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Retail
Tastewise Brings Data To Dining
February 18, 2019

Food is big business — and getting the right flavor onto the right pallet is literally $1.5 trillion a year industry.  And getting on top of the right food trend can be a lucrative line — a fact that America’s pork producers learned over the...

Retail
How Digital Subscriptions Open Doors To Global Content
February 18, 2019

In the age when consumers can enjoy digital content at their fingertips, subscriptions are no longer just a novelty: They are opening the doors to libraries of music, movies and news — a pivotal way that consumers access information and entertainment from their favorite artists...

Retail
Why North American Merchants Are Adopting Alipay In-Store (And Online)
February 18, 2019

To serve travelers from China who want to shop in-store and online, retailers thousands of miles away from Asia are accepting Alipay in brick-and-mortar stores and on the web. The digital payment method, which is a payment affiliate of Alibaba, had more than 700 million...

Retail
Jet, Fulton Fish Market Team For Seafood Delivery
February 18, 2019

In an effort to deliver sustainable and fresh seafood to customers in New York City, Jet.com and Fulton Fish Market are teaming up for Jet’s City Grocery experience. The offering will allow customers to buy fresh yellowfin tuna and wild Chilean sea bass, among other products,...

Regulation
Morgan Lewis Principal Weighs In On Payday Loan Debate
February 18, 2019

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said earlier in the month that it will look to overhaul a number of payday loan regulations that were put in place in 2017 and were slated to go into effect in August of this year. Get the Full...

Retail
GoTrendier Will Use $3.5M In Funding To Expand In Latin America
February 18, 2019

GoTrendier, a peer-to-peer fashion marketplace in Mexico and Colombia, has raised $3.5 million that it will use to expand in both countries, as well as to launch in Chile, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Security & Fraud
China’s P2P Crackdown Nets 62 Arrests, $1.5B Seized
February 18, 2019

China’s Operation Fox Hunt has led to the arrest of 62 Chinese nationals abroad and the seizure of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in assets from 380 fraudulent peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, according to a Reuters report. The crackdown, which started up in June, comes as part...

B2B Payments
Down Under, Supermarkets Combat Late Payments
February 18, 2019

In Australia, large supermarket chains are among the firms combatting late payments, and adhering to a supplier payment code. In the U.S., the government shutdown impact lingers as workers and contractors are still waiting to get paid.

B2B Payments
AICPA Wants To Exclude Some SMB Tax Shelters
February 18, 2019

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to exclude some small businesses (SMBs) from being treated as tax shelters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...