mobile app

DadeSystems: 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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B2B Payments

BBVA 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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Investments

letgo 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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Mobile Applications

Safelite, 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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Big Data

Can 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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Mobile Order Ahead

Can 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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Earnings

Starbucks 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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Mobile Order Ahead

Bringing 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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Mobile Applications

BoA 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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Mobile Payments

Snapchat 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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Retail

Target 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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Mobile Payments

BJ’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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Digital Banking

Citigroup 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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Google

Google 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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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Shopify 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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Digital Payments

Venmo 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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Payments Innovation

Are 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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Google

Google 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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Today In Data

Warehouse 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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Mobile Order Ahead

Starbucks 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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IPO

Tech 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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Startup Check-In

DadeSystems: 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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Payment Methods

GasBuddy 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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Delivery

Securing 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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B2B Payments

Sodexo 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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Retail

Chipotle 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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Retail

Apps 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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Mobile Applications

Waze: 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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Mobile Applications

Sotheby’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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Retail

Stepping 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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Mobile Applications

Mobile 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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Mobile Applications

HSBC 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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Sizzle/Fizzle

Working 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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Today In Data

Making 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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Payments Innovation

Facebook 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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Sizzle/Fizzle

Robots 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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Retail

Sinemia 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...

Challenger Banks Penta, Arro Debut Small Business Accounts

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SMBs

Sharing Success On Small Business Week

“Small but mighty” is the mantra this week, as small businesses (SMBs) celebrate the entrepreneurship and perseverance (otherwise known as “blood, sweat...

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Alexa

Synchrony Amazon.com Store Card Holders Can Now Check Balances Via Voice

Synchrony, the financial services company, announced news on Wednesday (May 2) that customers can now use voice commands to manage their Amazon.com Store...

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Mobile Applications

Snap’s Stocks Take A Hit From Unpopular Redesign

Snap’s first-quarter sales fell short of analysts’ projections after its redesign, as shares fell as much as 19 percent in late trading....

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Alternative Finances

Getting Bill Payments The Financial Services Love It Deserves

No one gets excited about paying bills. Which, according to SVP of Consumer Channels and General Manager Richard Kang at Handle Financial,...

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Earnings

Active Daily Orders Come Up Short For Grubhub In Q1

Growth from markets that do not include major cities fueled Grubhub’s revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018, an increase that...

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Retail

Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s

In 1887, Asa Candler, the founder of the Coca-Cola Company, had a novel idea: He decided to give away some of his...

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Cross Border Commerce

Circle International Inks Cross-Border Payment Deal With Lakala

Circle International Holdings, the Australian payments company, announced news on Monday (April 30) of a new strategic partnership with payment gateway company...