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Today In B2B: Comdata Unveils New Fleet Card; Bookipi Debuts Invoice Payments Tool

Today In B2B: Comdata Unveils New Fleet Card; Bookipi Debuts Invoice Payments Tool
Today In B2B: Comdata Unveils New Fleet Card; Bookipi Debuts Invoice Payments Tool
February 24, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Comdata rolls out a new fleet card for small fleets, and Bookipi launches an invoice payments feature. Plus, reports say corporates...

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Today In Digital First Banking: Central Banks Of UAE, China Join CBDC Effort; State Bank Of India Signs Onto Liink
Today In Digital First Banking: Central Banks Of UAE, China Join CBDC Effort; State Bank...
February 24, 2021  |  Digital Banking

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the central banks of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are joining a digital currency initiative for cross-border...

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Positive Trends In Retail Innovation And Digital Sales
Positive Trends In Retail Innovation And Digital Sales
February 24, 2021  |  Today In Data

Finesse is harnessing data analysis, 3D imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) to take on the traditional fashion industry. In mergers, the announced combination of Goodyear and Cooper Tire is set to...

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TalkShopLive Is A ‘Digital Main Street’ Of Livestreamed Storefronts
TalkShopLive Is A ‘Digital Main Street’ Of Livestreamed Storefronts
February 24, 2021  |  Retail

Whether it’s small businesses with a single employee, a Fortune 500 retailer doing a product launch or an A-list celebrity discussing her new book, the...

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Stripe, Afterpay Join Forces To Expand BNPL To More Merchants
Stripe, Afterpay Join Forces To Expand BNPL To More Merchants
February 24, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Afterpay, which offers a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service, and Stripe, which works on payments infrastructure for eCommerce, are teaming up. The plan is...

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CVS Health Will Provide COVID-19 Inoculations In Six More States
CVS Health Will Provide COVID-19 Inoculations In Six More States
February 24, 2021  |  Retail

Some CVS Pharmacy stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Louisiana, Florida, Arizona and Alabama will provide coronavirus inoculations to qualified populations via the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program....

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Lowes.com Sales Spike 121 Pct, Driving Q4 Results And Topping Home Depot
Lowes.com Sales Spike 121 Pct, Driving Q4 Results And Topping Home Depot
February 24, 2021  |  Retail

Lowe’s, the second-largest home improvement hardware retailer, said Wednesday (Feb. 24) that its fourth-quarter same-store sales rose 28 percent to $20.3 billion, led by a...

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Canada’s GoFor Introduces ‘Shop Local’ Delivery Effort In Several US Cities
Canada’s GoFor Introduces ‘Shop Local’ Delivery Effort In Several US Cities
February 24, 2021  |  Retail

Ottawa, Canada-based logistics marketplace GoFor Industries has rolled out a “Shop Local” initiative in Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee; Memphis, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Baltimore,...

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Easing Blockchain’s Introduction To The Global Payments Ecosystem
Easing Blockchain’s Introduction To The Global Payments Ecosystem
February 24, 2021  |  B2B Payments

As corporates continue to find themselves inspired by surging bitcoin values and a massive crypto haul by Tesla, the digital currency ecosystem is beginning to...

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