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Retail
Vitamin Shoppe Owner Franchise Group Filing for Bankruptcy
November 03, 2024

Franchise Group (FRG), owner of Vitamin Shoppe and Pet Supplies Plus, is filing for bankruptcy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

IPO
Mexican Banking FinTech Klar Aims for 2026 IPO
November 03, 2024

Mexican FinTech Klar is reportedly aiming to go public at the end of 2026. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Regulation
Regulators Warn Against Improper Billing of Medicare Recipients
November 01, 2024

Two federal agencies warned healthcare providers, Medicare Advantage plans and debt collectors not to improperly bill Qualified Medicare Beneficiary recipients (QMBs), who generally cannot be billed for cost-sharing by healthcare providers who accept Medicare. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Regulation
Lawmakers Lobby for One-Size-Fits-All Regulations for Banks and FinTechs
November 01, 2024

Among the central debates of regulation, what we might term even the jurisdiction of the regulators — no matter the industry — might boil down to a stark question: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Making Sense of Your Company’s B2B Payments Data
November 01, 2024

For most of its history, payments data has been primarily paper-based. This relegated B2B payments data to mere record-keeping minutiae and made the task of unlocking it a highly manual, administrative burden. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Artificial Intelligence
Visa Reports More Than 500 Generative AI Applications
November 01, 2024

Visa reportedly uses more than 500 generative artificial intelligence applications and is looking to add more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Industry Pivots From Doomsday Talk to Practical Problem-Solving
November 01, 2024

Silicon Valley’s brightest minds gathered in San Francisco this month to tackle the down-to-earth challenges of artificial intelligence adoption rather than debate robot apocalypse scenarios. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
Visa and Mastercard Earnings Shine Spotlight on B2B Innovations
November 01, 2024

For the payment networks, the continued shift beyond consumer cards has trillions of dollars’ worth of B2B transactions firmly in sight. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Regulation
J.P. Morgan Affiliates Settle SEC Enforcement Actions
November 01, 2024

Two affiliates of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. — J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) and J.P. Morgan Investment Management (JPMIM) — agreed to pay $151 million in combined civil penalties and voluntary payments to investors to settle four enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange...