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Retail
Walmart Brings New Ammunition in Prime Day Battle With Amazon
June 23, 2023

Last year, Amazon was the clear winner during the dueling events. Will it keep the crown, considering Walmart’s changes? The next battle in the ongoing war between the world’s top two retailers is shaping up next month. Starting July 10, conspicuously just before Amazon’s famed...

Payment Methods
Merchants View Pay by Bank Options as Opening for Personalized Payments
June 23, 2023

Money movement is moving into the future across new payment rails. That’s why, if the transition from paper cash to electronic money ever feels to you as though it is happening exceedingly fast — it is. And if money movement today feels like it’s happening...

IPO
 FinTech IPO Index Slips 2.7% Despite nCino’s Surge on Deal Rumors 
June 23, 2023

Even some skyrocketing performers — up double digits — were not enough to boost the FinTech IPO Index. The pantheon lost 2.7%, despite rumors of deal-making, despite economic data that showed a surprising resilience in consumer spending. Rallies proved short-lived, as Fed chairman Jerome Powell...

Banking
Federal Reserve’s Powell: Smaller Banks to Be Exempt From New Capital Requirements
June 22, 2023

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced in a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday (June 22) that smaller banks with assets below $100 billion will not be affected by expected new rules requiring banks to keep more capital in the wake of bank collapses in March....

Artificial Intelligence
Humanoid AI Robots Step Out of SciFi and Into the Service Economy
June 22, 2023

Are we entering the age of the machine? As sci-fi-styled hardware and futuristic software advance together nearly in step, observers could be forgiven for wondering if we’ll find out in this lifetime whether human-like androids do, actually, dream of electric sheep. Emerging and innovative technology...

Retail
Overstock.com Wins Auction for Bed Bath and Beyond Digital and Other Assets
June 22, 2023

Bankrupt Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. is expected to sell its intellectual property and some of its digital assets to online retailer Overstock.com Inc. for $21.5 million, according to court documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court. Pending court approval at a hearing on June 27, the...

Artificial Intelligence
AWS Launches $100M Program to Help Customers Implement Generative AI
June 22, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a program to help customers accelerate their implementation of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The new AWS Generative AI Innovation Center will connect the company’s AI and machine learning (ML) experts with customers and partners around the globe, AWS said in a Thursday...

Payment Methods
Sezzle Launches Subscription Service Enabling Installment Payments Anywhere
June 22, 2023

Sezzle has launched a subscription-based service that lets shoppers use its Virtual Card anywhere Visa is accepted. The new Sezzle Pay Anywhere product is designed to give additional choice and flexibility along with access to responsible financing for consumers who have had difficulty accessing financing, Sezzle said in a Thursday...

Retail
Amazon’s Rumored Interest in Ocado Bodes Poorly for Incumbent Grocers
June 22, 2023

Reports that Amazon, among other U.S. tech companies, might be interested in British grocery technology company Ocado Group could mean a dramatic shift in the U.S. eGrocery space — and in retail overall. On Thursday (June 22), after United Kingdom news outlet The Times published...