January 12, 2021Aggregators like to aggregate, clearly. They do it better than ever these days. And as goes the business of platform aggregators, so goes PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Aggregator Apps.
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January 7, 2021In the humming world of gig apps, three variations dominate. There’s the platform model, where contractors create profiles and upload portfolios; we’ve got the on-demand type (think restaurant mobile order-ahead ...
January 6, 2021In today’s top news, Albertsons is laying off some of its unionized drivers as it teams with DoorDash, and FinTech Divvy raised $165 million. Plus, in a new SEC filing, ...
January 6, 2021Albertsons supermarket chain is reportedly laying off some of its unionized delivery drivers and instead teaming with DoorDash for deliveries, according to a report in SFGate on Wednesday (Jan. 6).
Albertsons ...
January 4, 2021Numerous brokerages initiated coverage of Airbnb and DoorDash on Monday (Jan. 4), showing the high hopes for those companies’ revenue growth, Reuters writes.
Both companies have also had notable valuations since ...
December 24, 2020The U.S. market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. Connected-commerce companies often led the way, frequently ...
December 22, 2020In today’s top news, Ripple said it faces a lawsuit from the SEC over the sale of unlicensed securities and Peloton has acquired fitness equipment provider Precor. Plus, a survey ...
December 22, 2020DoorDash’s initial public offering (IPO) and sudden stock price surge has created no shortage of conversation in the dining landscape. Experts and analysts are rushing to figure out whether DoorDash’s ...
December 18, 2020America’s job market was firing on all cylinders, until suddenly it wasn’t. Now it’s 10 months gone to COVID — along with a few million jobs — and folks are ...
December 15, 2020Six weeks after securing passage of the Proposition 22 ballot measure that overturned a California law requiring part-time workers to be reclassified as employees, two of its biggest backers have rolled out ...
December 14, 2020Gig workers for Uber and others in California will start getting benefits, but consumers will pay the price in additional fees, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Dec. 14).
Proposition 22, ...
December 14, 2020DoorDash and Payfare are collaborating to launch the DasherDirect banking solution for delivery drivers (Dashers), which aims to give them greater flexibility over earnings.
“This is a major step forward in ...
December 14, 2020It might seem the recent huge gains by Airbnb and DoorDash on their first trading days following initial public offerings would have BNPL giant Affirm Holdings Inc. speeding up its ...
December 11, 2020In this week’s news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers’ digital shopping trends. The Weekender is here to ...
December 11, 2020It’s always a busy week in payments and commerce. But as Karen Webster told Edison Partners’ Chris Sugden during the latest edition of “This Week In Payments,” this week had ...
December 10, 2020Pet retailer Petco is launching same-day nationwide delivery in partnership with DoorDash that can be accessed via a redesigned website and upgraded app.
“Consumers want more than a transactional relationship with ...
December 10, 2020In today’s top news, Bank of America’s CEO said customers are spending more than last year, and Airbnb topped forecasts with an IPO share price of $68. Plus, the FTC ...
December 10, 2020Shares of DoorDash Inc. slid slightly on their second day of trading, dropping some 7 percent as of approximately noon Eastern Time on Thursday (Dec. 10) to trade at $176.24.
The ...
December 10, 2020Platform companies are all the rage on Wall Street.
Airbnb, in only the latest example, priced its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday (Dec. 10) far above initial targeted ranges.
The company’s ...
December 9, 2020DoorDash soared on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday (Dec. 9), surging over 85 percent from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $102 ...
December 9, 2020Not a bad debut — not by any measure. But one wonders if the rocket fuel will last.
At this writing, DoorDash shares are changing hands more than 80 percent higher headed ...
December 9, 2020In today’s top news, cybersecurity firm FireEye announced that it had been hacked by a suspected nation-state, and PayPal’s iZettle added QR code payments to its POS app in the ...
December 9, 2020Shares of DoorDash started trading at $182 a share on Wednesday (Dec. 9) in its New York Stock Exchange introduction, providing the food delivery company with a $57.8 billion market cap.
DoorDash, ...
December 9, 2020The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, has written a letter ordering DoorDash Inc. to stop charging eateries a 30 percent fee on each order through the ...
December 9, 2020The IPO market is hot – but is DoorDash coming at a time when it’s all too hot to handle? The competition is getting fiercer even as the end of ...
December 9, 2020SoftBank-backed DoorDash priced its initial public offering (IPO) shares at $102 each on a valuation of $32.4 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Dec. 9).
The pricing surpassed expectations of $90 ...
December 8, 2020DoorDash priced shares for its initial public offering (IPO) at about $102 apiece, giving the popular food-delivery company an approximately $39 billion valuation, according to reports from The Wall Street ...
December 8, 2020Square has brought DoorDash onto its on-demand delivery platform for Square online sellers, who can harness a countrywide network of Dashers as a fulfillment choice via a new partnership with ...
December 6, 2020Airbnb, which plans to hold its initial public offering (IPO) Thursday (Dec. 10) — just a day after DoorDash does the same — will increase the range for the initial ...
December 4, 2020Food delivery platform DoorDash is looking to raise up to $3.14 billion in its hotly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) and has increased its target price to as much as ...
December 2, 2020“Never say never,” the simple advice most of us have been getting since childhood — a warning against universal pronouncement about what one will, or will not do, for the ...
December 1, 2020In today’s top news, sellers on Amazon made more than $4.8 billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, and DoorDash could see a valuation of $28 billion from its IPO. ...
November 30, 2020DoorDash is reportedly seeing its estimated valuation rise to some $28 billion as the food delivery platform moves ahead with its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). The company noted in ...
November 30, 2020In today’s top news, non-bank lenders in Singapore will soon have access to digital payments platforms PayNow and FAST, and Airbnb and DoorDash are seeking higher-than-expected IPO valuations. Plus, the ...
November 30, 2020Airbnb and DoorDash are expected to release higher-than-expected valuation ranges for their upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs), which shows strength for the market, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.
WSJ writes ...
November 20, 2020 Winter is around the corner, bringing colder temperatures and prompting many restaurants to question whether their operations can survive the season.
Many quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have taken their dine-in services outdoors ...
November 17, 2020New entries to PayPal‘s enterprise merchant roster include delivery company DoorDash and clothing retailer Gap Inc., which will now allow customers to use PayPal at checkout, according to a press ...
November 16, 2020In today’s top news, PNC will acquire BBVA’s U.S. unit for $11.6 billion, and the economy is facing greater challenges as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Plus, Mastercard announced a ...
November 13, 2020Food now – and more to come. Maybe via drone.
On Wall Street, the fine print and the filings can reveal much. To that end, DoorDash filed its IPO prospectus – officially known as ...
November 13, 2020Delivery platform DoorDash filed its prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO) for a New York Stock Exchange listing on Friday (Nov. 13) after posting a strong profit, according to ...