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How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season

How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season
How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

With the holiday shopping season set to kick into high gear with Amazon Prime Day on Oct. 13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are...

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Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
October 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months...

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Fixing A Credit-Data Dearth That’s Hurting Lending More Than COVID-19
Fixing A Credit-Data Dearth That’s Hurting Lending More Than COVID-19
October 09, 2020  |  Credit Cards

The pandemic has cast a chill across the loan process, but Matt Harris, co-founder and CEO of Bloom Credit, told PYMNTS that a lack of...

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ShoppingGives: When Philanthropy Makes Good Business For Retailers
ShoppingGives: When Philanthropy Makes Good Business For Retailers
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

It’s the middle of an unprecedented pandemic, and the health of the economy seems to change on a day-to-day basis. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime Day
Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime...
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

Another busy week in grocery as it seems the pace kicked up in the race to capture the consumer’s grocery dollar. Instacart saw its valuation...

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Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
October 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units....

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Consumer Need Fulfillment Co goPuff Nets $380M On A $3.9B Valuation
Consumer Need Fulfillment Co goPuff Nets $380M On A $3.9B Valuation
October 08, 2020  |  Investments

Philadelphia-based goPuff, which bills itself as a catch-all service to help people with everyday needs, has raised $380 million in funding, according to a report...

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Affirm Submits Draft To SEC For IPO
Affirm Submits Draft To SEC For IPO
October 08, 2020  |  IPO

Affirm has announced a filing for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a press release, and the company has submitted a draft to the...

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Some Restaurants Opt For A Long Winter’s Nap
Some Restaurants Opt For A Long Winter’s Nap
October 08, 2020  |  Retail

In September, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued updated guidance about on-premise dining as follows: “Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from...

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