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Taco Bell Leverages Buzzy Product Drops to Combat Inflation Trade Down

Taco Bell Leverages Buzzy Product Drops to Combat Inflation Trade Down
Taco Bell Leverages Buzzy Product Drops to Combat Inflation Trade Down
August 03, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

As prices skyrocket, major restaurant brands must work harder to keep their customers from trading down to food-at-home options, and a way they can do...

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Crypto Fight on Capitol Hill Increasingly Favors CFTC
Crypto Fight on Capitol Hill Increasingly Favors CFTC
August 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) appears to have won another round in its fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for control of...

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Embedded Finance Brings Consumer Convenience to B2B Payments
Embedded Finance Brings Consumer Convenience to B2B Payments
August 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Driven by changing customer preferences, a growing number of companies are adopting embedded finance solutions in both their business-to-business (B2B) and their consumer-facing payment verticals....

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Attentive Partners With Shopify to Advance Buying by Text 
Attentive Partners With Shopify to Advance Buying by Text 
August 03, 2022  |  Mobile Commerce

Conversational commerce firm Attentive is partnering with eCommerce platform Shopify to make it easier for shoppers to make direct purchases after receiving a text message...

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PayStand Acquires Yaydoo in One of Latam’s Biggest Tech Mergers
PayStand Acquires Yaydoo in One of Latam’s Biggest Tech Mergers
August 03, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Blockchain-enabled B2B payments company PayStand has acquired Mexican FinTech Yaydoo, marking what the company called “one of the biggest technology unions” in Latin America. Get...

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Vori Raises $10M for Grocery Store Inventory Management
Vori Raises $10M for Grocery Store Inventory Management
August 03, 2022  |  Investments

Digital B2B grocery supply chain-focused inventory management platform Vori has wrapped up a Series A funding round totaling $10 million that the company will use...

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ECB Cautions Against Quixotic Quests on Path to CBDC ‘Holy Grail’
ECB Cautions Against Quixotic Quests on Path to CBDC ‘Holy Grail’
August 03, 2022  |  CBDC

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Airbnb’s Q2 Earnings Show Working Vacations Still Have Traction
Airbnb’s Q2 Earnings Show Working Vacations Still Have Traction
August 03, 2022  |  Earnings

In the face of steep inflation and major air travel disruptions, consumers still booked more trips and longer stays with Airbnb in the second quarter...

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Splitit Partners With letus to Bring Installment Billing to Rental Market
Splitit Partners With letus to Bring Installment Billing to Rental Market
August 03, 2022  |  Partnerships

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Splitit is partnering with letus, a cloud-based payment platform for the rental market, via an Installments-as-a-Service integration. Get the...

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