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Alphabet: Toronto’s Smart City To Track Store Foot Traffic

Alphabet: Toronto’s Smart City To Track Store Foot Traffic
Alphabet: Toronto’s Smart City To Track Store Foot Traffic
November 15, 2019  |  Innovation

Toronto is giving Google’s parent company, Alphabet, the green light to create a smart city with its subsidiary Sidewalk Labs, Reuters reported Friday (Nov. 15)....

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Grocery Expansions, eCommerce Improvements And Voice Extensions
Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Grocery Expansions, eCommerce Improvements And Voice Extensions
November 15, 2019  |  Retail

’Tis the season for shopping — and capturing the spend of consumers with a newfound enthusiasm for commerce of all kinds. The competition for the...

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Barclays: Grubhub Stock Could Soar With Smart Merger Move
Barclays: Grubhub Stock Could Soar With Smart Merger Move
November 15, 2019  |  Delivery

Barclays has raised its investment opinion of Grubhub, positing that a few key moves could significantly change the future outlook of the company, according to...

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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News
Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News
November 15, 2019  |  News

Welcome to the PYMTS Weekender, where we recap the week’s biggest development in payments and commerce. This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push,...

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Top News In Payments: Adyen Adds Card Issuing By Merchant Demand; Amazon Echo Smart Speakers Outselling Google Home
Top News In Payments: Adyen Adds Card Issuing By Merchant Demand; Amazon Echo Smart Speakers...
November 15, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said eCommerce isn’t quite where it needs to be revenue-wise, but that it will be one...

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House Committee Approves Ban On Controversial SMB Loan Tactic
House Committee Approves Ban On Controversial SMB Loan Tactic
November 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has voted in favor of banning a controversial practice in small business lending, The Washington Post reported Friday (Nov...

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Walmart Develops Blockchain Freight Payment Network
Walmart Develops Blockchain Freight Payment Network
November 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Walmart Canada has developed a blockchain-based network to facilitate logistics operations and payments, the company announced in a press release Thursday (Nov. 14). Get the...

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Apple To Pull All 181 Vaping Apps From App Store
Apple To Pull All 181 Vaping Apps From App Store
November 15, 2019  |  Mobile

Apple is pulling all 181 vaping-related apps currently available on its App Store as health concerns mount over vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related deaths, Axios...

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