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Delivery
Could Grubhub Become The Amazon Of Restaurants?
August 06, 2018

Grubhub made news a couple weeks ago when it simultaneously delivered a very strong Q2 2018 earnings report and announced the acquisition of LevelUp. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Banking
Wells Fargo Computer Glitch Forced Hundreds Of Foreclosures
August 06, 2018

Wells Fargo, the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that hundreds of individuals saw their homes in foreclosure because of a glitch in software the company used. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Investments
Payday Lender Wonga Gets £10M Lifeline
August 06, 2018

Payday loans company Wonga has received a much-needed £10 million cash infusion from Accel Partners and Balderton Capital, among others. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Putting Train Payments On The Fast Track
August 06, 2018

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Payments Innovation
Gusto CEO On The Future Of SMB Payroll
August 06, 2018

Seven years ago, Gusto Co-founder and CEO Josh Reeves wasn’t thinking about how he could disrupt the payroll industry. He wasn’t really thinking about payroll at all, he told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. He was thinking about the human brain. Get the Full...

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Five At Five: Bitcoin Trader Sentenced Following Federal Jury Conviction
August 03, 2018

Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a 41-month prison sentence for a bitcoin trader, Starbucks mulling a bitcoin project, Barclays investing in an alternative lender, Discover naming a new chief executive...

Delivery
Starbucks-Alibaba Deal Does Coffee Runs In Reverse
August 03, 2018

Talk about interesting delivery mashups: Starbucks and Alibaba partner to enable the delivery of Starbucks products to Chinese consumers as part of a deal that includes such Alibaba properties as Taobao, Alipay, Tmall, Hema and Ele.me. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
The Beauty Of Being Brandless
August 03, 2018

Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. They tend to like quality, have a strong preference for shopping online and enjoy a good bargain – but when it comes to buying from a specific brand? Not so much. Get the Full Story...

Retail
Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service
August 03, 2018

Brookstone, a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. But shopping malls aren’t nearly as busy as they once were, and, with declining foot traffic in U.S. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce...