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Amazon, Walmart Square off Over Same-Day Delivery
Amazon, Walmart Square off Over Same-Day Delivery
August 01, 2022  |  Delivery

Until speed-of-thought delivery is innovated, the next best thing is same day, a concept that Amazon is pursuing aggressively at a time of increasing demand...

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EMEA Daily: Tandem Bank Joins Raisin UK Savings Marketplace; Egypt Startups Use Tech to Drive Food Industry Innovation
EMEA Daily: Tandem Bank Joins Raisin UK Savings Marketplace; Egypt Startups Use Tech to Drive...
August 01, 2022  |  emea

In today’s top news from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Egyptian food sector startups are counting on digital solutions to drive growth, and...

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Virtual Restaurants May Need to Make Changes to Maintain Market Share
Virtual Restaurants May Need to Make Changes to Maintain Market Share
August 01, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

Virtual restaurants have become a mainstay of the restaurant industry, but until now, given the novelty of the model, there has not been a central...

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Grapple, My Accounts Partner for Small Business Funding
Grapple, My Accounts Partner for Small Business Funding
August 01, 2022  |  SMBs

B2B payments and financing platform Grapple and bookkeeping firm My Accounts and have formed a partnership to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) apply for...

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Today in B2B Payments: Tartan Payroll Management Platform Notches $4.5M; Digital Payments Streamline Truckers’ Deliveries
Today in B2B Payments: Tartan Payroll Management Platform Notches $4.5M; Digital Payments Streamline Truckers’ Deliveries
August 01, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Unilever sees a rise in B2B eCommerce, and a PYMNTS and Corcentric report shows speedy digitization in the finance and healthcare...

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Digital Bank Grasshopper Secures $30.4M to Drive Growth
Digital Bank Grasshopper Secures $30.4M to Drive Growth
August 01, 2022  |  Investments

Digital commercial bank Grasshopper Bank has raised $30.4 million to support its growth across the business and innovation economies and meet clients’ expectations by providing...

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High Cost of Healthcare Is Leading Cause of Canceled Patient Appointments
High Cost of Healthcare Is Leading Cause of Canceled Patient Appointments
August 01, 2022  |  Healthcare

Among patients who canceled healthcare appointments in the last year for any reason other than their condition improving, 46% did so because the cost was...

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Rêv Worldwide Set to Acquire Netspend Consumer Business
Rêv Worldwide Set to Acquire Netspend Consumer Business
August 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

International FinTech Rêv Worldwide announced Monday (Aug. 1) that it will acquire Netspend’s consumer business from Global Payments, in partnership with Searchlight Capital Partners. Get...

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CBDC Weekly: Public Leery of Digital Dollar, IMF Urges Protection for Kenya’s M-Pesa, Indonesia Eyes Wholesale Applications
CBDC Weekly: Public Leery of Digital Dollar, IMF Urges Protection for Kenya’s M-Pesa, Indonesia Eyes...
August 01, 2022  |  CBDC

The public comments on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) are running overwhelmingly against a digital dollar, according to a libertarian think tank analyst....

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