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Restaurants Call on Voice Commerce to Fill Labor Gap
Restaurants Call on Voice Commerce to Fill Labor Gap
July 05, 2022  |  ResTech

As restaurants continue to come up against front-of-house labor challenges, many are turning towards voice commerce technologies to fill the roles once served by humans...

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Meta’s Mega Market Cap Haircut Speaks Volumes About Metaverse Challenges
Meta’s Mega Market Cap Haircut Speaks Volumes About Metaverse Challenges
July 05, 2022  |  Meta

It seems, for Big Tech, a lightning trip on the way to, and a swift descent from, from the trillion-dollar mark. Trillion-dollar market cap, to...

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Employer-Backed BNPL Plan Spreads Out Healthcare Payments and Pain
Employer-Backed BNPL Plan Spreads Out Healthcare Payments and Pain
July 05, 2022  |  Healthcare Financing

When a family member received a medical bill for $8,000 — despite having medical insurance — Steven Greene, who is now co-founder and CEO at...

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TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
July 05, 2022  |  eCommerce

TikTok is dropping plans to expand its livestream shopping venture TikTok Shop in the U.S. and Europe after the venture failed to find an audience...

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Klarna Goes Shopping for Capital at $6B Valuation
Klarna Goes Shopping for Capital at $6B Valuation
July 01, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna is preparing to raise new funds in a weak environment, a move that has reduced its valuation to roughly $6.5 billion, the Wall...

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May 2022: 58% of Consumers Live Paycheck to Paycheck, up From 54% a Year Ago
May 2022: 58% of Consumers Live Paycheck to Paycheck, up From 54% a Year Ago
July 01, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

The share of consumers living paycheck to paycheck increased by 4 percentage points between May 2021 and May 2022, according to “The New Reality Check,”...

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Wastewater Beer Offers Revolutionary — but Revolting — Twist on Conscious Cookouts
Wastewater Beer Offers Revolutionary — but Revolting — Twist on Conscious Cookouts
July 01, 2022  |  Innovation

It being the July Fourth holiday weekend in America — what some Brits still call “that day” — we will be barbecuing and picnicking. On what?...

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EMEA Neobank Weekly: Newcomers Seek to Differentiate as UK Grants Fresh Licenses
EMEA Neobank Weekly: Newcomers Seek to Differentiate as UK Grants Fresh Licenses
July 01, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

This week in the news, the U.K is to get two new neobanks as Ashman and Kroo are granted licenses. Ashman has been issued a...

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‘1099 Generation’ Wants Easier Ways to Pay — and Get Paid
‘1099 Generation’ Wants Easier Ways to Pay — and Get Paid
July 01, 2022  |  B2B Payments

The definition of “employment” is continuing to shift, and that’s led to a corresponding shift in expectations on how workers in the gig economy get...

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