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August 17, 2020

Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™

How QSRs Are Fighting Digital Food Fraud

Restaurant delivery-app downloads have spiked 50 percent since the pandemic’s onset, but with it comes the increased risk of fraud, says Eric Bevins, director of operations services at fast casual chain Portillo’s. In this month’s Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, Bevins dishes on how taking an end-to-end approach to assessing security threats can help quick-service restaurants (QSRs) proactively fight fraud without spoiling the customer experience.

 

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Main Street Mondays

QR Codes Make Social Media Shoppable For SMBs

There are dozens of eCommerce marketplaces for SMBs to consider but not always an easy way to decide which one is the best. CEO Ruben Flores-Martinez of CashDrop says why try when it’s a lot easier to give SMBs a QR code to embed into Instagram and other social postings that becomes immediately shoppable. Here’s how it works. (Image courtesy of CashDrop)

 

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Connected Cars

Alexa Hitches A Ride To Big Auto’s Voice Commerce Future

Is it an Alexa or a Buick? That’s the debate playing out in a new Buick ad that puts Alexa front and center of this GM car brand. Big Auto seems to have put Big Tech behind the wheel as voice commerce hits the road. Here’s one big reason why.

 

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Digitizing B2B Payments Tracker™

Comerica Bank: Finding The Digital Fix For Accounts Receivables

Businesses can no longer complete manual accounts-receivable processes without time-consuming technological workarounds, says Crystal Stephens, vice president and corporate receivables product manager for Comerica Bank. In the latest Digitizing B2B Payments Tracker, Stephens discusses how digital tools like remote check deposit can ease AR departments' digital transitions.

 

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Travel’s Digital 3.0 Shift

RVs Find The Road To Digital 3.0

The Airbnb of the RV business, RV Share, is bringing RVs to the digital shift — and having its best summer ever as families forego airline-and-hotel vacations and opt for the open road instead. CEO Jon Gray tells PYMNTS that his company expects RVs’ attraction to last even after the pandemic ebbs.

 

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KLW Commentary

The Rise Of The Auto-Refill Economy

The pandemic has moved consumers away from physical mostly to digital-first, but Karen Webster says that new PYMNTS data shows that the shift from digital-first to auto-refill of consumer’s predictable purchases is what could accelerate it further – and across any item that fits that description. Once consumers get used to this convenience, she says it’s easy for them to go down the shopping list and move more and more of those items to a digital basket that consumers just set and forget.

 

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