In today’s top payments news, U.K. regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) governance and U.K. open banking startup Tink raises €90 million in a funding round. UK...
The connected vehicle ecosystem is taking shape, and that brings new opportunities to retail. But challenges remain, not the least of which include securing the emerging ecosystem for those connected cards and trucks. Some of the latest developments from the retail side of the ecosystem...
We all remember cramming — all that coffee and/or soda, all those books, notes and ink stains. Not to mention, all those late nights desperately striving to absorb all the information we should have learned over the course of weeks instead of hours, had we the...
While players like Uber Eats and Grubhub seek to optimize delivery by car, tech providers look to the skies to capture their share of the $13 billion food delivery business. In this month’s Intelligence of Things Tracker, PYMNTS caught up with Flytrex and the North...
January 22, 2019
We all remember cramming — all that coffee and/or soda, all those books, notes and ink stains. Not to mention, all those late nights desperately striving to absorb all the information we should have learned over the course of weeks instead of hours, had we the good sense to keep pace with the work. Years later, […]
March 23, 2017
There’s usually not a whole lot of drama in the burritos and smoothies business — well, unless one decides to order a Cajun burrito, extra spicy. Or unless you happen...
June 11, 2018
Providing Curbside with resources to grow its platform globally, Rakuten has acquired the mobile ordering technology company. The deal’s terms were not made public, retail news source Chain Store Age reported. “Curbside is changing the way traditional brick-and-mortar retailers and restaurants are interacting with their customers,” Rakuten USA President Yaz Iida said in an announcement. […]
May 22, 2018
Philz Coffee added a new way for consumers to skip the counter in March by adding a new order-ahead mobile app — with a personal twist: The chain features a picture...
April 05, 2018
Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. is launching voice ordering through Bixby, becoming the first retailer to use Samsung’s voice assistant for orders and payment. The company is a joint venture between...
April 03, 2018
Alibaba is in the process of acquiring food-delivery startup Ele.me for $9.5 billion. According to Fortune, the deal is part of Alibaba’s efforts to expand into China’s local-delivery market, which...
