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Retail
How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
April 18, 2018

Restaurants are designed to cook great food — not operate delivery networks. “They are not meant to be logistics companies,” EatStreet CEO and Co-Founder Matt Howard told PYMNTS in an interview. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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How Secondhand Apparel Marketplaces Evolved From Brick-And-Mortar Consignment
April 18, 2018

The resale clothing trade is becoming fashionable: One in three women are reporting that they shopped secondhand within the past year, according to research by thredUP. That’s a total of 44 million shoppers in 2017, up from 35 million the previous year. Get the Full Story...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
April 18, 2018

Retail makes for strange bedfellows at times — and in this week’s odd annals is the pair-up of putative rivals Best Buy and Amazon. The two firms will be collaborating on the sale of smart TVs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
April 18, 2018

Home Depot, unique among the big-box store retailers, has not only survived in the age of the Amazon-effect, but thrived. Stock prices have grown 135 percent over the last five years, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Blockchain’s Unassuming Threat To Banks
April 18, 2018

FinTech innovation is often seen as a threat to the traditional banking status quo – at least, that is, until traditional FIs begin acquiring, partnering with or developing their own FinTech solutions. Take alternative finance, for instance: While alternative lenders initially emerged in an effort...

B2B Payments
Delinquencies Up, But Canadian Firms Prove Resilient Through Market Turmoil
April 18, 2018

Two trends uncovered in PayNet’s Canadian Small Business Lending Index may be cause for concern: the first, loan origination remains weak; the second, short-term delinquencies among small business borrowers have risen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Accounting Scandals Lead UK To Review Watchdog Powers
April 18, 2018

A slew of accounting scandals in the U.K. has led the government to launch an inquiry into the powers of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the government watchdog aimed at overseeing auditing and accounting practices in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
Australia Outpaces US In FinTech Adoption, OnDeck Says
April 18, 2018

Australia’s adoption of alternative finance and FinTech is outpacing that of the U.S., according to OnDeck Capital Chief Executive Noah Breslow. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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GTreasury Acquires Visual Risk For Corporate Treasury Compliance
April 18, 2018

Treasury management system provider GTreasury announced it reached a deal to acquire risk management and compliance software company Visual Risk, reports in Mondo Visione said Tuesday (April 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...