News

View the latest news and breaking news today for Payments, Commerce, Retail, Mobile Order, and Technology at PYMNTS.com

(source: pymnts.com)

HSBC Enlists Biometrics Provider Mitek For International Onboarding App
HSBC Enlists Biometrics Provider Mitek For International Onboarding App
September 03, 2020  |  Digital Onboarding

Multinational bank HSBC has selected Mitek to provide biometric identification services for U.S. premier checking account customers, according to a report from Biometric Update. Mitek...

READ MORE >
Execs Cite Salary, Benefit Costs As Top Concerns
Execs Cite Salary, Benefit Costs As Top Concerns
September 03, 2020  |  Personnel

Employee compensation and benefit costs were the No. 3 concern identified by more than 1,000 C-Suite executives recently surveyed by the Association of International Certified...

READ MORE >
Private Equity Group Silver Lake Eyes $1B Investment In India’s Reliance Retail
Private Equity Group Silver Lake Eyes $1B Investment In India’s Reliance Retail
September 03, 2020  |  Investments

Silver Lake is reportedly in talks to make a $1 billion investment in Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail at a valuation of about $57 billion, the Financial...

READ MORE >
Bento Rolls Out B2B Expense Management Upgrades
Bento Rolls Out B2B Expense Management Upgrades
September 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

To change how companies supervise and reconcile receipts for their purchases, Bento for Business has rolled out a new collection of technology improvements. One of...

READ MORE >
New California Consumer Law Could Regulate SMB Loans
New California Consumer Law Could Regulate SMB Loans
September 03, 2020  |  Regulation

California’s new law expanding financial watchdog powers includes a provision that could help protect small business borrowers by making it easier to regulate small business...

READ MORE >
Bitcoin Daily: Saudi Arabia Eyes Blockchain Passport For Business; BoE Governor Calls For Global Stablecoin Laws
Bitcoin Daily: Saudi Arabia Eyes Blockchain Passport For Business; BoE Governor Calls For Global Stablecoin...
September 03, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Saudi Arabia has proposed a business passport built off of blockchain technology to help overcome trade finance challenges brought about by the pandemic, CoinDesk reported....

READ MORE >
Apple Delays Ad Tracking Change Over Developer Concerns
Apple Delays Ad Tracking Change Over Developer Concerns
September 03, 2020  |  Apple

Apple is delaying a planned change to its system update because Facebook and other companies have warned it would be detrimental to their ad systems,...

READ MORE >
Revolut Expands Crypto Trading Service To Australia
Revolut Expands Crypto Trading Service To Australia
September 03, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

One of Europe’s largest brokerage firms is offering crypto trading services in Australia. Revolut Ltd., the London-based startup mobile bank, announced Thursday (Sept. 3) that Aussie customers...

READ MORE >
Grocery Roundup: Walmart Unveils Walmart+ And Amazon Creates ‘Dark’ Whole Foods Stores
Grocery Roundup: Walmart Unveils Walmart+ And Amazon Creates ‘Dark’ Whole Foods Stores
September 03, 2020  |  Retail

As the fall shopping season prepares to settle into place, the race for the customer’s grocery dollars is getting more competitive by the day. Last week’s...

READ MORE >