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Sonos CEO Says Google Assistant Integration Should Come Before Holidays

Sonos CEO Says Google Assistant Integration Should Come Before Holidays
Sonos CEO Says Google Assistant Integration Should Come Before Holidays
August 03, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Sonos, the newly-public smart speaker company, which debuted on the Nasdaq Thursday (August 3), is gearing up to roll out integration with Google Assistant soon....

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Square Opens Reader Hardware To Developers
Square Opens Reader Hardware To Developers
August 03, 2018  |  Point of Sale

Square announced it is opening its Reader hardware to developers, enabling them to build their own custom checkout and point of sale experiences. Get the...

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Venezuela Legalizes Money Exchanges
Venezuela Legalizes Money Exchanges
August 03, 2018  |  International

Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly voted on Thursday (Aug. 2) to legalize money exchange operations in an effort to relax the government’s strict currency controls. According to...

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How The eCommerce Fakers Launder Money
How The eCommerce Fakers Launder Money
August 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

“Fake it ‘til you make it” is a familiar idiom with roots in the great teachings of Aristotle, who once said that a person who...

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Apple’s Trillion-Dollar Market Cap Sizzle
Apple’s Trillion-Dollar Market Cap Sizzle
August 03, 2018  |  Apple

There are good weeks, and there are good weeks. Before yesterday (Aug. 2), Apple was already having a pretty good week: Earnings came in strong, buoyed...

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How Payment Platforms Simplify Travel Payments’ Complexity
How Payment Platforms Simplify Travel Payments’ Complexity
August 03, 2018  |  Platform Payments

No more plastic. And no more relying solely on virtual cards. Companies need transparency when it comes to booking and paying for road warriors’ trips....

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WEX Sees Double Digit Gains in Payment Processing Revenues
WEX Sees Double Digit Gains in Payment Processing Revenues
August 02, 2018  |  Earnings

WEX posted results Thursday that showed traction in its core fleet and travel-related business, amid gains in payment processing activity. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Five at Five: Brookstone Ends Era With Bankruptcy
Five at Five: Brookstone Ends Era With Bankruptcy
August 02, 2018  |  News

Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a bankruptcy filing by Brookstone,...

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