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Retail
Report: Amazon to Expand Palm-Print Payment Tech to 65 Whole Foods Stores
August 10, 2022

Continuing its efforts to remake the in-store shopping experience, Amazon is reportedly making a big addition to the number of locations using its Amazon One technology that lets customers pay by scanning their palms. The company is said to be deploying Amazon One at another...

B2B Payments
Billtrust’s Strong Q2 Confirms Acceleration of B2B AR Automation
August 10, 2022

Billtrust, a B2B accounts receivable automation and integrated payments company, reported Q2 results attesting to the momentum of the accelerating trend toward automation and digitization in the B2B payments space. “With a combination of 35.4% year-over-year software and payments segment revenue growth and our strongest...

eCommerce
LianLian Global Brings Financing Options to X-Border UK eCommerce Merchants
August 10, 2022

Global cross-border payment service provider LianLian Global is expanding its platform to the U.K. and adding financing options to support eCommerce merchants. First launched in the U.S. this year at the end of the second quarter, the expansion of the platform into the U.K. is...

Retail
Conn’s and Belk Launch First 5 ‘Store-in-Store’ Locations
August 09, 2022

The first store-within-a-store pilot locations from a partnership between Belk and Conn’s have opened in five Belk locations, a press release said. The newly named “Conn’s x Belk” locations will give the regional department store’s customers access to Conn’s home product categories and other services...

eCommerce
Used Car eCommerce Platform Shift to Merge with Consignment Firm CarLotz
August 09, 2022

End-to-end eCommerce company Shift Technologies has announced that it will merge with used vehicle consignment business CarLotz, a press release from the company said. The merger aims to consolidate Shift’s acquisition engine and presence on the West Coast along with CarLotz’s consignment relationships and retail...

eCommerce
B2B Commerce Platform Intershop Partners With Luminos Labs
August 09, 2022

B2B commerce platform Intershop, which serves manufacturing and distributing companies, will partner with Luminos Labs, digital commerce systems integrator, to help companies offer more digital commerce options, a press release said Tuesday (Aug. 9). Business-to-business companies are looking into ways to enhance their commerce experiences...

Digital Banking
Scotiabank Launches Scotia TranXact™
August 09, 2022

Canada’s Scotiabank has debuted a new digital payments platform for business banking clients, which it has titled Scotia TranXactTM, a press release said. This will give the business banking clients real-time payments, request-to-pay and account information services through APIs. Scotia TranXactTM will reportedly integrate directly...

Merchant Innovation
Caterers See Boost As Companies Use Free Lunch to Get Workers Back In Office
August 09, 2022

Restaurants and grocery stores may be struggling with margin pressures and increasing customer dissatisfaction as food prices skyrocket, but one sector of the food industry, corporate catering, is doing just fine. In an interview with PYMNTS, Stefania Mallett, CEO and co-founder of ezCater, an online...

B2B Payments
Canadian Release of Sage Payroll Provides Solution for SMBs
August 09, 2022

Working to help Canadian small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) handle their administrative responsibilities, Sage has launched a new solution that integrates with Sage Accounting and simplifies accounting, payroll and human resources (HR) processes. The Canadian release of Sage Payroll is a cloud-first solution that enables...