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London Tech Firm Launches “Trump Monitor”
January 20, 2017

London-based Trading.co.uk will be launching an app that will make it easier for traders to keep track of Trump in real time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Deliveroo Expands Staff In Response To Spiking Orders
January 18, 2017

U.K.-based food on demand firm Deliveroo has announced that orders were up over 650 percent last year — despite increasing competition from bigger-name players like Uber and Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Pepper The Sales Robot A Hit For SoftBank
January 05, 2017

Americans are not terribly familiar with Pepper — the robot helper — today, but SoftBank is determined that it will soon conquer U.S. shores with its automated adorableness. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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LG’s New Hub Robot
January 03, 2017

It’s just a few days into 2017, and already it looks to be the year of the bots. 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...

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Subscription Commerce Feels Holiday Cheer
December 30, 2016

Subscription models have seen a significant rise across commerce categories in the past few years. At the start of this year’s holiday shopping season, the gift that keeps on giving got an additional sales boost. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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MetLife Launching Virtual Reality Service In India
December 20, 2016

MetLife announced Monday (Dec. 19) that PNB MetLife, its joint venture partnership in India, launched conVRse, an on-demand virtual reality (VR) customer service platform that it claims is first of a kind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Uber Faces $800M In Q3 Losses
December 20, 2016

Price wars are expensive — just ask the team at Uber, which has put $800 million in losses on the board during the third quarter of this year. Those big loss figures come care of a price war with rival ride-hailing service Lyft in the U.S. and...

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Pepper The Robot Is Going To Work – At SoftBank
December 19, 2016

Pepper, a rather adorable humanoid robot, is being put to work by his bosses at SoftBank.  The Japanese internet group — founded by Masayoshi Son — has already sold about 10,000 of the robots, mostly to futurists and lovers of novelty. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Walmart And Green Dot And Rewarding People Who Save Instead Of Spend
December 16, 2016

While Americans are known for many wonderful things, being great savers of money is not one of them. In fact, in the event of an even minor financial emergency — $400 worth of an emergency — almost half of all American adults wouldn’t be able to cover...