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Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Dips 0.1% as Earnings Season Wanes
August 25, 2023

The FinTech IPO Index barely budged this past week, giving up a slight 0.1% through the past five sessions. A bit less than three months from now, earnings season will be in full swing again, and we’ll see if the lending picture has brightened, if...

eCommerce
Shoppable Content Is Complicated; Its Future Shouldn’t Be
August 25, 2023

One of the more compelling stories to come out of the pandemic was the idea of shoppable content. The hyper-convenient purchase moment and context of shoppable content, along with its emergent cousins like social shopping and live selling, seemed poised to take off. Click-through to...

Retail
Nordstrom Says 90% of Loyalty Members Shopped Its Anniversary Sale 
August 24, 2023

In March, PYMNTS reported on Nordstrom’s shift from its prior reputation of luxury and exceptional service to utilizing substantial discounts to manage inventory, resulting in decreased sales and profits during the fourth fiscal quarter. Today, has the narrative evolved?   While the retailer asserts a more...

Retail
Rolex to Acquire Watch Retailer Bucherer
August 24, 2023

Luxury watchmaker Rolex plans to boost its presence in the retail space by acquiring watch merchant Bucherer. This acquisition will ensure the continuation of Bucherer’s success and strengthen the close ties between the two companies that have been nurtured since 1924, Rolex said in a Thursday (Aug. 24)...

IPO
Waystar Plans to Take Healthcare Payments Company Public
August 24, 2023

Healthcare payments firm Waystar Technologies is ready to become a public company. Waystar announced Thursday (Aug. 24) that parent company Waystar Holdings had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for proposed initial public offering (IPO). “The number of shares to be...

Investments
Citi Backs Peruvian FX FinTech Rextie to Focus on Small Business Transactions
August 24, 2023

Citi says it is investing in Peruvian foreign exchange (FX) FinTech Rextie.  “The investment makes Rextie Latin America’s first FX FinTech to receive an investment from one of the largest banks in the world,” Citi said in a news release Thursday (Aug. 24). In addition to the investment,...

Artificial Intelligence
Meta Continues AI Push With Code Writing Tool
August 24, 2023

Meta said its latest artificial intelligence (AI)-related venture will help developers write code. “Today, we’re releasing Code Llama, a large language model (LLM) that can use text prompts to generate and discuss code,” the social media giant wrote in a Thursday (Aug. 24) blog post. “Code Llama...

B2B Payments
ProPricer Launches Cash Flow Management Tool for Government Contractors
August 24, 2023

ProPricer has added a cash flow management tool to its cost proposal solution for government contractors and federal agencies.  By seamlessly integrating with the ProPricer Contractor Edition platform, the new Cash Flow Pro tool empowers contractors to gain comprehensive cash flow insights, streamline reporting processes and enhance...

Regulation
TikTok, Amazon, Google and More Scramble Before Launch of EU’s Tech Laws 
August 24, 2023

It is the European Union’s (EU) digital decade — and it starts Friday (Aug. 25).  The rest of the world, particularly its tech sector, has officially been put on notice.  That’s because the four-month grace period for the world’s largest tech companies to comply with...