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Why Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint

Why Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint
Why Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint
October 22, 2018  |  Retail

A recent deal that expands Instacart’s same-day grocery delivery for Sam’s Club members stands as more than good news for the delivery service. This is...

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UATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
UATP CEO Sees Alternative Payments Taking Flight With Airlines
October 22, 2018  |  Travel Payments

Booking flights is no longer just about charging it to the card — that is, corporate or individual credit cards. Technology has made it possible...

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SWIFT Successfully Tests Instant X-Border Payments
SWIFT Successfully Tests Instant X-Border Payments
October 22, 2018  |  Cross Border Commerce

SWIFT announced Sunday (October 21) successful test results of its new instant cross-border payments proof of concept, involving banks in China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia....

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Concerns Mount That Small Banks Are Taking On Excessive Real Estate Loan Risk
Concerns Mount That Small Banks Are Taking On Excessive Real Estate Loan Risk
October 22, 2018  |  Banking

Bank OZK, the Arkansas lender, saw its stocks plunge late last week after it took a more than $45 million write-down on two commercial real...

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Google To Charge Hardware Companies To Use Its Apps To Comply With EU
Google To Charge Hardware Companies To Use Its Apps To Comply With EU
October 21, 2018  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google is gearing up to charge hardware companies as much as $40 per device to use its mobile apps as part of a new...

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Apple’s CEO Wants Bloomberg To Retract China Hack Story
Apple’s CEO Wants Bloomberg To Retract China Hack Story
October 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract a story that claimed the company was the victim of an attack on its...

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JPMorgan To Open FinTech Office In Silicon Valley
JPMorgan To Open FinTech Office In Silicon Valley
October 21, 2018  |  Fintech Investments

JPMorgan Chase is doubling down with its FinTech aspirations, gearing up to start development of a new FinTech corporate campus in the early part of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Feds Promise AML Crypto Regulation By June 2019
Bitcoin Daily: Feds Promise AML Crypto Regulation By June 2019
October 21, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that it will get one step closer to creating international standards for cryptocurrency when it launches its first...

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS
Happy Birthday To PYMNTS
October 20, 2018  |  Commerce

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The skies parted, the Earth shook and...

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