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Varo Money Raises $45M On Quest To Become A Bank
January 19, 2018

Mobile banking FinTech Varo Money has raised $45 million in Series B funding as it strives to become a mobile-only regulated bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Payment Methods
Integrated Payments: Beyond The Buzzword
January 19, 2018

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How RBC Put The Pizzazz Into P2P Payments
January 19, 2018

People love to give the gift of cash, and their friends and family typically love to receive it: Cash guarantees that the recipient gets a gift that he or she truly wants (and it’s never the wrong size or color!), which is a win for...

Retail
Private Labels Gone Public
January 18, 2018

Zalando is not a well-known website in the U.S. However, for European consumers, it’s a digital treasure chest for fashion and accessories at all levels. Among the things that separate Zalando from Amazon — the U.S.-based eCommerce giant to which the company is most often compared...

Retail
58.3 Percent Of Soup, Salad And Bowls QSRs Innovate With Kiosks
January 18, 2018

While quick service restaurants can be slow to innovate, soup, salad and bowls eateries may be among the more forward-thinking of the bunch. When popular salad chain Sweetgreen realized that few customers paid in cash and those who did slowed down their cashiers, for example,...

Retail
Domino’s CEO Sees Future In Autonomous Delivery
January 18, 2018

In the future of fast food, Domino’s Pizza’s CEO Patrick Doyle sees more voice orders from customers and deliveries from autonomous cars, he said in a Wednesday (Jan. 17) interview with TheStreet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Retail
Fitness With Fur Babies: The Next Health And Wellness Money Hole?
January 18, 2018

Forget crazy cat ladies — it seems that millennials, as a whole, are crazy pet people. They are not afraid to orient their lives and spending around their “fur babies,” whether that means cooking dinner for their pet, getting a tattoo of its name or face...

Retail
Chinese Millennials May Save Luxury Brands
January 18, 2018

Sales of luxury goods in China are skyrocketing — up around 20 percent from 2016 — in its sharpest growth since 2011, as Chinese millennials seek products like handbags and cosmetics, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

B2B Payments
In B2B Invoicing, Late Payments Vanquished Through Machine Learning
January 18, 2018

The paper chase bedevils efficient buyer/supplier relationships, particularly with large corporates buyers. Previse’s CEO Paul Christensen says the enemy is process when it comes to late payments --- an enemy that might be vanquished with machine learning and artificial intelligence, which can automatically ascertain which...