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202Today In Data: Yelp Boosts Commerce
Merchant review website Yelp has a unique status in the eCommerce landscape, allowing customers the opportunity to peer review their favorite — and...
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1.3KToday In Data: SoFi’s Woes
Online lender and tech startup Social Finance (SoFi) made recent news when its chief executive officer, Mike Cagney, stepped down following a...
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1.8KToday In Data: TNS Survey Shows Customers’ Security Insecurities
According to a recent survey by Transaction Network Services (TNS), 85 percent of adults in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia...
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1.3KToday In Data: Same Day ACH
In a recent interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Jane Larimer, chief operating officer at NACHA, said the financial services industry has done much...
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1.7KToday In Data: Devastation From 2017 Hurricanes
Natural disasters are horrifically destructive events, and Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were no exception in terms of economic loss. With some affected...
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1.7KToday In Data: Equifax’s Data Breach
Last week, Equifax disclosed a data breach that could impact 143 million consumers. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized fraudulent access...
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1.8KToday in Data: AmEx’s $96M Discriminatory Payout
Fair practices among credit card companies are determined by the Federal Trade Commission. Most of the time, companies abide by the rules,...
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2.3KToday in Data: Walmart’s Finance And Digital News
Since 1962, Walmart has been the de facto discount grocery chain of choice for many across the United States. While the retailer’s...
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1.8KToday in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy’s U.S. Expansion Funding
It can be argued that one of the highest costs to expanding professional careers is that of funding student loans. Post-primary schooling...
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1.8KToday In Data: Apple’s Piece Of The Smartwatch Pie
Watches have certainly seen an evolution over the years. First there was analog, which turned into digital and now smartwatches are the...
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1.2KToday in Data: Soaring Global IT Security Spend
As long as there is an open window, a robber will always find a way to get inside the home to take...
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2.4KToday in Data: Amazon’s Powerful Presence
Amazon is a powerful presence in the retail industry. There’s no doubt about the magnitude of the effect it has had on...
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3.2KToday in Data: Delivery Dive
While the retail industry is undergoing its transformation, there’s one clear winner on both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce delivery services. Today’s retail practically...
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2.1KToday in Data: Bitcoin’s Weekend Surge
It’s been quite the year for cryptocurrencies, and the one that seems to be at the top of the group saw a...
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2.2KThis Week In Retail: Earnings, Industry Shifts And Launches
This week in retail, we’ve seen a myriad of movement from nearly all sides. We’ve seen earnings surge, earnings dive down, launches and...
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2.1KToday in Data: Shifting Grocery Aisles
Grocery stores. It’s the last frontier of change in today’s digitally driven retail world, and the industry is starting to shift strategies....
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2.6KToday in Data: Financial Earnings Download
Money helps move the world around as the core piece that ties all financial transactions together. Whether it’s physical cash, digital currency...
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2.2KToday in Data: Mobile Features and Launches
Mobile has essentially become one of the major backbones of the retail industry over the last few years. With 44 percent of...
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2.3KToday In Data: These Brands Are Getting Skinny To Answer Dipping Stocks
Nothing sells like bad news. Certainly not Under Armour sportswear or Blue Apron meal kit subscriptions. Both companies have found themselves grasping...
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1.4KToday in Data: Earnings Surge
The rise and fall of the stock market can be quite exciting. At any second of the day, companies’ shares can see...
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1.7KToday in Data: Mobile App News Breakdown
To be successful in today’s business arena, there’s little to no getting around not having some form of a mobile app. Through...
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3.8KToday in Data: QR Codes in Payments
QR codes are making waves in the digital payments arena. What was once just a way to encode information made available upon...
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4.3KToday in Data: Wells Fargo Updates
To say that it’s been a rough few years for Wells Fargo would be an understatement. Within just the last few months,...
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1.6KToday in Data: Mobile Payment News
Mobile devices have become the central conduit for most people’s lives in today’s high-tech world. With most people carrying their smartphones at...
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2.4KToday in Data: Strong Earnings For All!
When it comes to earnings time, there is no company that’s not hoping for a positive outcome. From social media giants like...
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1.5KToday in Data: The Flow of Funding
Moving the ball for most any business includes a variety of things to get it going. From finding the right business partners...
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1.5KToday In Data: Payments In Motion
Payments flow through society like water through a faucet. There’s no escaping it, and everyone likely ends up working with some form...
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2.0KToday in Data: Cashless Week in China
Online sales have no doubt pushed today’s society into using less cash than previous generations. As we reported last week, 62 percent...
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Today in Data: Friday Earnings Update
It’s earnings time again, and many companies have shared their numbers for the end of their respective sales quarters. In a mix...
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1.7KToday in Data: Payments On The Move
Like a well-oiled machine, money flows through the world’s economy swiftly and, thanks to technology, seamlessly. Two companies making headlines in the...
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1.4KToday in Data: Cybersecurity Activities
Data has effectively become the currency in which today’s tech-infused world places high value on. As such, the cybersecurity industry has become...
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1.5KToday in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
2017 has not been the best of the best for ride-hailing company Uber. From its CEO stepping down to employees filing and...
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1.9KToday in Data: Mobile Movements
The mobile industry today encompasses so much more than it did 20 years ago, and even just 10 years ago. From hailing...
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2.0KToday in Data: Investment News Update
Money makes the world go around, and there’s certainly no disputing that issue. Without regular rounds of fundraising, it would probably be...
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1.5KToday in Data: Amazon Prime Day By The Numbers
It’s no secret that Amazon’s Prime Day has become a highly sought-after shopping day for consumers over the last few years. Since...
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1.3KToday in Data: Amazon’s Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means there are a lot of new developments coming from the eCommerce giant. As it...
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3.5KToday In Data: eCommerce Strikes Again
The tug-of-war between Amazon and Walmart wages on in eCommerce news this week. As rumors start to spread of Amazon’s alleged blocking...
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2.5KToday In Data: CopyCat And Cyberattack Talk
Cyberattacks are never welcomed by any piece of technology. Late last month, reports surfaced of a “massive cyberattack” originating in Europe and quickly spreading...
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2.6KToday in Data: The Amazon 411
While the eCommerce frontrunner is taking further steps into solidifying its position, Amazon is getting a run for its money. In this...
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2.0KToday In Data: Fighting Against Fraud
In today’s enterprise, fighting fraud is something most finance professionals will encounter at some point in their careers. While most would think...
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2.1KToday in Data: Customer Loyalty Program 411
Loyalty programs are great ways to get consumers more engaged with brands. As such, we’ve seen a myriad companies implement loyalty rewards...
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1.6KToday In Data: eCommerce Arena Update
There’s no escaping that eCommerce has moved into retail’s space and has no intention of leaving anytime soon. As such, an update...
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1.7KToday In Data: The Future Of Apps
Apps are used for practically everything today, from games and grocery delivery to shopping for a new home and beyond. While the...
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1.6KToday in Data: Rev The Launch Engines
In the tech world, launches are happening every day. From product releases to new companies and merger announcements, improvements are constantly being...
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1.9KToday in Data: Cyber Risks and Secrets
While data security these days is at a much higher scrutiny than possibly any time in the past, thanks to connected devices,...
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1.7KToday In Data: China Measures Consumer Economy
Shopping malls and convenience stores are among the fastest growing brick-and-mortar retail buildings in China, according to news from the country’s Ministry...
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2.4KToday In Data: CFPB’s Loan Forgiveness Program Complaints
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may be in over its head when it comes to key constituents’ feelings regarding its Public...
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2.2KToday In Data: AimBrain, FinalPrice, Freshly Receive Funding
Money makes the world go around — there’s no denying that fact. From startups to well-established businesses, it seems there’s always a...
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3.5KToday In Data: CFPB Prepaid Card Rules
Prepaid card rules have been under fire ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) put out its new regulations back in...
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1.7KToday In Data: Amazon’s Whole Foods Acquisition Shows eCommerce Giant’s Grocery Takeover
There’s no doubt about it — in and out of the eCommerce retail arena, retail titan Amazon is a force to be...
