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Retail
Ahold Delhaize US Says Digital Engagement up 10% as 2.7 Billion Personalized Offers Went to...
May 10, 2023

Netherlands-based multinational grocer Ahold Delhaize said digital and omnichannel engagement and store modernization efforts are paying off, particularly for its U.S. brands. Reporting first quarter 2023 earnings on Wednesday (May 10) Ahold Delhaize President and CEO Frans Muller discussed trends impacting the grocery giant, telling...

eCommerce
Online Car Platforms Strive to Right-Size Inventory as eCommerce Volumes Plummet
May 10, 2023

For the online car platforms, the path towards profitability is a bumpy one … … and the macro pressures are hardly in the rearview mirror. Earnings commentary from some of the major players in the space show that revenues have fallen as the retailers have...

Fintech Investments
Petal Raises New Funding and Spins Off Prism Data Unit
May 10, 2023

Petal has raised new funding and spun off its Prism Data unit. The spinoff results in two independent FinTech companies that leverage open banking data to expand access to financial services for consumers without accurate credit scores, Petal said in a Wednesday (May 10) press...

Artificial Intelligence
Sportradar: AI Transforms Sports Data Sector
May 10, 2023

Sports technology firm Sportradar is using artificial intelligence (AI) for real-time sports data analysis. Officials from the Swiss company discussed the potential of AI to boost liquidity trading in real-time analysis of deep sports data, during an earnings call Wednesday (May 10). The issue came...

B2B Payments
Provi CEO: Alcohol Marketplaces Are Master Class in Simplifying Business Payments
May 10, 2023

New needs and emergent market realities are a driving force behind the evolution of payments. Nowhere is that truer than across business-to-business (B2B) transactions, where removing legacy frictions along the payments journey is rapidly emerging as a key competitive differentiator. After all, speed to revenue...

CFPB
CFPB Warns Banks Against Reopening Closed Accounts, Charging Fees
May 10, 2023

The CFPB is warning banks against reopening closed customer accounts to drive fees. In a circular published Wednesday (May 10), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it had received consumer complaints that their banks have reopened accounts they had taken steps to close, charging them...

Security & Fraud
Experian Debuts Network to Flag Fraud Risk Using FinTech Data
May 10, 2023

Experian has launched a FinTech-centric version of its fraud prevention network in the U.S. Announced Wednesday (May 10), this new iteration of the company’s Experian Hunter data network is being rolled out in response to a rise in fraud in the FinTech sector. The company...

Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Fends off AI Data Concerns With Private-Server ChatGPT Solution
May 10, 2023

The commercial viability of artificial intelligence (AI) is officially here, and so are its pitfalls. At the center of many enterprise concerns around the use of innovative generative AI solutions is the same thing at the center of the tools themselves: questions around the data...

Retail
Zenni Optical Launches Image Search and Prescription Scan Tools
May 10, 2023

Zenni Optical has launched two digital tools designed to help customers find and buy glasses. A new Image Search tool lets shoppers upload a photo of frames to find a similar pair available from Zenni, while Prescription Scan reads the customer’s prescription, so they don’t...