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Flipkart Lets Consumers Pay Retailers With ‘SuperCoin’ Rewards Points

Flipkart Lets Consumers Pay Retailers With ‘SuperCoin’ Rewards Points
Flipkart Lets Consumers Pay Retailers With ‘SuperCoin’ Rewards Points
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart-controlled Flipkart Group, which is looking to go public, will now allow its customers to use rewards points alone to pay for products — online and...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Mobile Money, bKash Collaborate With Ripple; Ant Group Revamping Operations
Today In Payments Around The World: Mobile Money, bKash Collaborate With Ripple; Ant Group Revamping...
January 18, 2021  |  News

In today’s top payments news around the world, Mobile Money and bKash have teamed with Ripple, while Ant Group is said to be quickly working...

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How Voice Is Winning Consumers By Being Everywhere They Want To Be
How Voice Is Winning Consumers By Being Everywhere They Want To Be
January 18, 2021  |  Voice Activation

While historians will have no shortage of things to write about at great length when it comes to the year 2020, one of the highlights...

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Mastercard: Building An Inclusive Economy
Mastercard: Building An Inclusive Economy
January 18, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

“While there has been a massive shift to digital payments this year, close to 50 million people in the U.S. remain underbanked,” points out Sudhir...

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COVID Vaccinations Could Be A Shot In The Arm For CVS, Walgreens, Other Pharmacies 
COVID Vaccinations Could Be A Shot In The Arm For CVS, Walgreens, Other Pharmacies 
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

“We’re going to fully activate the pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible,” Biden said in a...

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CarLotz Aims To Disrupt Used-Car Business (And Go Public This Week)
CarLotz Aims To Disrupt Used-Car Business (And Go Public This Week)
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

CEO Michael Bor of CarLotz — a used-car platform he co-founded and expects to take public this week via a SPAC — says selling used...

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Kroger Joins Amazon In The Race To Add ‘Smart’ Grocery Carts 
Kroger Joins Amazon In The Race To Add ‘Smart’ Grocery Carts 
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

The race is revving up at grocery aisles across America to add “smart” shopping carts that can track what consumers pick up off the shelves...

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Blackhawk: Better Connected Through Reflection And Focus
Blackhawk: Better Connected Through Reflection And Focus
January 18, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Talbott Roche, CEO of Blackhawk, explores how COVID-19 has inspired a strengthening of ties to community — and payments have been an important mechanism in that...

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Ulta Beauty Reduces Staff Amid Pandemic
Ulta Beauty Reduces Staff Amid Pandemic
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

As it acclimates to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, Ulta Beauty has reduced its field management and corporate headcount, the Chicago Tribune reported. Get...

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