July 27, 2024
Doomsday Ready: Costco Aims to Be the Go-To Retailer for...
As many consumers look for ways to ease their doomsday anxieties, Costco is positioning itself as the go-to retailer for consumers who are worried about worst-case scenarios. The warehouse club...
July 25, 2024
Swivel Enables Banks to Accept Loan Payments Through Apple Pay
Swivel is now enabling its credit union and community bank clients to accept loan payments through Apple Pay. The FinTech has integrated its transaction enablement solutions with Apple Pay, Swivel said...
July 24, 2024
Shop Talk: High-End Consumers Swap Fancy Threads for Fancy Sweets
As consumers cut back on many premium products in the face of ongoing economic challenges, luxury chocolate brand MarieBelle New York is benefitting from shoppers’ desire to enjoy high-end experiences...
July 24, 2024
Fiserv: Clover Revenues Are Up 29% in 2024
Fiserv’s momentum with its Clover point of sale technologies continues to help underpin revenue growth, while management charted a path for its partnership with Apple, enabling new Apple Pay functionalities....
July 24, 2024
Spanish Competition Regulator Probes Apple App Store
Spain’s antitrust regulator has opened an investigation into Apple’s App Store. The probe, announced Wednesday (July 24) by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), is the latest in a series of similar actions by...
July 24, 2024
Mastercard Doubles Fraud Detection Rate With Generative AI
Mastercard has unveiled a new approach to identify compromised payment cards, leveraging a combination of generative artificial intelligence and graph technology. The company reports that this method has doubled its...
July 24, 2024
On the Antitrust Implications of Embedding Generative AI in Core...
Since the rise of ChatGPT, digital gatekeepers have integrated generative AI into their core services, potentially exacerbating harms from anti-competitive behaviors. Generative AI enables these platforms to repurpose content from...
July 24, 2024
Generative AI Partnerships: Separating Good from Bad
Generative AI promises to reshape the digital world. Just under 20 months after this technology was officially announced with the launch of ChatGPT, the potential for this technology to bring...
July 22, 2024
Retailers Woo Paycheck-to-Paycheck Parents With Back-to-School Deals
As budget-strapped consumers seek deals to help alleviate the financial burden of their back-to-school shopping, brands are rolling out lower-priced and/or discounted goods to win over these customers. On Thursday...
