September 21, 2023
Panera Adds One-Swipe Ordering as Restaurants Race to Provide Frictionless...
As consumers increasingly demand quicker and more convenient digital ordering and payment, Panera Bread has added a feature that allows them to make restaurant purchases with one swipe. The fast-casual...
September 21, 2023
Retailers Employ Freebie Model to Reduce Returns
From November 2022 to mid-January of the current year, no less than 10% of weekly orders were subject to returns. During periods of inflation and when households face budget limitations, there is...
September 21, 2023
Company Compliance with U.S. Antitrust law: Policy-Tracking in a Changing...
President Biden began his presidency with an executive order seeking a whole-of-government approach to promote competition. In the past two years, U.S. antitrust agencies have responded by increasing antitrust scrutiny...
September 20, 2023
HealNow Raises $5.5 Million to Expand Checkout Solution for Pharmacies
HealNow has secured $5.5 million in seed funding for its checkout solution for the pharmacy industry. With the new funding, HealNow plans to accelerate product development and expand partnerships with...
September 20, 2023
Skechers Joins Brands Launching Restaurants to Build Consumer Connections
At a Skechers location in Gardena, Calif., shoppers can buy not only shoes, but also a burger and fries — the latest instance of a non-food company opening up a...
September 20, 2023
FreedomPay and WorldPay Expand Integrated Payments Partnership
Payments platform FreedomPay expanded its collaboration with merchant acquirer Worldpay. The extended partnership will provide “integrated payments and omnichannel technology” for businesses in industries like retail and hospitality, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 20) press...
September 20, 2023
Uber Eats to Add SNAP, FSA Payment Acceptances to Broaden...
As Uber Eats looks to reach consumers across income levels, the aggregator is gearing up to accept new kinds of payments. Uber announced Wednesday (Sept. 20) that, in 2024, the...
September 20, 2023
Temenos and IBM Team to Help Banks Modernize Payments
Banking software platform Temenos is now part of IBM’s Cloud for Financial Services. Temenos said its payments hub is the first dedicated payments solution on the IBM financial services cloud,...
September 20, 2023
IKEA Says the Time’s Right to Bring BNPL In-Store and...
Christine Briganti, Financial Services Deployment Project Leader for IKEA, told PYMNTS that the growing embrace of buy now, pay later (BNPL) will help broaden the Swedish furniture retailer’s reach in...
