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August 28, 2017

Payments as a Service Tracker™

NEW REPORT: Filling Dental’s Payments Data Gaps
 

How to get the dental industry aligned on Big Data? Now, that’s something to chew on. In the August PYMNTS Payments as a Service Tracker™, Paolo Kalaw, CEO of dental software solutions provider Evident, explains how payments inside dental practice management software not only delivers healthy teeth and gums but provides a better payments experience for patients. Plus, the latest headlines from the payments space and over 90 providers in the directory — including five new additions — in the Tracker.

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The Amazon Whole Foods Deal Is Done — Now What?
 

There was no joy in grocery retail Mudville Friday — not with the announcement that Amazon/Whole Foods is all but a done deal — and to celebrate, Amazon is lowering prices at Whole Foods. It’s a tough road for grocery retailers, Skava VP and Head of Innovation Dave Barrowman told Karen Webster in this week's Topic TBD — but not an insurmountable one. So, how can grocery of the past take on the Amazon machine of the future? We have it all in this week’s edition.
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PYMNTS Data Dive

Surprise Edition: Amex, Hackers and Starbucks eCommerce Sign-Off
 

Last week was a shocker with a Category 4 hurricane and Amazon/Whole Foods as signature surprises — and those were just the headlines.American Express found itself in an unusual bit of regulatory hot water; hackers managed to find a new way to turn data against consumers and Starbucks abruptly decided to pull the plug on its eCommerce operations.

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Grocery Wars

Amazon’s Whole Foods Whole Pay Play
 

Today is officially “Day One” of the Amazon/Whole Foods combo. And we got a sneak peek at what’s in store for all of you organic eggs, kale and salmon lovers starting today. But Karen Webster says that lowering prices on a few grocery items loses sight of Amazon’s bigger plan. That plan, she says, is not only one that will blur the lines between what consumers spend to eat — period — but reshape local retail commerce. All driven by Prime Members who already shop at Whole Foods and will become its local commerce flywheel. Let the spinning begin.

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