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3RetailParty City Looks To Pick Up Where Toys R Us Left Off
Party City is getting into the toy business. The chain kicked off the week with the announcement that it will be opening...
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70Digital PaymentsVenmo Launches Debit Cards
Venmo is getting into cards. The peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal said Monday (June 25) that it has launched a Mastercard-branded...
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89RetailAmazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
To provide Prime members with additional perks at Whole Foods, Amazon is rolling out an expanded discount program starting on Wednesday (June...
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48RetailGrowing A Food Startup With Incubators
Startups love bringing new products to market, but building a business out of an idea is no easy feat. Swapples Founder and...
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36Today In DataGrocers Reduce Friction At Checkout
The checkout line can be a pain point for consumers, but cashier-less stores seek to make the trip to the grocery store a bit...
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130RegulationFinTech Catches Regulatory Gaze In The US
Regulators turned their collective gaze toward FinTech firms this past week. Specifically, the Treasury Department is slated to release (sometime over the...
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281B2B PaymentsWhy Banks Withhold Cards From Startups — Even With VC Funding
The world’s startups are having a good year. In the first quarter of this year, KPMG said in a recent report that there...
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330B2B PaymentsSingapore’s PayNow To Include Corporate Payments Service
Singapore’s PayNow is entering into the world of corporate payments. Reports in Vulcan Post said PayNow, developed by the Monetary Authority of...
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286B2B PaymentsPower2SME Says Demonetization Forced IPO Delay
Alternative small business lender Power2SME says small businesses’ loan payment times doubled overnight following India’s demonetization efforts, highlighting the impact of going...
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234B2B PaymentsGusto Diverges From Bi-Weekly Payroll Tradition
Payroll and human resources solutions firm Gusto is adding customization capabilities for employers looking for something other than the two-week payroll schedule....
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241B2B PaymentsInvu Reports That AP Execs Say A Need For Upgrades Is ‘Urgent’
Reactive instead of proactive planning, late payments, a lack of visibility: Accounts payable professionals in the U.K. are making progress in their...
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252B2B PaymentsBanks Lack Consensus On Real-Time Corporate Payments
A new report from Aite Group suggests financial service providers aren’t quite sure how real-time payments will play out in the corporate...
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524Payments InnovationAre Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went...
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3.0KBitcoinSwiss Central Bank Nixes National Crypto
Schweizerische Nationalbank Board Director Thomas Moser said he doesn’t think it’s the right time to talk about issuing a national cryptocurrency for the...
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1.4KBlockchainOverstock CEO Says Blockchain Can End Global Poverty
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne believes that blockchain might be the world’s greatest hope in ending global poverty. In an exclusive interview with...
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192GoogleGoogle Adds More Security, Privacy To Google Account
Google announced last week it is overhauling its privacy and security settings service — dubbed Google Account — to make it more...
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931InternationalTrump To Block Chinese Tech Investments
The U.S. Treasury Department is reportedly gearing up to announce rules that would prevent companies with 25 percent or more Chinese ownership...
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236BankingStartup Holds Equity Crowdsale For Banking License
Blockchain-based challenger bank BABB — which stands for Bank Account-Based Blockchain — announced it will be holding an equity crowdsale to cover the costs...
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951International‘Robin Hood’ Money Transfer Tax Threatens Kenyan Financial Services
Kenyan bankers and fund managers have warned a proposed “Robin Hood” tax on many transactions will threaten the future of the country’s...
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523Payment MethodsWhatsApp Payment Customers In India To Have 24-Hour Support
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger app, is gearing up to roll out 24-hour customer support for customers who use its upcoming payment services in...
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369Cross Border CommerceAliPay, GCash Launch Blockchain Cross-Border Remittance Service
AlipayHK and GCash announced Monday (June 25) the launch of a cross-border remittance service via their e-wallet platforms that is powered by...
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