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Today in Retail: Chatbots Help Car Buyers Get Quick Answers and Service; Consumers Are Spending More but Shopping Less
Today in Retail: Chatbots Help Car Buyers Get Quick Answers and Service; Consumers Are Spending...
April 20, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Victoria’s Secret unveils a brand for tweens while Amazon deploys palm-scan payment at Whole Foods in Austin, Texas. Plus, Capital Automotive Group...

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Moneyhub, Wyzr Partner on Automated Financial Planning
Moneyhub, Wyzr Partner on Automated Financial Planning
April 20, 2022  |  Partnerships

Open data and payments platform Moneyhub and financial technology platform Wyzr are teaming up to enable automated financial planning in the U.K., according to a...

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Report: People Want to Get Paid Faster
Report: People Want to Get Paid Faster
April 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

When it comes to managing finances, people usually want the convenience of digital tools for most aspects of banking and budgeting. But not all the...

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Data: Amazon Pulls Ahead of Walmart in Share of US Retail Spending
Data: Amazon Pulls Ahead of Walmart in Share of US Retail Spending
April 20, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon dethroned Walmart as the biggest winner of retail spend in the U.S. in 2021. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Wealth Management Service Envestnet Partners With Door
Wealth Management Service Envestnet Partners With Door
April 20, 2022  |  Partnerships

Wealth management technology firm Envestnet has teamed up with risk management platform Door to streamline and optimize its research on asset managers and their strategies,...

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Just Eat Takeaway Explores Sale of Grubhub as US Competitors Pull Ahead
Just Eat Takeaway Explores Sale of Grubhub as US Competitors Pull Ahead
April 20, 2022  |  Delivery

It would appear that Just Eat Takeaway’s Grubhub bet is not paying off. In a trading update Wednesday (April 20), the Netherlands-based company announced that...

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Primer and hoolah Team Up on BNPL Offering for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong Merchants
Primer and hoolah Team Up on BNPL Offering for Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong Merchants
April 20, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Asian omnichannel buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform hoolah and London FinTech Primer on Wednesday (April 20) teamed up to bring BNPL capabilities to merchants...

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Google Set to Open First African Product Hub
Google Set to Open First African Product Hub
April 20, 2022  |  Google

Google is opening its first-ever product development center in Africa, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday (April 19). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Wholesale Distributors Still Highly Reliant on Accepting Paper Checks
Wholesale Distributors Still Highly Reliant on Accepting Paper Checks
April 20, 2022  |  B2B Payments

While emerging technologies will play an important role in the supply chains of the future, having the ability to accept and reconcile check payments more...

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