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Payments Innovation
Google Pay Smart Tap Hits The POS  
February 27, 2018

To help shoppers use gift cards, coupons and loyalty rewards when paying with their mobile phones, Ingenico Group has made Google Pay Smart Tap available on its point of sale (POS) systems in the U.K. Ingenico made the announcement at the Mobile World Congress, the company said in...

Payment Methods
Paying City Hall, At The Kiosk And Beyond
February 27, 2018

You can’t fight city hall, goes the saying, but there are new ways to pay city hall. News came earlier this month that Chicago’s finance department is enhancing its payment services in a multi-part initiative rolling out this year. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Banking
BoA To Open 500 New Retail Branches
February 27, 2018

Bank of America (BoA) announced news on Monday (Feb. 26) that it’s opening more than 500 new branches across the U.S. over the course of the next four years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Retail
Sam’s Club To Take On Grocery Delivery With Instacart
February 27, 2018

Walmart’s warehouse chain — Sam’s Club — has announced that it intends to offer home delivery of grocery goods through a new tie-in with Instacart. The expanded service will be online and available for consumers in the Dallas-Forth Worth area in Texas and in St....

Artificial Intelligence
Big Changes Are Coming To Google Assistant
February 27, 2018

Mobile World Congress 2018 is up and running in Barcelona — and Google is already announcing the latest round of updates, improvements and enhancements it has planned for its smart AI, the Google Assistant.  Google had previously announced that it was rolling out support for...

Artificial Intelligence
Is AI’s Next Evolution To Digital Humans?
February 27, 2018

What would you do if you met a digital human? 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...

Wearables
Fitbit Falls As Smartwatch Demands Change
February 26, 2018

After Fitbit’s revenue and profit missed expectations, the company’s shares fell 12 percent to $4.90 in late trading on Monday (Feb. 26). The news comes as smartwatches are taking the place of fitness trackers, Barron’s reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Investments
Go-Jek Raises $1.5B From Investors, Including BlackRock, Google
February 26, 2018

Go-Jek, the delivery and ride-hailing company located in Indonesia, has raised $1.5 billion in venture capital funding. 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...

Retail
How Wegmans Is Changing Lives — One Rapper At A Time
February 26, 2018

In an era where customer loyalty is hard to come by, the devotion — bordering on fanaticism — of Wegmans’ fans is the stuff of legend. Year after year, the upstate New York grocery store chain is either ranked as America’s favorite or at least...