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656EarningsRising Interest Rates Affect Wells Fargo’s Bottom Line
Despite a reputation battered by scandal over the last two years and interest rates steadily climbing, Wells Fargo reported growth on both...
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612EarningsDomino’s To Launch GPS Tracking, Falls Short In US Same-Store Sales Growth
As it contended with third-party delivery aggregators and lower-than-expected domestic same-store sales growth, Domino’s topped Wall Street’s earnings estimates yet fell short...
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509EarningsJPMorgan Results Show Active Mobile Customers Up 12 Pct YoY
JPMorgan posted second-quarter earnings on Tuesday (July 16) that showed strength in consumer-facing operations and double-digit gains in mobile customers, reflecting continued...
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577CryptocurrencyKeeping Tabs On 2019’s Major Crypto Hacks (So Far)
Days after admitting to a hack that caused the loss of $32 million in cryptocurrency, Bitpoint Japan, a cryptocurrency exchange operator run...
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514RetailRetail Packaging Recycling Innovation Goes Prime Time
As Prime Day continues to roll along, retailers are doing anything and everything possible to capture consumers suddenly inspired to go on...
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441RetailWhy Streaming Services Dominate Subscription Commerce
The streaming market is an increasingly competitive space. AT&T’s WarnerMedia is planning to launch HBO Max, while Disney+ and Apple TV will...
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444EarningsContent Expected To Be Key To Netflix Q2 Earnings
Netflix is once again expected to beat earnings estimates this quarter, despite the rise of streaming competitors and the upcoming loss of...
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597B2B PaymentsAfter B2B Payments Embrace The Cloud: What’s Next?
When consumers use mobile apps like Uber or iTunes, the expectation that payments occur in a seamless, integrated way represents a broader...
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595B2B PaymentsWhat WhatsApp’s Security Vulnerability Means For Freelancers
This week’s news of a security flaw in the Android versions of WhatsApp and Telegram, first revealed by Symantec, marked the latest...
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675Amazon CommerceAmazon Faces Cart Glitches, Strikes On Prime Day
Analysts predict that this year’s Prime Day has the possibility to be Amazon’s largest-ever sales day one year after the eCommerce retailer...
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1.2KPayment MethodsPayPal’s Xoom Goes Global And Door-to-Door
Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, is launching in the U.K. and 31 countries, allowing millions of users to remit in...
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831EarningsCitigroup Q2 Results Show Boost In Card Spending
Citigroup posted Q2 results that topped expectations even as Wall Street-related activity was mixed — but consumer-oriented activity rebounded. In terms of...
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1.1KCryptocurrencyA Brief History Of Libra
It has been about a month since Facebook pulled back the curtain on its vision for Libra – a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency with...
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493RetailReady, Set, Go: Here Comes 2019 Amazon Prime Day(s)
Only Amazon could alter the meaning of long-established units of time. We at PYMNTS occasionally employ benign exaggeration for journalistic purposes, but...
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1.1KCryptocurrencyIs It Time For Cryptocurrency To Become More Regulated?
The rapid growth of cryptocurrency has come with closer scrutiny and a call for tighter anti-money-laundering (AML), know-your-customer (KYC) regulations. The U.S....
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1.1KB2B PaymentsU.S. Farming Has A Banking Problem
The latest jobs figures propel the lengthy period of corporate optimism in the U.S. today, with hiring stronger than expected in June....
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879B2B PaymentsCompetition As The Driving Force For Better Fleet Payments
From back-office spend analytics to autonomous vehicles, fleet payment service providers are exploring a multitude of opportunities to address friction and enhance...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsFor Mastercard/OpenText and the Automotive Industry: Have Trust, Will Trade
Mastercard and OpenText have partnered to streamline supply chains and help boost spot trade credit that in turn breaks a funding logjam...
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1.5KMobile CommerceCan A Line Of Code Fix Customer Onboarding?
Few activities in the digital economy are as filled with friction, and as frustrating and risky for merchants, banks and other businesses,...
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1.6KAmazonAmazon Prime Day(s): Prime Opportunity for Credit Unions
Amazon Prime Day as prime opportunity for credit unions? Billions of dollars of spending activity will mark the annual promotional event, which...
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1.7KPayments InnovationFacebook Slapped With $5B FTC Fine, But Still Has Lots Of Friends
The most interesting story about Facebook since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke is one that hasn’t really been written. And it’s the...
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2.1KDigital PaymentsThe ‘Invisible Change’ Coming To Online Shopping
For those who are focused on how better payments can lead to better eCommerce, the upcoming months promise to be an exciting...
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1.7KInnovationMonopoly Goes Cashless And Board Games Gain Popularity
In this age of live multi-player online gaming, and virtual reality, and all things digital, it can be easy to think of...
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1.5KThe WeekenderLibra Resistance And Gig Early Pay Top Week’s News
Top News Mastercard Launches Early Pay Option For Gig Workers According to a recent study conducted by PYMNTS and Mastercard, of the...
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1.2KRetailLegal Pot Starts Pulling Its Retail Weight
Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is...
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1.2KBankingCiti Looks To Lead In Q2 Earnings
Companies are beginning to release their second quarter earnings reports, and experts are pointing to Citigroup to outperform in the banking industry....
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1.6KCommerceAre Consumers Ready For Chatbot Customer Service?
For better or worse, call centers are often retailers’ public face. Customer service can make a stronger impression on consumers than other...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsInvestors Eye B2B eCommerce, Expense Tools
Though not the busiest week in B2B venture capital funding, investors presented a clear preference for corporate expense management and B2B eCommerce,...
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3.4KFraud PreventionAI That ‘Thinks’ Like A Fraud Analyst
Businesses evolve and so does fraud. The data is out there to help separate good transactions from bad, but not all data...
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2.7KDigital PaymentsAs Banking Evolves, So Does The ATM
Evolving technology continues to provide consumers with new digital payment options, but does that mean the death of cash and the ATM...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsCommercial Banking Gets Up Close And Digitized
Commercial banking can take some cues from eCommerce, especially when it comes to serving customers with speed and convenience. Bottomline Technologies’ Jessica...
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1.7KEcosystemsCan Better Digital Bookkeeping Make For Happier Landlords?
Friction bedevils pretty much everything in commerce and payments, and that holds especially true for the management of rental property. Not only...
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1.6KRetailGrocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game
Get ready for autonomous grocery delivery — at least that’s the message from autonomous delivery services provider Udelv. The California-based firm reportedly has...
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1.4KRetailThe Sharing Economy’s ‘Rotating Wardrobe’ Subscription Prescription
To help make fashion more accessible to consumers, eCommerce innovators are allowing shoppers to rent their clothes and accessories through subscription box...
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1.8KDeliveryRoom For Many Along The Last Mile?
In the move to gain traction on last-mile delivery, at least some observers say the traditional players are by no means down...
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1.1KAuthenticationCould Facebook’s Libra Put Users’ Digital ID At Risk?
Somewhat lost in the post-Facebook’s Libra announcement is the impact of Libra and Calibra on the social network’s ability to protect users’...
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1.1KRetailMobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
Mobile devices have enabled monitoring and management to a degree once thought impossible. Consumers can now get alerted to someone ringing their...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsThe Accounts Payable Conundrum: Same-Day ACH Vs Checks
Accounts payable can be a contradiction showcasing the frustratingly slow pace of B2B payments digitization. In PYMNTS’ Payables Friction Playbook, “Why Firms...
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1.8KDigital PaymentsSubscription Commerce’s ‘Fear Of Commitment’ Moment
It’s one of the blessings and curses of subscription eCommerce: As easy as it can be to sign up consumers for one...
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1.6KInnovationRetail’s Innovation Race Pits Products vs. Services
Innovation takes many flavors and paths, and that’s especially true when it comes to merchants who sell retail products and companies that...
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1.9KCryptocurrencyBeyond Correspondent Banking – Time For Cryptos And Blockchain?
B2B payments are in the crosshairs for a number of firms. Might blockchain and cryptos aid in cutting paper from the process? BitPay...
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1.5KRetailCan Cameras Remove Friction From The Fast Food Drive-Thru?
How does a retailer really expect to know a customer these days, especially if that that customer is shopping inside a physical...
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1.3KRetailWhy Prime Day Is About More Than Amazon
The annual retail event known as Amazon Prime Day is about more than Prime or the giant eCommerce operators. It’s also about...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsCanada’s Path Toward B2B Payables Modernization
Canada is embracing the payments modernization journey, with organizations like Payments Canada driving adoption of faster, more agile payment functionality in the...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsBumble Bee Positive On Supply Chain Via Blockchain
Food giant Bumblebee Foods has seen a positive reaction to, and reception of, its supply chain tracking over blockchain. Elsewhere, IBM has...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsWhy Jobs And Economic Growth Aren’t Always Good News For SMBs
The July jobs report allowed some U.S. analysts to breathe a sigh of relief, with data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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1.7KGig EconomyLime Taps PayPal’s Hyperwallet For Global Payouts
PayPal’s Hyperwallet is facilitating payments to Lime’s scooter “juicer” force — offering a range of payout options globally. Brent Warrington, Hyperwallet's general...
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1.5KEconomyDebt Loads Hobble Chinese Firms
There’s an old saying in investing, which, paraphrased, works out to “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide...
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1.6KRetailAs 5G Looms, Retail Possibilities Become More Clear
Retailers surely have more than enough to worry about these days. For one, the pace of innovation keeps speeding up – and that...
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1.7KUnattended RetailAutomated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout
Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development...
