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Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses

Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses
Mastercard Commits $500M To Boost Black Communities, Businesses
September 17, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. over the next five years in a bid to address racial disparities...

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Retailers Look To Redefine Holidays For Q4
Retailers Look To Redefine Holidays For Q4
September 17, 2020  |  Retail

What a difference a day makes – or doesn’t make. While the retail industry waits for Amazon to officially announce Prime Day, some other events...

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Digital Drive: PartsHawk Turbocharges Its Data
Digital Drive: PartsHawk Turbocharges Its Data
September 17, 2020  |  Retail

It’s not often that eCommerce companies critique the products they’re aligned with. After all, Dick’s Sporting Goods doesn’t rate NFL players, and Best Buy doesn’t...

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Pet Spend Shifts Online With Pandemic
Pet Spend Shifts Online With Pandemic
September 17, 2020  |  Retail

Americans spent $95.6 billion in 2019 feeding and caring for their pets. To provide some perspective on how big that number is, if the pet...

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The Rise Of Subscriptions Amid The Pandemic 
The Rise Of Subscriptions Amid The Pandemic 
September 17, 2020  |  Today In Data

Consumers who are remaining in their residences and looking for low-contact ways to shop during COVID-19 tend to enjoy having essential products regularly delivered to...

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GameStop Collaborates With QuadPay For BNPL
GameStop Collaborates With QuadPay For BNPL
September 17, 2020  |  Retail

Amid the approaching holiday shopping season, GameStop has joined forces with QuadPay to offer access to its buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment platform. QuadPay is currently available...

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Sam’s Club To Bring Scan & Go Fuel To 518 Stations
Sam’s Club To Bring Scan & Go Fuel To 518 Stations
September 17, 2020  |  Retail

Sam’s Club is rolling out its mobile pay-at-the-pump Scan & Go Fuel experience at over 70 locations throughout the nation in September, with a “full-scale”...

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US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly To 860K
US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly To 860K
September 17, 2020  |  Economy

First-time claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last week to 860,000, lower than predictions by Dow Jones economists. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Digital Onboarding Comes To Higher Education
Digital Onboarding Comes To Higher Education
September 17, 2020  |  Innovation

Universities are getting schooled in “pandenomics” — a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “economics” coined by PYMNTS to describe manifestations of COVID-era financial change in different...

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