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Regulation
Under GDPR, EU Regulators Probe Data Brokers, Credit Rating Agencies
November 08, 2018

A campaign group has asked EU regulators to investigate several data brokers, credit rating agencies and adtech companies to see if they are breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Ridesharing
Daimler, BMW To Combine Car Sharing Biz
November 08, 2018

The European Union’s (EU’s) competition authority has approved a plan by luxury carmakers Daimler and BMW to combine their car sharing businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Banking
UK Retail Banks Draft FinTech Alliance Guidelines
November 08, 2018

Top U.K. banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Mobile Payments
7-Eleven’s Chief Digital Officer On The Launch Of ‘Scan & Pay’
November 08, 2018

Cashierless payments are set to increasingly be part of the convenience store checkout model. 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...

Ridesharing
Can Lime’s Safety Push Attract More Bike, Scooter Users?
November 08, 2018

Scooters are so retro that they are almost brand new. 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...

Artificial Intelligence
NEW REPORT: Buzz Vs Reality — Measuring The AI Gap In Payments And Banking
November 08, 2018

Let’s play buzzword bingo: “AI” is so abuzz right now, it’s positively ablaze. However, does its usage live up to the label that the financial services and payments industry has given it? Not really. In the new study, The AI Gap, PYMNTS interviews executives at...

Investments
JD.com’s Q2 Tech Investments Jump 70 Percent Year Over Year
November 07, 2018

China’s JD.com’s quest to expand into technologies such as artificial intelligence and automation is causing its expenses to soar, with the company seeing its Q2 technology costs go up over 70 percent year over year for the third consecutive quarter. Get the Full Story Complete...

News
Five At Five: Instacart Makes A National Play
November 07, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest grocery pickup expansion effort, along with SWIFT talking about a rumor of a Ripple integration. American Express might have a database problem, Wells Fargo faces...

Security & Fraud
Ping Identity Survey Shows Consumers Will Go To Great Lengths To Protect Their Data
November 07, 2018

Ping Identity, the Identity Defined Security (IDS) company, announced on Wednesday (Nov. 7) that it has released the results of the Ping Identity 2018 Consumer Survey: Attitudes and Behavior in a Post-Breach Era, which found that many consumers are making changes in how they interact...