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Delivery
Kroger Partners With Nuro To Deliver Using Autonomous Cars
June 29, 2018

Kroger, the grocery retailer, announced that it is partnering with tech company Nuro for the pilot of an on-road, fully autonomous delivery service for customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

CFPB
Mulvaney Reduces Penalty On Payday Lender Security Finance
June 29, 2018

The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut a fine against payday lenders in half, as well as dropped some of the agency’s earlier claims in the case. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Mobile Payments
PayPal’s Bill Ready On Making Checkout Smarter For Consumers And Merchants
June 29, 2018

Fighting payments friction is more or less PayPal’s DNA. 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,...

Security & Fraud
How Quicken Loans Maps Data To Digital Identity
June 29, 2018

News from the frontline of the digital fraud fight is mixed. A recent report found the number of data breaches dropped by 40 percent in Q1 2018. While that’s a positive development, more than 1.4 billion consumer records were exposed on the black market over...

Global Payments
Oracle Brings FinTech Program To Brussels, Blockchain Poised For Growth In India
June 28, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Oracle’s decision to bring its FinTech Innovation Program to Brussels. In addition, blockchain technology is expected to take hold in India and BS/2 plans to expand its point-of-sale (POS) terminal...

News
Five At Five: Amazon Gets Into Pill Delivery
June 28, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes Amazon’s latest healthcare move, along with a new digital banking service in the U.K. Visa and Mastercard might be making nice, Walmart digs 3D and JPMorgan has a...

Payment Methods
Contactless Payments Take The Prize At World Cup Stadiums
June 28, 2018

Soccer is a contact sport, but fans are using contactless payments at one of the sport’s most famous events: Approximately 17 percent of purchases with Visa in the World Cup’s 11 Russian host cities, for example, used contactless payment technology with devices such as smartphones,...

Banking
FIs Beef Up Loyalty And Digital Wallet Features
June 28, 2018

As digital banking and payments become mainstream, financial institutions (FIs) are stepping up their efforts to improve customer engagement (CE). The moves comes as consumers expect excellent product experiences as compelling new business models and product-level innovations come to market. Get the Full Story Complete...

International
Hive Project Inks Deal With Gosocket For Invoices, EBANX Teams Up With Light In The...
June 28, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Hive Project’s deal with Gosocket for invoice financing. In addition, EBANX is working with Light In The Box for card payments and Ukraine’s government says it doesn’t plan to regulate...