Banks’ Market Values Plunge Thursday as Depositors Flee for Higher Rates
Banks’ Market Values Plunge Thursday as Depositors Flee for Higher Rates
March 09, 2023  |  Banking

Investors’ concerns about banks’ unrealized losses on securities caused financial stocks to plunge Thursday. Compared to the previous day, JPMorgan’s market value dropped by $22...

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Pocketbook and Bond Help Small Businesses Deploy Digital Wallets
Pocketbook and Bond Help Small Businesses Deploy Digital Wallets
March 09, 2023  |  SMBs

Pocketbook and Bond have partnered to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) deploy digital wallets. By adding Bond’s embedded finance platform to Pocketbook’s white-label solution...

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Seeing Is Believing for Millennials Concerned About Payments Security
Seeing Is Believing for Millennials Concerned About Payments Security
March 09, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Younger generations want to know what their financial institutions are doing to secure their transactions. That’s according to the latest research in PYMNTS’ March report,...

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Krungthai Bank Deploys Visa B2B Connect in Thailand
Krungthai Bank Deploys Visa B2B Connect in Thailand
March 09, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Krungthai Bank (KTB) and Visa have partnered to streamline cross-border corporate payments for Thai businesses. By implementing the Visa B2B Connect solution in Thailand, KTB...

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Warner Bros Discovery Leverages Shoppable Recipes to Boost Content Monetization
Warner Bros Discovery Leverages Shoppable Recipes to Boost Content Monetization
March 09, 2023  |  Partnerships

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is tapping contextual commerce to further monetize its recipe content. The media giant is partnering with eCommerce solution provider Chicory, which...

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BJ’s Taps Shelf-Scanning Robotics as Grocers Rethink Inventory
BJ’s Taps Shelf-Scanning Robotics as Grocers Rethink Inventory
March 09, 2023  |  Retail

This week in grocery, BJ’s automates, Sprouts shrinks down and supermarkets add restaurant meals. Massachusetts-based membership warehouse retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club, which has more than...

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Grocery Customers Opt for in-Store Shopping When Seeking Deals
Grocery Customers Opt for in-Store Shopping When Seeking Deals
March 09, 2023  |  Retail

Consumers’ deal-seeking behaviors motivate them to shop brick-and-mortar even as grocers aim to boost eCommerce. The Context In an interview with PYMNTS, Barbara Connors, vice...

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UK-Based Embedded Finance Platform Railsr Sold to Consortium
UK-Based Embedded Finance Platform Railsr Sold to Consortium
March 09, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Railsr, formerly known as Railsbank, has been sold to a consortium of global investors. The change of control of the embedded finance platform has been...

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Consumers Tackle Inflation by Pulling Back on Cards While Shopping
Consumers Tackle Inflation by Pulling Back on Cards While Shopping
March 09, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers in the United States are proving resourceful as they meet inflation’s challenge head on. And that resourcefulness has led them to embrace a broad...

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