March 27, 2024
CFPB’s Credit Card Rewards Scrutiny Threatens a Perk Consumers Really...
Consumers like credit card rewards — that’s a truism borne out by PYMNTS Intelligence research. And it may be the case that scrutiny — and perhaps new rules — from...
March 27, 2024
Robinhood Debuts Credit Card for Its Gold Members
Robinhood launched a credit card as it continues expanding into financial services. “At Robinhood, we recognize the need for change,” the company, known largely for its trading platform, wrote in a blog...
March 27, 2024
Systematic National Evidence of Steering by Real Estate Agents
Policymakers have long worried that real estate agents steer their buyer clients away from properties that pay buyer agents low commissions. They consider commission-based steering a key reason why U.S....
March 27, 2024
New Ideas for Promoting Real Estate Brokerage Price Competition
A prohibition against residential real estate listing agents setting the fees collected by buyer agents, as appears likely, will take a big step towards introducing price competition into the market...
March 26, 2024
Card Networks’ $30 Billion Interchange Settlement Kicks Open Merchant Surcharge...
The simple math on the swipe fee agreement reached by Visa and Mastercard announced Tuesday (March 26) indicates that consumers may not feel much impact at all, at the register,...
March 26, 2024
CFPB to Investigate Credit Card Reward Programs Following Consumer Complaints
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will reportedly take a closer look at credit card reward programs. This move follows an increase in the number of complaints the agency has received from...
March 26, 2024
Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower...
Across continents, more retailers are adopting smart carts to lower their labor costs without driving up shrink. Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) shared Monday (March 25) that they have expanded their partnership to offer...
March 26, 2024
ZayZoon Adds $15 Million to Grow Earned Wage Access Platform
ZayZoon has raised $15 million in an extension of its Series B financing, bringing its total Series B funding round to $49.5 million. The company will use the new financing to...
March 26, 2024
D2C Brand Builds Loyalty Offline, Gets New Customers In-Store
For brands relying on senses that cannot be communicated via eCommerce — smell, taste, touch — it can be difficult to build a pure-play direct-to-consumer (D2C) audience. Broken Top Candle...