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Payments Innovation
Zuckerberg Waiting For Green Light To Officially Launch WhatsApp In India
July 30, 2018

Facebook-owned WhatsApp is still working towards approval from the Indian government to officially launch its payment service across the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Investments
Cross-Border Paytech Firm TransferMate Scores Investment From ING
July 30, 2018

Cross-border business paytech firm TransferMate has received a €21 million investment from ING. 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....

Security & Fraud
KICKICO Announces It Lost Over $7M In Hack
July 30, 2018

KICKICO reported that it lost $7.7 million of KICK tokens in a hack last week. 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,...

Payment Methods
Chase Pay Customers With Samsung Phones Can Link To Samsung Pay
July 30, 2018

JPMorgan Chase announced Friday (July 27) that Chase Pay customers with a Samsung Galaxy smartphone can link Chase Pay to Samsung Pay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile Commerce
Bypass CEO: Dining’s Big Digital Disruption
July 30, 2018

Grubhub’s announcement last week, that it will acquire mobile ordering and payments platform LevelUp, is the most recent reminder that software and technology is eating the restaurant vertical, no pun intended. The market reaction to the news underscored that view: Grubhub’s stock price surged by a staggering 25 percent, analysts said, on the...

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...