Crypto made news this week on a couple of fronts. For one, Coinbase reported earnings that were a bit of a disappointment from the Street’s perspective, with both trading volumes and active users down. Notably, Coinbase advocated for a single digital asset regulator, mentioning that...
Nary a day goes by without reports of some new development aimed at removing friction from the consumer shopping journey. This week, for example, grocery chain Aldi deployed its computer vision checkout system at another European location in the Netherlands, in a move that is...
Just when you thought buy now, pay later (BNPL) couldn’t make any more headlines, this week saw Mastercard enter the space with a “build your own” installments capability enabled on the back end by, of all things, open banking, through Finicity in the U.S. This...
It’s been a decidedly connected week in payments, with PayPal debuting its hotly anticipated super app, Alexa taking to the open road via the OnStar Guardian skill starting with General Motors (GM) vehicles, and buy now, pay later (BNPL) brand Affirm launching its Adaptive Checkout...
