Businesses contemplating the transition to a remote workforce should prepare for possible increased fraud-related headaches. As reported recently by the Wall Street Journal, U.S. workers have voiced a clear preference for remote employment, as commercial office vacancy rates remain as much as 60% higher than they were pre-pandemic. Drivers for...
Running a business is complicated, particularly in today’s challenging macroclimate. But economic downturns are cyclical — and there exists a bevy of professional service firms out there to help organizations chart a path forward through uncertain times. Only now, those firms are increasingly coming under...
India’s digital transformation of financial services continues — and now pre-approved credit lines are linked to the United Payments Interface (UPI). In an announcement Thursday (April 6), India’s central bank (the Reserve Bank of India) said that these “pre-sanctioned” credit lines at banks could be issued...
With the return of baseball season, major teams are upgrading their in-arena ordering and payments. Take, for instance, New York’s Yankee Stadium, which this year is tapping Uber Eats’ technology to not only enable gamegoers to make food purchases from their seats but also to...
American lenders are offering promotions to attract customers after the banking crisis scared off depositors. Banks have begun offering signing bonuses for customers who start new accounts or regularly deposit funds, Reuters reported Thursday (April 6). These offerings are happening in the wake of the...
While other retailers are seeking partnerships with beauty retailers to secure high-end beauty brands and attract high-income earners, Dollar General is taking a different approach by focusing on what it does best — offering customers exceptional value, even in the beauty space. The discount retailer...
The global secondhand apparel market is expected to nearly double by 2027. The market will leap from $177 billion in 2022 to $351 billion in 2027, driven primarily by consumers seeking value, ThredUp, an online consignment and thrift store, said in a Wednesday (April 5)...
How do you convince a generation unused to wearing wristwatches to change their habits? If you’re a luxury brand like Rolex and Cartier, you apparently try to court them using Snapchat and bitcoin. That’s according to a Fashion Network report, which noted research indicating luxury...
TikTok might get banned in the U.S., but advertisers apparently aren’t behaving that way. Ad spending on the popular social media platform grew by 11% last month, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (April 6), citing data from app analytics firm Sensor Tower. Among the...