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Self-driving vehicles are moving beyond California and Arizona to new markets. For example, udelv plans to use the technology to make grocery deliveries in Oklahoma City. The company’s CEO, Daniel Laury, talks with PYMNTS about the advantages of using self-driving vans over traditional delivery methods to bring home the bacon — and other grocery items. Read More...

Subscriptions are gaining ground in the book world: Walmart is rolling out a new audiobook subscription service, and Amazon is taking its Prime Book Box out of the invite-only stage. These offerings join a booming subscription market. The PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker found that a quarter of consumers have more subscriptions now than they did six months ago. Read More...

Faster payments and more direct disbursements are in high demand almost any place they are available — and for good reason. They make a lot of good things possible — but they can also make a lot of bad things possible when managed incorrectly, which means the challenge isn’t just the right consumer offering, but the secure one as well. Read More...