U.K. challenger bank Starling Bank emerged on the market with a focus on consumers and sole traders, but the company is now planning an expansion of those services, reports in Specialist Banking said Wednesday (October 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Welcome to The Axis, your look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes The Western Union Company’s roll out of high-value digital transfers from the U.K. In addition, Gap Inc. has tapped Adyen for online and in-store payments in Europe, and the Bangalore...
Michael Barlow has called several places home: He has moved five times in seven years and lived with different roommates. But through his experiences, he didn’t have the furnishings that he wanted. “I never actually bought nice furniture,” Barlow, CEO and co-founder of Fernish, told...
Like most innovators, Arielle Charnas was looking to solve a problem when she launched her fashion blog – it just wasn’t a fashion problem. It was a boy problem: Namely, she was trying to impress an older guy she was seeing who had said the...
Target is rolling out a new discount brand, dubbed Smartly, intended to appeal to millennials. The line will include the kinds of household essentials that they might need in their apartments or starter homes, like dish soap and toilet paper. Smartly, which will encompass 70...
Facing a large debt payment, Sears Holdings is reportedly working with boutique consulting firm M-III Partners to prepare a bankruptcy filing. Sources familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that M-III Partners staff have been at the company’s headquarters. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
BuzzFeed is planning to open a toy store in New York City later this fall. 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,...
Walmart’s Canadian unit might start selling cannabis-based products in the future, although there are no immediate plans in the works. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year to prohibit unions from collecting fees from non-member public workers, but the government’s pressure on organized labor may not end there. Only weeks later, President Donald Trump’s administration issued a proposal that would restrict the ability for...
