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Artificial Intelligence
Hotel, Banking Customers Embrace SoftBank’s Humanoid Robot, Pepper
July 30, 2018

Imagine you were traveling on business and you just arrived into town and had an emergency. Your luggage was sent to the wrong city or you were late for a critical meeting and you needed directions to the convention center. Get the Full Story Complete...

Risk Management
Netflix’s Failure With Hedging Provides Lessons For Digital Players
July 30, 2018

What’s good for the U.S. dollar was not good for Netflix in the second quarter, and the company’s experience (or lack thereof) with currency hedging holds lessons for other participants in the digital economy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Retail
The Shopper’s Brain On Bargains
July 28, 2018

Everyone loves a bargain, and there is something uniquely satisfying about not only getting whatever product one is after, but also getting it for a really, really low price. This is why so many of us have, usually in defending a purchase that someone questioned, uttered the...

News
Five At Five: Twitter Warns Investors On Monthly User Totals
July 27, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a Twitter warning on monthly active users, a U.S. intelligence warning of a possible cyberattack, grocery chain SUPERVALU being acquired by UNFI, an imminent comeback for RadioShack...

Global Payments
İşbank Launches API Portal, VTB Bank Rolls Out Mobile Banking
July 27, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes how Turkey’s İşbank rolled out an application programming interface (API) portal. In addition, Armenia’s VTB Bank launched mobile banking services, and Armenia’s ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank has started to accept JCB cards across the country....

Retail
Bringing Deep Discounting To One Of America’s Most Expensive Streets
July 27, 2018

For deal-hunting consumers, Five Below is the little-bit-of-everything store of their dreams. Putatively pitched at kids, tweens and teens, the shop offers goods across a wide variety of categories, with a focus on fashion accessories, sports items, home goods, technology, games crafts and gifts. As for...

Retail
Papa John’s Gets Sued By Its Founder
July 27, 2018

John Schnatter filed a lawsuit on Thursday (July 27) against the company he founded, Papa John’s, accusing it of failing to produce documents related to his ouster. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Retail
UNFI Plans To Buy SUPERVALU For $2.9B
July 27, 2018

Potentially lessening its reliance on Whole Foods, United Natural Foods (UNFI) said that it would acquire SUPERVALU for $2.9 billion. As it stands, Whole Foods comprises about 33 percent of UNFI’s business, and the grocer’s contract with the distributor is set to end in 2025,...

Retail
RadioShack Looks For A Comeback With HobbyTown Partnership
July 27, 2018

RadioShack is looking to make a comeback through a new partnership with HobbyTown. 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....