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Saturday - February 8, 2020


Delta Galil And Buy Now, Pay Later


Patreon And Subscription Commerce


BNP Paribas And Rapid Payments-Enabling APIs


Merchants And Digital Checkout Features



Mastercard: Connected Economy Needs A New Security Paradigm


Bombas: Socking Up With A DTC Digital Strategy


Will Federal Government Clear EVs' Roadblocks?


Taking China’s eCommerce Lessons On The Road


Restaurants Adjust To Their New Tech-Based Reality


Why eBay’s Potential Buyer Appeal May Have Melted


Grubhub Pays The Price Of Keeping Its Customers


CyberSource: Merchant Prep For eCommerce ‘Mini Peaks’


Searching For Consumer Spending’s New Normal


AP Automation’s Role In Paying The Gig Economy


Digital Freight’s Rough Road As Virus Spreads, Macro Slows


Mastercard, Pine Labs And The Global BNPL Explosion


Home Buying Goes Digital And Comes With Cash Back


Commercial Cards: It’s All About The Data


Goldman-Amazon Bet On SMB Loans Is No Sure Thing


How A 122-Year-Old Company Sees B2B Payments Evolution


Hulu: Maximizing Choice Is Streaming Subscriptions’ Future


Banking-As-A-Service’s Secret Sauce


Cybercrime’s New Stomping Grounds: Smart Cities


Yum! Brands Sales Spike Amid Digital Innovation


Consumer Appetite For Home DNA Testing Wanes


Capitol Hearing Examines ‘Rent-A-Bank’ Schemes


Dunkin’ Ends 2019 With 13M+ Loyalty Members


Eyeing Google’s Pay’s (Re)Charge Into India


Bankruptcy Wave Hits Whole Foods Competitors


Nike Commits To Sustainability For High-Tech Olympics


Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs


eCommerce Search Merger Aims To Address Amazon


How FinTechs View Emerging B2B Payment Innovations


Macy's Woes Add To Tough Week For Malls


Credit Squeeze May Loom As New Rule Takes Root At Banks


Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune


The Digi-Evolution Of Online Gaming's Ecosystem


SBUX, Domino's … Mobile App Provider Rankings


Investor Pushes eBay To Unload Classifieds


Fiserv Internal Revenue Up, Clover Volume Grows


How AI Can Help With Merchant Onboarding


Singapore Looks To APIs for Open Banking Goals


Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud


ATMs Are Ahead Of Their Time — Again


Data Dive: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin


EU Regulators Want Single Data Market In Europe


Cars.com Traffic Benefits From Super Bowl Ads


Coronavirus Threatens To Disrupt eComm Supply Chain


Alphabet’s YouTube Subs At $3B Run Rate



Is 2020 Healthcare’s Year To #KillTheCheck?



Visual Search Hits The Runway At Fashion Week


Retail Pulse: 7-Eleven Tests Cashierless Tech


An ‘Anti-Subscription’ Model For Kids’ Apparel


Fashion Week 2020 Attracts A Different Retailer


Personalizing Skincare For Men Via eCommerce


Can A Startup Compete With Amazon Book Sales?


Sephora Bets Heavy On Non-Mall Locations


Chipotle Digital Sales Jump 78.3 Pct.


Why DTC Is Critical To Filling Retail's Plus-Size Void


Forever 21 And The Future Of The Mall


A Mobile Order-Ahead Approach To Surplus Groceries


Can Apps Stop Laundry From Hampering Happiness?


Social Shopping Struggles With Its Potential


Fighting The Friction In Retail Returns



Opportunities And Challenges With Subscriptions


Supporting Digital Sales With Retail Innovation


Retail Transformations With Digital Innovations


Social Shopping’s Potential Uptick


Urban Innovations: Electric Vehicles, Cashierless Stores



Sorting Telco's Web Of High-Volume B2B Payments


Looking Beyond Digitization To Optimize AR


Blockchain-Powered B2B FinTech Roars Back With VCs


Strategizing Legal Departments’ Invoice Payments


Easing B2B Payments’ Migration To Real-Time Settlement


Open Banking Targets SMB Apps, Payments Data


Why Payments Is Employee Expenses' Least Painful Part


Corporate Cards Extend Influence Beyond The Payment


JOBS Act Eyes A New Gen Of SMB Investors


AR-AP Connectivity Forges Deeper Buyer-Supplier Ties


How HR’s Self-Service Shift Drives Payroll


Reverse Factoring’s Late Payments Controversy

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Valentine’s Day, Pizza Rings And All The Ways (To Pay) To Say ‘I Love You’

With Valentine’s Day spending expected to spike to over $27 billion this year, related commerce is presumably aglow from its romantic assist. But this V-Day there’s something that even money can’t buy. No, we’re not talking about love. Instead, it’s the ultimate expression of love: A diamond-encrusted pizza ring. Take a delicious bite — it’s the PYMNTS Saturday feature.

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Why Consumers Are Firing Traditional Retailers

Retailers have one job to do — connect consumers with the products they want to buy however and wherever the consumer wants to buy and take delivery of them. Karen Webster says that consumers have not only stopped hiring traditional retailers to do that job, but have fired them from the jobs they had once held years and decades before. Here’s why — and why she says it’s time for retailers to really walk the omnichannel and digital-first talk.

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