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Saturday - July 27, 2019


Arcade Video Games And Automated Retail


QSR Rewards Aggregation And Mobile Order-Ahead


Supplier Onboarding And Payables Friction


BBVA's AI-Backed Fraud Fight


N26's Fraud Protection Strategy


IoT-Connected Irrigation And Home Network Security


Truck Factoring And Faster Payments


Credit Union Innovation And Loyalty


Instant Payments And The Platform Economy



A Smart China Plan Isn’t About Moving Fast


Global Trade Wars Spark Payments Innovation


Amazon’s Q2 Third-Party Sales Grow 23 Pct


First Data’s Q2 Shows Core Business Growth


Leveling Trade Finance's Lopsided Playing Field


Alphabet Spells Out Google’s Rebound


Fiserv Grows Q2 Revenue Amidst First Data Deal


For Global Firms, Payments Diversity Matters


PayPal’s Q2 Rattles Investors


Facebook Q2 Weathers Fines, Antitrust Probes


FIs' ‘Deteriorating Advantage’ Over Big Tech


Can ISVs, ISOs Thrive Amid Payments Megadeals?


Visa CEO: FY 3Q, Acquisitions Drive 'Network'


PSD2, SCA And Exemptions To The Extension


Carrier Data And Navigating Identity’s 'Big Canvas'


FOMO: Land Grab For Real Estate Startups


Twitter Scores 14 Pct User Gain In Q2


Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra


LATAM’s Payments Innovation Renaissance


Libra’s Long Week In Washington


Phishing Remains A Persistent Problem


Discover Notches Stronger Than Expected Q2


Bringing Debt Management Into The Digital Age


BB&T/SunTrust Merger Raises Questions On The Hill


Platform Economy's Personalization Evolution


Uber Pushes The Subscription Commerce Edge


Home Services, Served By (Lots Of) Capital


Mobile Healthcare Efforts Signal Payment Trends


Pro-Pot SAFE Banking Act Hits Senate Roadblock


Snap Rides Updated App Success To Q2 Growth


Data Dive: KeyBank, Microsoft And Bulgaria


Autonomous Vehicles Hit Serious Roadblocks


Pop-Up Retail Gets A Pop Of Fresh Energy



Mastercard: Tackling AP Automation’s Last Mile


Why Platforms Hold Key To Igniting ePayables



How Calm Became A Billion-Dollar Business


Starbucks Rewards Counts 17.2M Active Members


How To Get Innovation Right In Retail


Riding The Eco-Friendy Wave Into Swimwear


Retailers Up Their Loyalty And Rewards Games


Building A Ridesharing App For Pets


Rethreading How Apparel Gets Made


AR Gets Retail Boost From Snapchat, Google


Chipotle’s Digital Sales Skyrocket In Q2


The Path To A Multi-Million Dollar Skincare Brand


Powering eCommerce Food Brands With Plants


Pet Retail And CBD Combine Innovative Forces


Bringing The Bidet Into the Mainstream



A Bigger Picture For Payments


Innovations In IoT Devices


Painting The Large Payments, Commerce Canvases


A Tale Of Innovations — And Potential Setbacks


For Gig Workers, Advances In Pay Advances



X-Border Payments Innovation Not All About Speed


Australia: Regulators Press Winemakers On Payments


B2B Investors Bolster SMBs' Global Ambitions


Source Intelligence Eyes AI For Supply Chains


Employers Begin To Embrace Early Wage Access


Priority Talks Accounts Payable Automation


Corporates Face Rising FX Hedging Pressure


Tackling Late Payments From Buyer's Perspective


China Bank Watchdog Pursues Supply Chain Finance Fraud


Payments Fraud, Via Apps?


Small-Town Government, Big-Time Cybercrime

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That Inexplicable In-N-Out Burger And Marketing Stunt #Fails

A good marketing stunt is hard to build — much less actually to actually go viral. So much so that this week’s notable maybe-probably-no-actually-it-wasn’t In-N-Out-Burger stunt may have again proven it’s easier to do by accident than on purpose. And sometimes the only way to describe these endeavors is: #Fail. But, even more rarely, they actually manage to go exactly according to plan. No guerillas here — it’s the PYMNTS Saturday feature.

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What ‘Stranger Things’ Teaches Us About Attacks On Big Tech

What does buying spinning shoes at 37,000 feet, season three of Netflix blockbuster “Stranger Things” and town hall meetings organized by small merchants in 1893 have to do with the grilling given Big Tech on Capitol Hill last week? Plenty, says Karen Webster, who points out they’re all proof points for the importance of consumer choice — and the power of the consumers, not lawmakers, to drive change when the status quo no longer meets their needs.

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