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Amazon
Amazon’s AI Ambitions Help Fuel Q1 Earning Surge

Amazon reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2024, as...

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Delivery
Instacart Becomes Kohl’s Same-Day Delivery Partner, Continues Expansion Beyond Grocery

Instacart has become the exclusive same-day delivery partner of Kohl’s. With Kohl’s now...

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Legal
Uber Sued for $312 Million by London Cab Drivers

Uber is reportedly facing a $312 million lawsuit from drivers of London’s...

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Mobile Wallets
55% of High-Earning Consumers and 79% of Gen Z Use...

Whether shopping online or in person, an increasing number of consumers...

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Economy
Initial Claims for Unemployment Unchanged, Signaling ‘Fairly Tight’ Labor Market

The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance held steady during...

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B2B Payments
Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents

Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents.  “As...

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eCommerce
Competing With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce...

This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main...

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Payments Innovation
Payment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments

Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless...

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Personnel
Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy Steps Down as Company Begins Restructuring

Peloton Interactive has begun a search for a new CEO and announced...

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Startups
UK’s Non-London FinTechs Fight for Funding

In the north of England, the Manchester area has a booming...

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Economy
Fast-Food Slowdown May Mean Steeper Promotions

It’s been a season of slowing sales for quick-service restaurants (QSRs)....

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artificial intelligence
Europe’s AI Paradox: Slow Adoption, Big Ambitions

Despite Europe’s reputation as a tech laggard, a cadre of companies is...

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Loans
Small Businesses Owe $59 Billion From COVID Disaster Loans

The Small Business Administration (SBA) loaned out $390 billion to keep companies afloat...

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Mastercard
Mastercard Expands Start Path Program to Boost Payment Acceptance

Mastercard has welcomed six startups to its Start Path program focused...

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Faster Payments
12 Charts Tell the Story of Instant Payments

Instant payments have taken center stage more and more in recent...

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Fraud Attack
Visa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities

Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And...

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Real-Time Payments
Are Real-Time Payments Near an Inflection Point? Bank of America...

Use cases for real-time payments have never been a source of...

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Opinion
Data Revolution Adds Stability to Uncertain Financial Transactions

In the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty,” Thredd Chief...

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Artificial Intelligence
Enterprise AI May Have an Energy Crisis

While artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, its rise...

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David S. Evans
If You’re Happy and You Know It, You Must Be Small

Finland did it again.  The World Happiness Report (WHR) came out in...

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Earnings
DoorDash Reports Record-High Orders as Consumers Seek Digital Solutions, Convenience

DoorDash set new company records across several metrics in the first quarter...

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Security & Fraud
Complaints of Fraud Targeting Older Americans Rose 14% in 2023

Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages...

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Earnings
Carvana’s Inventory ‘Constrained’ as Online Used Car Retailer Posts Record...

Online used car retailer Carvana reported “milestone” first quarter (Q1) results on...

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Earnings
EBay Targets Gains in Back Half of 2024 Amid ‘Tough’...

EBay’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) eked out slight gains in the...

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Point of Sale
Epos Now Considers Sale of Minority Stake

British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process...

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Earnings
Upwork Believes AI is the Future of Work

Against a challenging macro backdrop, freelance work matters more than ever. ...

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Google
Google Lays Off 200 in Core Unit as Reorganization Continues

Google has reportedly reorganized its Core unit, which builds the technical foundation...

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Partnerships
Report: Kroger and Disney Exploring Streaming Service Offering

Kroger and Walt Disney Co. are reportedly exploring a partnership that would offer the Disney+ streaming service...

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Healthcare
Nearly One-Third of Healthcare Providers Are Waiting for $100K+ in...

Late business-to-business (B2B) payments aren’t just a headache for the people...

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artificial intelligence
Lemonade Sees AI Drive Efficiency as Insurance Goes Digital-First

Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The...

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Legal
FTC Announces $10M Settlement With BlueSnap, 2 Former Executives

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement with payment processing company BlueSnap and its former...

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Retail
Consumers Aren’t Buying Many Handmade Trinkets Amid Economic Concern

As consumers continue to feel the economic strain, they are cutting...

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Social Commerce
Platforms Put Creators’ Financial Success on Fast Track

The creator economy landscape is rapidly evolving, with platforms and companies...

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Retail
Estée Lauder Targets New Customers With Amazon Storefront, ‘Creator Council’

Estée Lauder Companies’ debut of its first brand on the U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store...

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Earnings
Kraft Heinz Sales Dip as Lower-Income Consumers Feel Squeezed

Cautious lower-income consumers and slower restaurant sales are squeezing Kraft Heinz. The...

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Regulation
Report: Block Faces DOJ Probe Over Alleged Compliance Lapses

Block, owner of Cash App and Square, is reportedly facing a Department of Justice investigation. Federal...

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artificial intelligence
Anthropic Expands Enterprise Offering With Claude Chatbot on iPhone

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is launching its first smartphone app...

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SMBs
68% of Main Street SMBs Leveraging Social Media See Increasing...

Since April 2021, most Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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