What have the powerhouses Starbucks and Airbnb managed to do better than anyone else? Establish customer intimacy, according to Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay. Clerico has built WePay from the ground up through his innate love of people and by building relationships with customers to...
Alternative lending was born from a lack of big bank financing for small businesses in the wake of the financial crisis. But according to the latest figures from Biz2Credit, neither big banks nor alternative lenders are doing so hot in terms of SME loan volume....
Employee travel has been an area of innovation and technological advancement in recent times, but the space is far from where it should be, according to Runzheimer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Let’s face it — hosting a global sporting event as big and notable as the Olympics can’t be easy, especially for a country already dealing with a lot of its own issues. Though the city has drawn some criticism, there are still bright spots (outside...
When Disney bought Marvel in 2009 for $4 billion, there were plenty of grumbles to go around. Comic book purists and superfans – the normal denizens of Comic Con – were worried that Marvel superheroes care of the House of Mouse would be too watered...
Who doesn’t want an investment that’s insulated from external events, while also offering them a high probable return on their investment? LexShares, according to CEO and co-founder Jay Greenberg, does that and in a pretty counterintuitive way. Well, if you have an appetite for throwing...
Big Data management firm MapR is looking to go public, but before it does, the company announced a big funding round. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The Brexit vote may be well in the rearview mirror, but the effects linger, in the form of interest rates, political reverberations and, last but not least, stock market volatility. The overall sentiment has been that this is one seismic event that has been less...
Bloomberg went with “dismal” while The Street went with the slight more evocative “dreadful” for describing The Gap’s recent release of its sales data for July and Q2. The colorful group over at The Street also noted that despite showing some early summer signs of...
