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Mobile Payments
Apple Pay Gets Support From Target, Taco Bell, Other Retailers
January 22, 2019

Apple announced Tuesday (Jan. 22) that Target, Taco Bell, Hy-Vee supermarkets in the Midwest, Speedway convenience stores and Jack in the Box all now support Apple Pay, its digital payment service. In a press release, the Cupertino, California iPhone maker said that with the addition of...

Amazon Profile
Amazon Preps Brazilian Fulfillment And Delivery Network
January 22, 2019

Amazon is getting ready to launch the fulfillment and delivery network it has long been eyeing in Brazil, reported Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Regulation
Mastercard Fined $648M Over X-Border EU Interchange Fees
January 22, 2019

Mastercard was slapped with a $648.3 million fine by the European Union, which alleged that the payments company raised the costs of card payments artificially. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Retail
Don Lee Farms’ Veggie Burger That Bleeds Goes Global
January 22, 2019

The animal agriculture industry is, on the whole, not great for the planet Earth.  According to some estimates, industrialized animal agriculture is currently responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector — not to mention the large amounts of land and water that it...

eCommerce
Activist Investor Pushes eBay To Drop StubHub And Classifieds
January 22, 2019

It’s time for eBay to say goodbye to StubHub. 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 completing this form,...

Retail
Grocers’ In-Store Innovations For Boosting Consumer Spend
January 22, 2019

For many consumers, trips to the grocery store are a routine part of their everyday lives. In deciding where to shop, these customers value cost, convenience and choice: They want to be able to find the fresh staples they need in stores near their homes....

Retail
Milo On Growing An eCommerce Cookware Niche
January 22, 2019

Sometimes when entrepreneurs work on one idea, they end up finding the genesis for another concept. Milo Co-founder Kayden Horwitz, for instance, was working with his business partner on an organic bath towel business. Whenever they got together, they talked about his fantastic collection of...

Alternative Finances
Changes On Deck For The CFPB’s Payday Lending Rule
January 22, 2019

Could it be that the CFPB, under new Executive Director Kathy Kraninger, will be moving directly to eliminate the more controversial provisions of its payday lending rule? According to sources cited by American Banker, the CFPB will remove the controversial underwriting rules that would have forced lenders to...

Retail
Adidas Partners With Findmine On AI Shopping Experience
January 22, 2019

Adidas is partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) platform provider Findmine to offer complete product recommendations on the retailer’s site. 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...