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Saturday - August 1, 2020


B2B Payments And Supply Chains


Next-Gen Payrolls And Tech Contractors


Credit Unions And Tech Innovations


Debit Payments And Stimulus Funds


FIs And Multi-Cloud Strategies



AutoX: Why Driverless Cars Are Ready To Hit The Road


Payments' Role In Higher Ed’s Great Digital Shift


Dispatch CEO On Winning The Last-Mile Delivery Race


Shipt COO: Success Requires More Than Just Great Tech


How Cloud Kitchens Are Reinventing Room Service


NowRX CEO On DTC Pharmacy Going Mainstream


Are ATMs The ‘Mini-Branch’ Of The Future?


Can Kodak's Moment Last?


Mastercard: Microsoft Partnership Will Boost Global Digital Commerce


What To Expect From Big Tech’s Fab Four Capitol Hill Grill


The Drones Are Coming, This Time For Real


Latest Fraud Prevention Technique: Build A Selective Lock


Venmo’s New Boss On Its Next Chapter


What Happens When Credit Union Members Drive Rewards


Boomers And Seniors Are Shifting To Digital Shopping


Movile CEO On LATAM’s Mobile Commerce Ecosystem


Why Real-Time Settlement Can Make Or Break SMBs


Yum! Brands Digital Sales Reach Record $3.5B


Grubhub Financials Soar On Digital Shift


CPG Titans Dish Up Piles Of Q2 Sales


Contactless, Digital Drive Mastercard Q2 Earnings


Big Tech CEOs Didn't Win Over Congress At Hearing


The Big US GDP Crash-Reverses Economic Growth


Apple Doubles Services Revenue


Alphabet Bolsters Advertising Features, Cloud Gains Traction


Facebook Daily Active Users Surge 12 Pct YoY


Amazon Crushes Earnings As Online Sales, Prime Soar


Alt-Credit Love Is In The Air


Tech Giants’ Hill Testimony Reveals CEO Views On Competition


Going To The Movies … In Your Living Room


Food Falters With New COVID Cases


Tempo And The Home Fitness Gold Rush


Venmo, QR Code Payments Growth Help PayPal's Record Q2


Senators Want New PPP Program With Different Guidelines


Consumer Confidence Points To Rough Holiday Season


Starbucks Rewards Active Members Drop To 16.3M


Work-From-Home Transition Will Have Economic Ripples


‘National Drive-Thru Day’ Symbolizes The COVID Summer


American Express Q2 Revenues Plunge



PayPal’s Plan For Touch-Free QR Code Commerce


Strategies To Crush B2B Payments Fraud


How To Decentralize Vendor Spend Without Losing Control


How Brands Can Avoid Direct-To-Consumer Pitfalls


Monetization Key For B2B Payments Digitization


How To Deliver Modern Disbursements Experience



Amazon Goes Off The Charts; Walmart Makes Layoffs


PayPal, Mercado Libre Integrate Payments In Brazil, Mexico


AI Takes The Measure Of Fashion Retailing


Dunkin' Earnings Go Light On Digital Acceleration


Retail Industry Groups Support New Stimulus


Peace Coffee Perfectly Times Its Pandemic-Fueled Growth


eBay CEO Outlines Growth Plan


Shopify’s 2Q Earnings Illustrate Growing Digital Shift


DTC Collective Director Advocates For Digital Future


Pizza Is The Food Of The Pandemic


Gear Shift: Cars.com Details Digital 3.0 Transition


Megamalls Like Mall Of America Face Mega Problems 


Shellfish Industry Tries DTC Strategy


Retail Rental Payments Make Comeback



SYSPRO Talks B2B Payment Processing Strategy


Data, Business Intelligence Lead B2B VC Roundup


Jirav Talks SMB Financial Forecasting Needs


Finserv Adds Value To Payment Rails For B2B


ASC X9 Talks Real Time Payments For Corporates


How Collaboration Drives Corporate Card Adoption


GEP Talks Procure-To-Pay Digital Transformation


Bank-FinTech Partnerships Take On New Models


Democratizing FinTech Development


The Invoice Lands In The Corporate Cyberfraud Spotlight

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Sensory Branding: Right Scent, Right Time?

Consumers who are hunkering down in their homes might not be able to wake up and smell the coffee at their favorite cafes these days, so brands are bringing the scent of customers’ favorite products to them. Dunkin’ is selling coffee-flavored cereal, KFC is offering chicken-scented Crocs and McDonald’s is offering a set of six scented candles that each smell like a different key Quarter Pounder ingredient. Pull up a chair and fire up your burger candles: It's time for the PYMNTS Saturday feature!

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Lemonade CFO On The Insurance Industry’s 'Innovation Dilemma'

The insurance industry has been defined by decades-old incumbents struggling to modernize amid the weight of legacy infrastructure. But digital-native InsurTech newcomer Lemonade was built digital-first — and not only pays claims in real time, but can settle them that way, too. Lemonade CFO Tim Bixby takes Karen Webster inside Lemonade, how it manages its payments workflows and why traditional insurance companies are faced with their own 'innovators’ dilemma.'

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