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Tech Giants Make Moves to Capture Rising eGrocery Sales

Tech Giants Make Moves to Capture Rising eGrocery Sales
Tech Giants Make Moves to Capture Rising eGrocery Sales
May 09, 2022  |  Delivery

Online grocery is no longer just the purview of brick-and-mortar incumbents and emerging eCommerce startups. Major technology companies are also making moves into the space....

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TimePayment Acquires Equipment Financing Firm Wheaten Financial
TimePayment Acquires Equipment Financing Firm Wheaten Financial
May 09, 2022  |  Acquisitions

TimePayment, a FinTech involved in sales financing for sellers of specialty equipment, has acquired Wheaten Financial Inc., which finances purchases of equipment, especially commercial vehicles,...

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GoodRx Bolsters Top Ranks With Hires From Uber and Meta
GoodRx Bolsters Top Ranks With Hires From Uber and Meta
May 09, 2022  |  Personnel

Digital health care platform GoodRx has announced three senior-level leadership appointments, naming Raj Beri as chief operating offer, Mark Hull as chief product officer and...

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Millennial Minute: Sharing Data Digitally Not a Hangup for 80% of Millennials Opening New Accounts
Millennial Minute: Sharing Data Digitally Not a Hangup for 80% of Millennials Opening New Accounts
May 09, 2022  |  Data

The pandemic has pushed the digital shift forward by three to five years minimum, and that’s made it easier — and more attractive — for...

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Atom Finance Launches Stock and Crypto Intelligence Platform
Atom Finance Launches Stock and Crypto Intelligence Platform
May 09, 2022  |  Technology

Investment intelligence app Atom Finance has launched an embedded stock and crypto intelligence platform, according to Monday (May 9) press release. Get the Full Story...

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KeyBank Acquires Loan Forgiveness Counseling Service GradFin
KeyBank Acquires Loan Forgiveness Counseling Service GradFin
May 09, 2022  |  Acquisitions

KeyBank has acquired GradFin, a Philadelphia company that provides public service loan forgiveness counseling, according to a Monday (May 9) press release. Terms of the...

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The Data Point: 97% of Billing and Collections Execs Say Digitization Raises Satisfaction
The Data Point: 97% of Billing and Collections Execs Say Digitization Raises Satisfaction
May 09, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Billing and collections have impacts extending beyond the transactional, governing much of the experience that gets reflected in Net Promoter Scores for utilities and financial...

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Blue Apron CEO Notes Shift From Playing Catch-up to Building Toward the Future
Blue Apron CEO Notes Shift From Playing Catch-up to Building Toward the Future
May 09, 2022  |  Subscriptions

2021 proved a difficult year for meal kit subscription companies, with consumers’ return to lives away from home counteracting the boost they saw during quarantine....

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Today in Retail: Hasbro Board Urges Shareholders to Keep Them Around; 7-Eleven Wants to Add New Rising Stars to Its Stores
Today in Retail: Hasbro Board Urges Shareholders to Keep Them Around; 7-Eleven Wants to Add...
May 09, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Kohl’s board of directors is fighting a takeover bid by an activist investor, while Hasbro’s board urges shareholders to keep them and...

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