Consumers Are More Loyal to Merchants That Protect Payments Credentials
Consumers Are More Loyal to Merchants That Protect Payments Credentials
February 27, 2023  |  Payment Methods

It can be too bothersome for consumers to store and regularly update their payment credentials on myriad sites and apps. Reducing friction in shoppers’ online...

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Fast-Casual Restaurants Add Drive-Thru Lanes to Compete With QSRs
Fast-Casual Restaurants Add Drive-Thru Lanes to Compete With QSRs
February 27, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

Fast-casual restaurants are expanding their drive-thru efforts to attract convenience-seeking consumers, gaining share from QSRs. In this month’s wave of restaurant earnings calls, leading chains...

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Medical Tourism Sags as Inflation and War Find Consumers Forgoing Treatments
Medical Tourism Sags as Inflation and War Find Consumers Forgoing Treatments
February 27, 2023  |  Healthcare

Medical tourism is ailing as first COVID, then economic and geopolitical snags have slowed the brisk business in going abroad for less costly medical specialties....

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Klarna Debuts Late Fees in UK to Reduce Missed Payments
Klarna Debuts Late Fees in UK to Reduce Missed Payments
February 27, 2023  |  BNPL

Payments company Klarna has debuted a program to reduce missing payments among its U.K. borrowers. The Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider announced recently...

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Spex Capital Launches $120M HealthTech Fund
Spex Capital Launches $120M HealthTech Fund
February 27, 2023  |  Investments

The U.K.’s Spex Capital has debuted a $120 million fund to support digital healthcare and MedTech startups. The Spex Venture Health-Tech Fund, announced in a...

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FinCEN Warns of Rise in Mail-Related Check Fraud
FinCEN Warns of Rise in Mail-Related Check Fraud
February 27, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is warning banks of a nationwide surge in check fraud. “Criminals have been increasingly targeting the U.S. Mail and...

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Google, Mercedes-Benz Pact Spotlights How AI Can Drive Connected Car’s Evolution
Google, Mercedes-Benz Pact Spotlights How AI Can Drive Connected Car’s Evolution
February 27, 2023  |  Commerce Connected

Artificial intelligence (AI) may help drive the connected car’s journey from concept to fully-fleshed reality. Mercedes-Benz said last week that it had entered a long-term...

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Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
Global 5G Rollout Hampered by Infrastructure and Adoption Roadblocks
February 27, 2023  |  Technology

Progress is sequential, and nowhere is that growing more apparent than with 5G’s global rollout. A rollout that’s been plagued by fits and starts. This,...

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TD Bank and HBSC Make ‘Monumental’ Settlement in $7B Ponzi Case
TD Bank and HBSC Make ‘Monumental’ Settlement in $7B Ponzi Case
February 27, 2023  |  Legal

A group of banks have agreed to settle a lawsuit tied to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Among these is TD Bank, which announced in...

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