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TymeBank Aims to Raise $100 Million to Fund South Africa Expansion
TymeBank Aims to Raise $100 Million to Fund South Africa Expansion
June 06, 2024  |  Investments

TymeBank is reportedly trying to raise at least $100 million to expand in its home country. “In South Africa, we want to be the fastest-growing...

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Alibaba.com Launches Cross-Border Trade Service With Fixed Prices, Guaranteed Delivery
Alibaba.com Launches Cross-Border Trade Service With Fixed Prices, Guaranteed Delivery
June 06, 2024  |  eCommerce

Alibaba.com has launched a new service in which it does more of the legwork involved in cross-border trade. For products sourced through Alibaba Guaranteed, which...

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Big Lots: Shoppers Are Holding off on Big-Ticket Discretionary Purchases
Big Lots: Shoppers Are Holding off on Big-Ticket Discretionary Purchases
June 06, 2024  |  Earnings

Still feeling strain on their budgets from ongoing macroeconomic challenges, consumers are cutting out pricy nonessential purchases, according to Big Lots. On Thursday (June 6),...

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Bamboo Rose Introduces Supplier Relationship Management Capabilities
Bamboo Rose Introduces Supplier Relationship Management Capabilities
June 06, 2024  |  Supply Chain

Bamboo Rose has added supplier relationship management (SRM) capabilities to its retail management platform. The new SRM capabilities joins the product lifecycle management (PLM) and...

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Galileo Releases Evaluation Models to Help Enterprises Develop GenAI
Galileo Releases Evaluation Models to Help Enterprises Develop GenAI
June 06, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) developer Galileo has released a suite of evaluation foundation models (EFMs) designed to help enterprises bring trustworthy AI into production. The...

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Paytm Continues to Lose Digital Payments Ground to Google and Walmart
Paytm Continues to Lose Digital Payments Ground to Google and Walmart
June 06, 2024  |  Digital Payments

India-based Paytm’s share of the country’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues to slip. The FinTech made up 8.1% of total UPI transactions last month, down...

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5 Things to Watch as Open Banking Gains Ground in the US
5 Things to Watch as Open Banking Gains Ground in the US
June 06, 2024  |  Regulation

Open banking’s success in the United States — as with any ecosystem — will hinge on several factors, none guaranteed. But, with lessons learned from...

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Grubhub to Offer Starbucks Delivery Across US
Grubhub to Offer Starbucks Delivery Across US
June 06, 2024  |  Retail

Consumers across the United States will soon be able to have Starbucks orders delivered to their door by Grubhub. The coffee retailer and the food ordering and...

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Credit Unions Look to Connect With Gen Z
Credit Unions Look to Connect With Gen Z
June 06, 2024  |  Credit Unions

As Generation Z comes into its own as a demographic sector to be reckoned with, financial institutions (FIs) of all stripes are eager to win...

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