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Alt Lending Apps Show Staying Power In New Rankings
August 31, 2020

It goes by many names. “Instant credit.” “Point-of-sale (POS) lending.” And the moniker perhaps best-known — “buy now, pay later” — attends this dynamic corner of commerce, as reflected in PYMNTS latest Provider Ranking of Alternative Credit Apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
August 25, 2020

Unemployment has always been a leading economic indicator, and by many accounts, the economy is in for a couple of years of recessionary behavior. Thank goodness for gigs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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TikTok Has 100M US Active Monthly Users
August 24, 2020

TikTok, in its lawsuit challenging a ban by the President Donald Trump administration, revealed its monthly users have grown almost 800 percent since January 2018, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Tata Plans ‘Super App’ To Bring Together Its Consumer Services
August 23, 2020

Indian conglomerate Tata Group is launching a new app purported to bring together the country’s disparate sales sector to offer a range of consumer goods in a “super app,” the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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TikTok: ‘We’re Here To Stay Despite Trump Ban’
August 21, 2020

TikTok users who are worried that the lip-syncing and dancing video app will disappear in November can probably relax. 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...

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Tight Race For Shopping Apps In Latest Provider Ranking
August 20, 2020

It’s a time of shakeups, as we know, what with COVID-19 and its attendant weirding of markets and brands. We’re tracking big changes in the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps, where an intense rivalry for America’s digital shopping dollars is breaking out big-time....

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India’s Paytm To Offer App-Based Stock Trading
August 19, 2020

“Investing in stocks was never this easy,” India’s Paytm Money boasted in a blog post. The FinTech company said that adding stock trading to its platform will unlock “immense growth potential.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Mobile Order Aggregators Hold (Mostly) Steady In PYMNTS Provider Ranking
August 18, 2020

People have their favorite restaurants. During the year of COVID-19, many people’s “favorite restaurant” may actually be an order aggregator using a string of ghost kitchens to crank out delicious mobile meals under popular brands. This system kept millions fed this past spring, when going...

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Trump Gives ByteDance 90 Days To Split From US TikTok Business
August 16, 2020

China’s ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has 90 days to sell or spin off its U.S. operation. 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...