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April 2, 2019

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ezCater Raises $150M To Scale Its Business Catering Platform

Business catering used to be the domain of the nearest deli, with the folded paper menu and whoever drew the short straw to pick up the order. Digital catering platform ezCater decided to change that and, today, counts 60,000-plus restaurants on board. CEO Stefania Mallett tells Karen Webster about the company’s brand new $150 million funding, and what it feels like to achieve unicorn status 11 years after the company started.

 

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Open Banking

PSD2’s Elephant In The Room

Open Banking is here, but baby steps abound as financial firms grapple with PSD2’s fragmented landscape. Token.io CEO Steve Kirsch tells PYMNTS that giving users full control over what happens with their financial lives means addressing PSD2’s elephant in the room: standardized APIs.

 

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PODCAST: Matchmakers

How Platforms Turn Agents Into Digital Real Estate Quarterbacks

Last month, Homelight launched its Simple Sale tool — a way for home sellers to get a quick all-cash deal in seven days. A surprising move for a platform that is all about bringing in agents, and home sellers and buyers, today — or a stroke of digital platform genius? Maybe a bit of both, COO Sumant Sridharan tells Karen Webster in this week's Matchmakers chat. Here’s why.

 

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Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™

How AI Jump-Starts Delivery And Keeps Order Ahead Secure

U.K. coffee lovers can get their morning fix with a shot of delivery, thanks to a new move by Costa Coffee. In the latest Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, Costa Coffee’s Global Digital and Loyalty Director Arslan Sharif explains how delivery plus AI brews big changes for its mobile order-ahead business.

 

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