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Delivery
Farm To Table Service, Milk And Eggs, Tills For Online Grocery Niche
August 30, 2018

In the online grocery and delivery space, the Amazon effect is palpable.  Any number of players are jockeying for position, hoping to gain a larger share of consumers’ minds and wallets.  But with miles of aisles, the pickings are mostly packaged — and the delivery...

Retail
Dunkin’ Donuts Announces Support For Alexa Voice Ordering
August 30, 2018

Dunkin’ Donuts announced Thursday (August 30) that ordering via Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa is now available. 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...

Cross Border Commerce
Ebury First FinTech To Use SWIFT gpi
August 30, 2018

SWIFT, the provider of the secure financial messaging system, announced Thursday (August 30) that Ebury has become the first FinTech to go live with SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
Grab Battles Go-Jek, Invests $250M In Startups
August 30, 2018

Grab announced that it plans to invest $250 million in Indonesian startups over the next three years through its new innovation arm. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Security & Fraud
TokenEx Launches Multi-Variant Tokenization
August 30, 2018

Data protection platform TokenEx has announced the launch of Multi-Variant Tokenization, a proprietary technology created to enhance how businesses operate and interact with sensitive data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Security & Fraud
Fiserv Patches Security Loophole In Messaging Feature
August 30, 2018

Fiserv recently had to fix a weakness in its web platform that provided non-actionable event messages for a small number of customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

International
The Tech And Payments Promise Of Africa
August 30, 2018

The next great tech frontier? 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 form, you agree to receive...

Delivery
Farm-To-Table Service, Milk And Eggs, Tills For Online Grocery Niche
August 30, 2018

Milk and Eggs CEO Kenneth Wu sees a niche in avoiding the store-focused online grocery delivery model and betting [on] the farm -- in a way. A ‘flattened’ model, sans traditional warehousing, gets produce to the customer hours after being plucked from the ground. Just-in-time supply...

News
Five At Five: Personalized eCommerce Shows Its Power
August 29, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes personalization gains by a major brand, along with a new, very optimistic take on Amazon. Chipotle has delivery news, a bank CEO talks mergers and a wholesale...