Adidas has decided what to do with its millions of leftover Yeezy sneakers. The firm will sell the $1 billion worth of products and donate the proceeds to charity, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (May 11), citing a presentation by Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden at the company’s annual general...
BlueCart has added a new vendor bill pay solution to its wholesale order management platform. With the new BlueCart Pay, wholesale and distribution businesses can pay vendors for transactions that were made outside the BlueCart platform, the company said in a Thursday (May 11) press...
Smaller lenders emerged from the recent banking crisis relatively unscathed, according to new research. A study released Thursday (May 11) by the New York Fed found that withdrawals from banks in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure in March were primarily centered around 30...
Rokt has launched a marketplace that enables eCommerce businesses to monetize their checkout page. With the new Rokt Payments Marketplace, these businesses can allow payment providers to present relevant credit card and payment-related offers to shoppers as they are about to make a purchase, Rokt...
Plaid is expanding its application programming interface (API)-based data sharing network. The firm is now migrating 100% of its traffic to APIs for financial institutions, including Capital One, J.P. Morgan Chase, USAA and Wells Fargo, Plaid Head of U.S. Financial Institution Partnerships Christy Sunquist wrote...
The head of America’s biggest bank is predicting tough times for his industry. At least as far as regulations go. “I think it’s going to get worse for banks — more regulations, more rules and more requirements,’’ JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in a...
B2B marketplace Wasoko has moved into Zambia as part of a broader expansion in Africa. “Launching its central hub in Lusaka, Wasoko’s operations will enable small retailers across the city to access an affordable range of products for same-day delivery and working capital financing solely...
ThreatFabric has raised 11.5 million euros (about $12.5 million) to grow its fraud detection solution. The Amsterdam-based startup aims to expand internationally and add artificial intelligence (AI)-powered behavioral-based fraud detection to its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for the financial services sector, ThreatFabric said in a Thursday...
Credit cards have been a lifeline in the current inflation-fueled economy. But for the consumers who have been using their credit cards to cover a broad and significant portion of everyday expenses — the high spenders — the pressure looms to find new, alternative ways...
