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Gig Apps Space Heating Up As Vaccine Rumors Swirl
Gig Apps Space Heating Up As Vaccine Rumors Swirl
November 10, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

The PYMNTS Gig Economy Index has found that while 84 percent of gig workers would do more work if they were paid faster, 17 percent...

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Today In Payments: Uber, Lyft Lose AB5 Appeal; FTC Commissioners Weigh Facebook Antitrust Suit
Today In Payments: Uber, Lyft Lose AB5 Appeal; FTC Commissioners Weigh Facebook Antitrust Suit
October 23, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Uber and Lyft must reclassify their drivers as employees, and FTC commissioners are in favor of pursuing an antitrust suit against...

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Grocery Round-Up:  SNAP’s Delivery Expansion, Amazon’s No Charge Pick-ups And The Store Building Binge
Grocery Round-Up: SNAP’s Delivery Expansion, Amazon’s No Charge Pick-ups And The Store Building Binge
October 22, 2020  |  Retail

Another busy week in the rapidly digitizing world of grocery with a focus this week on making digital grocery orders more accessible to all coming in new upgrades...

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Instacart Enables EBT SNAP Payments For ALDI
Instacart Enables EBT SNAP Payments For ALDI
October 22, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Instacart has teamed with ALDI to debut EBT SNAP payments for same-day eCommerce supermarket delivery and pickup to bolster access to those services, according to...

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Today In Payments: China Trials Digital Yuan By Giving Away $1.5M; EU Puts 20 Firms On Regulatory Hit List
Today In Payments: China Trials Digital Yuan By Giving Away $1.5M; EU Puts 20 Firms...
October 12, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, China is giving away $1.5 million to test the digital yuan, and the EU is compiling a list of 20 tech...

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Report: Instacart Talks To Bankers About An IPO
Report: Instacart Talks To Bankers About An IPO
October 11, 2020  |  IPO

Representatives of grocery-delivery powerhouse Instacart have met with investment bankers to explore taking the company public, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story...

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Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime Day
Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime...
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

Another busy week in grocery as it seems the pace kicked up in the race to capture the consumer’s grocery dollar. Instacart saw its valuation...

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Instacart Value Skyrockets To $17.7B With $200M Funding Round
Instacart Value Skyrockets To $17.7B With $200M Funding Round
October 08, 2020  |  Investments

Unicorn delivery app Instacart has raised $200 million as part of a new financing round, which upped the company’s valuation to $17.7 billion, the Silicon...

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Mastercard, Instacart To Provide Grocery Delivery Benefits To Cardholders
Mastercard, Instacart To Provide Grocery Delivery Benefits To Cardholders
October 01, 2020  |  Mastercard

Shoppers who use a U.S.-issued Mastercard to pay for groceries delivered by Instacart are being offered a way to save money, the New York-based global...

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