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Payment Approved, Cross River Bank Partner on Better Payment Options

Payment Approved, Cross River Bank Partner on Better Payment Options
Payment Approved, Cross River Bank Partner on Better Payment Options
November 18, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Financial services organization Cross River Bank and FinTech Payment Approved have partnered to provide businesses with payment options that are faster, broader, safer and more...

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Farm Bureau: Inflation Gobbling Thanksgiving Budgets
Farm Bureau: Inflation Gobbling Thanksgiving Budgets
November 18, 2021  |  Retail

Inflation is taking a bite out of Thanksgiving dinner, with prices anticipated to be up about 14% over last year, according to data from the...

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Innovators Take Page From Amazon, Netflix to Improve Healthcare Access and Reduce Cost of Care
Innovators Take Page From Amazon, Netflix to Improve Healthcare Access and Reduce Cost of Care
November 18, 2021  |  Healthcare

Subscription offerings in telehealth are turning a fragmented and opaque healthcare sector into something that’s now being likened to Netflix, bringing the connected economy of...

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Starbucks Debuts Cashierless Café Powered By Amazon Go 
Starbucks Debuts Cashierless Café Powered By Amazon Go 
November 18, 2021  |  Retail

Global coffee chain Starbucks on Thursday (Nov. 18) cut the ribbon on its first location that utilizes a cashierless approach powered by Amazon Go, the...

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Sweetgreen Reveals Higher-Than-Expected IPO Pricing
Sweetgreen Reveals Higher-Than-Expected IPO Pricing
November 18, 2021  |  IPO

Sweetgreen Inc. has unveiled the price of its initial public offering (IPO), with the salad chain saying it would sell 13 million shares of Class...

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Visa-Amazon UK Spat Puts Interchange Rates Back in the Spotlight
Visa-Amazon UK Spat Puts Interchange Rates Back in the Spotlight
November 18, 2021  |  Credit Cards

Some battles seem eternal, destined to be waged again and again — in some cases with predictable outcomes. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Cashierless Tech, Starbucks Deal Put Amazon in QSR Business
Cashierless Tech, Starbucks Deal Put Amazon in QSR Business
November 18, 2021  |  Amazon Innovations

The rumors are true: Amazon is making moves into the quick-service restaurant (QSR) space, partnering with Starbucks to bring its “Just Walk Out” frictionless checkout...

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Global FinTech Airwallex Closes $100M Series E at $5.5B Value
Global FinTech Airwallex Closes $100M Series E at $5.5B Value
November 18, 2021  |  Investments

Global FinTech Airwallex raised $300 million in an oversubscribed Series E1 funding round that includes an additional $100 million, giving the Melbourne, Australia, startup a...

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Nedap Launches Cloud-Based Loss Prevention Tool to Prevent Retail Theft
Nedap Launches Cloud-Based Loss Prevention Tool to Prevent Retail Theft
November 18, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Radio frequency identification (RFID) firm Nedap has debuted its iD Cloud Loss Prevention, a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) program that enables merchants to recognize, assess and...

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