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Retail
Retail Pulse: Best Buy Strikes Out With Small-Format Stores (But Beats On Earnings)
May 28, 2018

Despite a positive earnings report this week, Best Buy had another announcement: It’s in the process of closing all 250 of its U.S. small-format Best Buy Mobile stores. By May 31, they’ll all be gone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Retail
Comcast’s Retail Ambitions
May 28, 2018

One could be forgiven for becoming momentarily confused when entering the Comcast store location in Pueblo, Colo.; Aventura, Fla.; Henrico, Va.; Chattanooga, Tenn., or Tucson, Ariz.  A person’s natural response might be to look skeptically at the GPS device on their phone and wonder why it had lead them...

Investments
 The Silicon Valley Coin Wants To Make Everyone A VC (Sort Of)
May 28, 2018

Investing? In Uber, in Airbnb, in the big guns and the up-and-coming pistols of tech? 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,...

Regulation
Across Regulatory Headlines, (Not) All GDPR, All The Time
May 28, 2018

It wasn’t all about GDPR. 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...

Regulation
Deal Would Allow ZTE To Work With US Suppliers Again
May 28, 2018

A month after ZTE was banned from buying tech components from American companies after reportedly breaking U.S. sanctions against North Korea and Iran, the company may have a reprieve: The Trump administration has reportedly told lawmakers that it has come to a deal with the...

Europe
EU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
May 28, 2018

To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund innovation and research in tech startup projects across the region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Security & Fraud
Paytm Accused Of Sharing User Data With Indian Government
May 28, 2018

Paytm, the leading digital wallet company in India with more than 230 million customers, has reportedly shared the personal data of users with the Indian government. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Regulation
Facebook, Google Get Hit With GDPR Lawsuits Totaling $8.8B
May 28, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is newly on the books in the European Union, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook and Google from being hit with a handful of lawsuits having to do with how they share data. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Retail
Spotify-Enabled MP3 Player Selling For A Discount
May 28, 2018

Mighty, the MP3 player that gives people access to Spotify, is selling for a discounted rate for a limited period of time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...