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583RetailMenswear Brands Get An Online Spotlight With Deal-Of-The-Day Platforms
Small menswear brands, even some that are considered to be medium or large, might face a challenge when it comes to marketing:...
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1.7KGoogleGoogle Assistant Can Now Book Users An Uber, Lyft Ride
Google Assistant can now help users book a car from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, GO-JEK and other ridesharing services. The feature, which...
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2.8KFacebookFacebook Opens Online Dating Pilot
Excuse the brief descent into heartbreak, but for every online dating success story — Aren’t they so cute?!! How nice of them to...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsPwC Debuts Small Biz Payment Reminder App With Bemo
One of the U.K.’s Big Four auditing firms, PwC, is teaming up with a small tech firm to make it easier for...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsXero Braces For Bank Integrations With New API
Small business accounting software provider Xero is bracing for a slew of bank and FinTech integrations with the launch of its Open...
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2.7KGig EconomyWhy Gig Workers Need Their Own Bank
Freelancing isn't all about being footloose and fancy-free. Navigating paperwork, banking and invoices has its challenges — especially in France. Fresh off a funding...
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3.1KFacebook44 Percent Of Millennials Have Unfriended Facebook
Facebook is losing its luster with some of its customers, as Pew Research finds that a “significant” share of its users have...
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1.8KInvestmentsMessaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise
Japan’s LINE Corporation is raising around 148.1 billion yen ($1.33 billion) through convertible bonds so it can expand into the financial services...
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2.2KMobile ApplicationsWeebly Unveils New Features For Mobile App
In an update to its standalone product, Weebly unveiled multiple eCommerce features for its mobile app. The rollout comes as Weebly seeks to...
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2.6KSecurity & FraudAir Canada Confirms Data Breach Of Mobile App
Air Canada, the Canadian airline operator, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday (August 29) that its mobile app suffered a data breach. According...
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2.4KConsumer FinanceIntuit’s Mint Updates iOS App With Data-Driven Insights
To offer users actionable advice, Intuit’s Mint is updating its personal finance iOS Mint app with added benefits, new design features and...
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4.7KeCommerceWhy Scandit Wants To Go Beyond The Barcode
Commerce is everywhere, which means barcodes are everywhere. Smart devices? They’re everywhere, too. Internet of Things (IoT) — well, by now, everything...
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5.9KMobile PaymentsGM, Shell And P97 Launch In-Dash Fuel Payments
Let’s just come out and say it: When it comes to the wide range of commerce activities, unless you’re a teenager with...
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3.8KStartup Check-InDadeSystems: Single Sign-On Helps Companies Manage App Access
Mobile apps aren’t just about convenience: Business apps also handle sensitive information, such as checks, security and control over user access, which...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsBBVA Compass To Add Budgeting To Mobile Business Banking App
Financial services firm BBVA Compass is upgrading its mobile business banking app to add new features. In a press release on Wednesday...
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1.6KInvestmentsletgo Lands $500M In New Capital From Naspers
letgo, the app to buy and sell locally, announced Wednesday (Aug. 8) that Naspers invested $500 million of new capital into the...
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2.5KMobile ApplicationsSafelite, Ingo Money Team To Pay Auto Claims In A Day
The first thing that probably pops into one’s head at the mention of Safelite, the auto glass and claims management company, is...
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3.9KBig DataCan Spotify And Metallica Localize Live Shows With Big Data?
Set lists do much more than determine the songs heard in concert. They also signal to fans the mindsets of their favorite...
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2.0KMobile Order AheadCan Dunkin’ Donuts Gain On Starbucks In Mobile Payments?
Dunkin’ Donuts wants to take more control over its mobile payments. That’s the thinking behind a deal announced on July 26 with...
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3.1KEarningsStarbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales
Loyalty and mobile continued to do some productive lifting for Starbucks in its fiscal third quarter of 2018, as those two factors...
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1.4KMobile Order AheadBringing In Office Lunch Orders With Mobile Platforms
Restaurants located near workplaces may receive orders from employers from time to time, but they can also serve groups of workers that...
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1.7KMobile ApplicationsBoA Debuts Commercial Prepaid App
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced the launch of a mobile application for cardholders of commercial prepaid cards. Designed for cardholders who...
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2.8KMobile PaymentsSnapchat Exits P2P
Snapchat is closing down Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payment space, on August 30. According to reports, there is code buried in Snapchat’s Android...
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2.2KRetailTarget Expands Drive Up Service In The Midwest
Target has brought its Drive Up service to 200 additional stores in the Midwest and select states with its latest expansion of...
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2.2KMobile PaymentsBJ’s, PayPal Pair For Faster Online Checkout
BJ’s Wholesale Club has announced that members who shop on BJs.com will now be able to pay for their purchases with PayPal,...
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3.5KDigital BankingCitigroup To Lure Deposits With New App
Citigroup, faced with lackluster deposits from individual customers, is trying to ramp up that side of the business by rolling out a...
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2.1KGoogleGoogle Maps Serves Up Personalized Restaurant Recommendations
Google has officially launched new features on Google Maps that will help users find the best spots to eat, drink, and play...
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5.1KPartnerships / AcquisitionsShopify Eyes Buying Experience With Return Magic Acquisition
Shopify announced that it has acquired mobile app Return Magic. Developed by a Montreal-based team co-founded by Guillaume Racine and Raff Paquin,...
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4.7KDigital PaymentsVenmo Launches Debit Cards
Venmo is getting into cards. The peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal said Monday (June 25) that it has launched a Mastercard-branded...
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7.6KPayments InnovationAre Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went...
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2.3KGoogleGoogle Launches Subscription Center For Mobile Apps
Google has launched its subscription center that will centralize all Google Play subscriptions for both users and developers. “While users derive a...
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1.4KToday In DataWarehouse Clubs Test Curated Stores With Digital Options
Warehouse clubs are designing smaller stores, with a focus on omnichannel features and a carefully chosen selection. They are also seeking to...
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2.6KMobile Order AheadStarbucks To Pick Up Pace Of Store Closings Amid Mobile Growth
Starbucks, the coffee chain operator, said Tuesday (June 20) that it was scaling back its growth and cutting its sales targets for...
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2.3KIPOTech Unicorn To Bring Billions In Japan, Illuminating A Culture Of Thrift
One of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) in Japan may herald a sea change across a number of fronts: in payments,...
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1.7KStartup Check-InDadeSystems: Mobile Deposits Must Serve The Middleman Too
Tom Berdan, chief marketing officer at startup DadeSystems, is working from his home office in Orlando, where the air conditioner is broken. He’s...
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3.3KPayment MethodsGasBuddy CEO: GasBack Is The New Cash Back
With about 220 million drivers on the road, gas is a commodity that nearly everybody needs. The average American fills up their...
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1.9KDeliverySecuring The Last Mile Through Wi-Fi-Enabled Locks
The lock, modernized? The package thief, thwarted as a result? The last mile, for all its logistics, for all its twists and...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsSodexo Collaboration Launches T&E Mobile App Rydoo
Travel and expense management mobile app Rydoo has made its market debut as a result of a collaboration between Sodexo, Xpenditure and...
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2.0KRetailChipotle May Add More Drive-Thru Lanes
As Chipotle Mexican Grill ramps up its digital efforts, the quick-service restaurant chain (QSR) may roll out more drive-thru lanes. Chipotle currently...
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1.6KRetailApps Simplify Beverage Orders For Bars And Distributors
Beverage managers are often faced with a dilemma: how to simplify the process of ordering alcohol from multiple distributors. To create an...
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4.2KMobile ApplicationsWaze: Data Can Drive A Low-Stress Memorial Day For Travelers
As the unofficial start to summer, Memorial Day inspires many Americans to spend time with friends and family – and the extra...
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2.3KMobile ApplicationsSotheby’s Launches First Real Estate AR App
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC has announced the launch of Curate by Sotheby’s International Realty, the first real estate-branded augmented reality (AR)...
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2.0KRetailStepping Into The Future Of Footwear With 3-D Printing
Consumers who want to buy insoles for their shoes typically have one of two choices: They can either by an off-the-shelf insole...
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3.1KMobile ApplicationsMobile App TeenSafe Leaks Parent And Child Data
Mobile app TeenSafe leaked tens of thousands of accounts of both parents and children. TeenSafe allows parents to view their child’s text...
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5.5KMobile ApplicationsHSBC Launches ‘Connected Money’ App
As FinTech firms grow in popularity with their personalized services and sleek mobile apps, HSBC looks to compete by launching a multi-account app...
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2.2KSizzle/FizzleWorking Capital Sizzles, Wells Fargo Fizzles And MoviePass Faces An Uncertain Future
It’s never a good sign when the headlines begin widely speculating about a firm’s impending demise. That’s currently the media narrative for...
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1.7KToday In DataMaking Unexpected Connections
Given that the average American checks his Facebook page some 14 times a day, the social media giant’s decision to expand into online...
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6.3KPayments InnovationFacebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
Finding one’s soulmate isn’t easy. In fact, physicist, NASA roboticist and “What If” author Randall Munroe says that, scientifically speaking, it’s impossible. The...
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4.3KSizzle/FizzleRobots Sizzle, Tax Reform Fizzles And Facebook Raises Eyebrows With Its Timing
Fizzle of the Week: Timing Spring has finally arrived across the United States, and love is in the air. Even on Facebook....
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2.9KRetailSinemia Looks To Take On MoviePass
With MoviePass’ booming movie ticket subscription success, it’s unsurprising a competitor is looking to steal away some of their cinema-enthused customers. Sinemia...
