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76NewsToday In Payments: Apple Purchases Mobeewave; Trump Encourages Microsoft To Buy All Of TikTok
In today’s top news, Apple has purchased Mobeewave, and President Donald Trump has encouraged Microsoft to buy all of TikTok. Plus, GoodRx Inc....
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111SMBsRestaurant Association Seeks Lowering Revenue Limits In New PPP Plan
The National Restaurant Association sent a letter to prominent U.S. political leaders in protest of a modification to the Paycheck Protection Program...
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187Digital PaymentsWill COVID And Fraud Finally Kill The Paper Check?
PYMNTS has been writing for years about the ongoing push to #killthecheck, but paper checks live on because of their ubiquity of...
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189EconomyPoll: Almost Half Of Those Laid Off Doubt Jobs Will Return
Almost half of furloughed workers in the U.S. don’t believe their jobs are coming back, according to a report from CNBC citing...
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184BitcoinBitcoin Daily: US Seeks To Return Funds To Investors From Banana.Fund In Connection With $6.5M Crypto Scam; Alleged Twitter Teen Hacker Has $3M In Bitcoin
U.S. prosecutors are looking to give back $6.5 million in purportedly swindled cryptocurrency to “Banana.Fund” crowdfunding effort victims, CoinDesk reported. The suit...
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256CoronavirusCoronavirus Refunds: University Of Alabama To Reimburse Students For Football Season Tickets
As the pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life the world over, consumers in many cases might want refunds on things they have...
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215Partnerships / AcquisitionsTrump Urges Microsoft To Buy TikTok In Its Entirety
President Donald Trump gave Microsoft Corp. some advice on its bid to buy the U.S. arm of TikTok, the controversial Chinese video-sharing app. On Monday (Aug. 3),...
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320HealthcareTrump Plans Telehealth Law To Improve Access To Digital Medical Care
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order improving telehealth and general care for rural areas that don’t...
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303IPOBigCommerce Increases IPO Pricing Window To $21-$23 Per Share
Online shopping technology provider BigCommerce Holdings is increasing its potential pricing and appended insider selling as it plans to go public, according...
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401B2B PaymentsDayTek Capital Granted Banking License In Australia
DayTek Capital, an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid “Infinity” card, has been granted a banking license by the country’s Securities...
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356PersonnelCiti Changes Its TTS Management Team
Citi has named Stephen Randall as the TTS global head of liquidity management services in the London office, the company has announced....
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743B2B PaymentsBilltrust Teams With Finexio To Expand Access To Digital B2B Tools
Finexio, which offers accounts payable payments-as-a-solution software, will partner with B2B order-to-cash solution provider Billtrust to provide speedier, more connected payments, according...
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355EconomyISM: Manufacturing Back On The Rise After Sharp Downturn
The battered U.S. manufacturing sector continued its post-pandemic rebound in June, hitting its highest levels in more than a year in a...
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309Risk ManagementCoverWallet Unveils Digital Insurance Offering For Startups Backed By VCs
Digital insurance platform CoverWallet, an Aon company, has unveiled a new offering for growth companies that have received venture capital (VC) investments,...
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275Digital PaymentsEtsy’s Payments Platform Now Available In Seven More Countries
Etsy is expanding its proprietary payments platform to seven new countries. The company announced on Monday (Aug. 3) that Etsy Payments will...
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449Buy Now Pay LaterAmerican Express Expands BNPL Options For Cardholders
American Express (Amex) has introduced a new way for its card members to pay for things. Platinum card holders can now join...
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1.2KSMBsCEOs Predict ‘Wave Of Permanent Closures’ Unless More Relief Is Given To SMBs
Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks Corp., and dozens of other top executives urged Congress to support small- to medium-sized businesses...
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419Social CommerceFacebook Looks To Boost eCommerce Platform With ‘Accelerator’
Facebook is intensifying its push into eCommerce as demand grows for online shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic. The social media giant is...
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457Voice Activation5 Ways Voice Technology Is Increasingly Making Itself Heard
Voice technology is among the things that have gotten a big boost from the global pandemic as consumers shift to buying things...
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372B2B PaymentsArkieva Rolls Out Swifcast For Demand Forecasting
Arkieva, a software developer for worldwide manufacturing supply chains, has rolled out its Swifcast machine learning (ML) forecasting and return on investment...
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348B2B Paymentsiwoca Notches £100M To Support Pandemic Relief Loans
U.K. FinTech iwoca has notched £100 million in funding to help coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS) clients. The company intends to grow...
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