Thunes raises $60M, Wardrobe’s bid to become the Airbnb of fashion, Amazon Pay's Gauthier offers innovation advice to merchants

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September 8, 2020

Building Digital Trust

Amazon Pay’s Gauthier: No One Can Predict Retail’s Future, So Innovate Around What Won’t Change

Merchants trying to decide where to invest time and money to keep pace with retail’s changing future, might find more success innovating the things that won’t change. That, Patrick Gauthier, Amazon Pay general manager, tells PYMNTS, means understanding what builds trust and confidence with a digital-first consumer who’s navigating their own uncertain future. Here’s Gauthier’s advice.

 

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Middesk CEO On Helping FIs And FinTechs Derisk KYB

Validating the identity of a business is made both difficult and risky given the lack of consistent data sources that meet the rigorous fraud and compliance standards of financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs. Middesk CEO Kyle Mack tells Karen Webster how the KYB platform they’ve built is the first step in creating a single source of truth for validating the identity of a business, a platform Mack said earned its stripes with PPP.

 

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Wardrobe: Recommerce Meets The Sharing Economy In Bid To Become The ‘Airbnb of Fashion’

After testing the concept in New York City, a new startup funded in part by the co-founder of Airbnb is ready to go nationwide. Founder Ardash Alphons tells Karen Webster that the sharing economy is his unique value proposition – where women with clothes and shoes they don’t wear can rent them to women who’d like to, using a network of dry cleaners who’ll make sure the items are delivered – and returned – clean.

 

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JPMorgan On The Digital Transformation Of Corporate Liquidity Management

Coronavirus has spotlighted the need for corporate treasurers to make real-time decisions about managing their cash – an activity that’s ripe for a digital transformation. Lori Schwartz, JPMorgan’s head of global liquidity product solutions, hosts a PYMNTS Masterclass on how companies can improve liquidity management by moving from physical to virtual accounts.

 

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PODCAST: On-Demand Pay

On Demand Pay Finds A Home In Financial Services

U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly high, yet pockets of resilience emerge – notably, in financial services. But even financial institution workers can feel the economy’s direct impact if other family members lose their jobs. In an interview with Karen Webster, Patrick Luther, industry principal of financial services at Ceridian, said on demand pay can help to boost FI staffers’ household cash flow at their time of need.

 

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Report: Disbursements Satisfaction 2020

The Number Of Disbursements Is Increasing, The Number Sent Instantly Barely Breaks 10 Percent

Although the number of disbursements that consumers and SMBs receive has risen over the last year, barely 10 percent of them are sent via rails that allow those receivers to access and use those funds instantly. PYMNTS surveyed 5,000 consumers and 500 microbusinesses to examine the impact of instant payouts to their business and household cash flow, and their loyalty (or lack thereof) to the businesses sending them. Here’s what we learned.

 

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