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Grocers Consider Checkout Line-Free Future With Unattended Retail
Grocers Consider Checkout Line-Free Future With Unattended Retail
October 23, 2018  |  Retail

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase...

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Helios And Matheson To Spin Off MoviePass
Helios And Matheson To Spin Off MoviePass
October 23, 2018  |  Subscription Commerce

Helios and Matheson Analytics, the parent company of MoviePass, announced Tuesday (Oct. 23) that the board has signed off on a preliminarily plan to spin...

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Analyst Cuts Amazon Estimates Amid Potential USPS Rate Hike
Analyst Cuts Amazon Estimates Amid Potential USPS Rate Hike
October 23, 2018  |  Retail

With a potential increase in U.S. Postal Service fees on the horizon, Credit Suisse Analyst Stephen Ju is reducing his estimates for the near term...

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Tipalti Announces Seamless Integration With Intuit QuickBooks Online
Tipalti Announces Seamless Integration With Intuit QuickBooks Online
October 23, 2018  |  Global Payments

Tipalti has announced that its supplier payments automation solution is now integrated into Intuit QuickBooks Online. The global payments automation firm reported the new development...

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Amazon’s HQ2 Hunt Has Real Estate Investors Making Bets
Amazon’s HQ2 Hunt Has Real Estate Investors Making Bets
October 23, 2018  |  Retail

Even before Amazon names the city where it will put its second headquarters, investors are already looking for cash commitments and capital to invest real estate...

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Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
October 23, 2018  |  Wearables

HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two firms are currently...

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Bank Of America Automates FX Conversion For Smaller FIs
Bank Of America Automates FX Conversion For Smaller FIs
October 23, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange...

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How Canada’s Post Strike Could Boost Electronic B2B Payments
How Canada’s Post Strike Could Boost Electronic B2B Payments
October 23, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Canada’s mail and parcel operations under Canada Post have been hit by a worker’s strike amid ongoing contract tensions with the Canadian Union of Postal...

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FSB: No Govt Contracts For Big UK Firms That Pay Late
FSB: No Govt Contracts For Big UK Firms That Pay Late
October 23, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In the U.K., a group representing small businesses said larger firms that are late payers should not get government business. Separately, Sears' bankruptcy filing dominates headlines...

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