Due to consumer demand, IDEX Biometrics on Monday (July 25) launched a biometrics payment card program across Turkey that should be in consumers’ hands by the first quarter of 2023, according to a press release. Earlier this year, IDEX, a provider of fingerprint identification technology,...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which is one of the top U.S. crypto regulators, is bolstering its regulatory power with the new Office of Technology Innovation, according to remarks from CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Monday (July 25). Behnam said this new office would grow...
Today in B2B payments, brands are offering NFTs rather than loyalty programs to their customers, while a PYMNTS report reveals the three must-have B2B payment tools for small businesses. Plus, Cartona will expand thanks to a $12 million fundraising round, HDBank and Unilever team up...
B2B logistics company Kwik is expanding its digital services with the debut of KwikStore, a free eCommerce storefront that lets merchants in Africa do business from their smartphones, according to a Monday (July 25) press release. “Social vendors can link their KwikStores to their social...
Ghost kitchen and restaurant technology hub Kitchen United raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to further evolve its multi-concept ordering technology platform currently being used by Burger King, Popeyes, Panera Bread, Wingstop, Brinker International and many others. The fresh infusion of capital...
Small- to medium-sized business (SMB) payers and suppliers often encounter a mismatch between the ways the two players want to make and receive payments — a potential source of continuous friction in the B2B ecosystem. For the SMB payers, the four most cited issues that...
Target is adding three new sortation centers to the six it already has nationwide with the overall goal to ship faster and improve customer experience, according to a Monday (July 25) press release. Two new centers are being added in greater Chicago and one will...
B2B accounts payable (AP) Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) company Finexio has closed a $30 million fundraising round at a $100 million pre-money valuation, according to a Monday (July 25) company press release. Mendon Venture Partners and National Bank Holdings Corporation led Finexio’s funding effort, with participation by...
In 1937, the “world’s greatest salesman,” Elmer Wheeler, shot to fame and fortune with a marketing book and quip “Don’t Sell the Steak — Sell the Sizzle.” Eighty-five years later, it appears that the nation’s largest — but most beleaguered — apparel retailer has taken...
