Crypto Bill Lays Out SEC and CFTC Roles
June 04, 2023

House Republicans have unveiled legislation they say fills in gaps in the country’s cryptocurrency regulations. The draft proposal, authored by Reps. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina and Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) explicit spot market authority over crypto commodities under...

Retail
Gen Z Splurges on Grocery Treats as Older Consumers Cut Back
June 04, 2023

As older consumers look for ways to reduce their grocery spending in the face of elevated food inflation, most young shoppers continue to splurge on the extra items they want, PYMNTS research reveals. By the Numbers Data from the latest installment of PYMNTS’ Consumer Inflation...

Retail
How to Rent Your Summer Wardrobe
June 03, 2023

If you can sell your clothes, why can’t you also rent out your clothes? By Rotation, a U.K.-based app, is looking embrace the mindset of consumers who sell their belongings on third-party marketplaces like Poshmark and The RealReal — but apply it to a rental...

Banking
Is Fed and FDIC Data on Dropping Bank Deposits a Blip or Trend?
June 02, 2023

For banks — and specifically for their consumers: No deposit, no return? The bedrocks of finance — the commercial banks — are seeing at least some turbulence as customers draw down on deposits. And to keep customers in place, and the funds in place, there...

Banking
JPMorgan Chase Fixes ‘Issue’ That Caused Duplicate Transactions on Zelle
June 02, 2023

J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly resolving some duplicate transactions experienced by its customers who used Zelle. The bank has apologized to customers, is working to resolve the issue, and will fix any double payments and related fees, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (June 2). Reached for comment...