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September 26, 2017
On-Demand Stuff-Storage And Space Reclamation In An Increasingly Urban World

Tiny city apartments create big headaches for residents needing space to stash their stuff. For September’s Payments as a Service PYMNTS Tracker™, Closetbox CEO Marcus Mollmann reveals how his own...


September 25, 2017
Does Amazon Plus Kohl’s Equal Retail’s Future?

Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Robert Frost was famous for using rural country metaphors when examining important philosophical issues of the modern world. Little known fact, perhaps, is that Frost was...


September 20, 2017
Kohl’s Now Accepting Amazon Returns

It looks like Kohl’s and Amazon are deepening the partnership announced earlier this summer. Expanding on the partnership that now sees Kohl’s selling Amazon goods on its shelves — including...


September 19, 2017
Can Chatbot Concierges Save The Mall?

Physical retail has had its share of problems recently, and consumers are finding it increasingly easy to shop digital and save themselves the trip. The resultant fall in foot traffic...


September 18, 2017
Walmart Stays True To Arkansas

While Amazon is auditioning potential host cities in something that has turned into commercial real estate’s version of “The Bachelor,” Walmart has more quietly announced news that its new headquarters will...


September 15, 2017
The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin?

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. 31. To...


September 12, 2017
Samsung Partners Roll Out Business Wearable Solutions

At the Mobile World Congress Americas trade show on Monday, September 11, Samsung Electronics America announced news of several new partner solutions for businesses, which integrate with Samsung’s devices and...


September 10, 2017
Brazil: The Body Shop sale to Natura closes

The Body Shop’s surprise buyer Natura Cosmeticos has now completed its acquisition of the health and beauty retailer, after being granted permission by the relevant competition watchdogs. Its previous owner...


September 08, 2017
Amazon To Open A More Than $5B Second Headquarters

Amazon.com has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from local and state government officials as it looks to open its second headquarters (Hq2) in the U.S. In a company press release, the...


The Treasurer's Guide To AR Payment Optimization
Online Portals Bring Commercial Real Estate Payments Into the Digital Age Digital payment methods still struggle to break the grip that manual solutions have on the real estate industry. In The Treasurer’s Guide To AR Payment Optimization, a PYMNTS and CheckAlt collaboration, U.S. Bank’s David Nielson discusses how commercial real estate providers can leverage online payment portals to streamline transactions for retail, office and industrial space clients.
The State of Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments already account for at least 15% of B2B payments volume in the insurance, manufacturing and retail industries. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 500 executives across the retail, insurance, manufacturing and real estate sectors examines how these industries are using real time payments today and their plans for the future. Read more in “The State of Real-Time Payments,” a collaboration with The Clearing House.