Новости за 09.08.2021

Carsharing firm Turo Inc., on Monday (Aug. 9) confidentially submitted a draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a planned initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. As of the Monday filing, Turo hasn’t determined the number of shares to be offered or the price range for […]

Meal subscription service sales surged during the early months of the pandemic, offering consumers a way to get their daily food needs met without the effort of grocery shopping. From services that provide recipes accompanied by pre-portioned and -packaged ingredients such as Blue Apron and HelloFresh to those that send fully cooked meals ready to […]

Facebook on Monday (Aug. 9) announced several updates to its Transfer Your Information (TYI) data portability tool that will make it easier for users to transfer a copy of their data from the social media platform to other services, including Photobucket, Google Calendar and the new Facebook Events. According to the announcement, Facebook’s updates will […]

The slow roll of digital card usage sped up considerably in recent years, yet there remains a major market opportunity for convenient, feature-laden digital cards. This was revealed in the August 2021 study Digital Card Usage: A Path Forward, a PYMNTS and IDEMIA collaboration, drawing on responses from a census-balanced panel of nearly 2,250 U.S. […]

After dipping below $30,000 as recently as July 20, bitcoin is starting to show some recent momentum on the road back to $50,000.  The world’s most popular cryptocurrency sat at $46,100 just after noon on Monday (Aug. 9), according to the CoinDesk tracker, although that’s still a far cry from the coin’s high-water mark above […]

The National Bank of Australia (NAB) is purchasing Citigroup’s local consumer unit for roughly $882 million as credit card use shrinks in that country. As Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 9), the deal puts more than 90 percent of Australia’s credit card industry under the care of the country’s four biggest banks. NAB will gain a […]

The richest man in China — Zhong Shanshan, founder of bottled water consortium Nongfu — has a low profile and few headlines, even though he knocked Alibaba and Ant Group Founder Jack Ma out of the billionaire top spots, according to media reports. And Zhong might just stay at No. 1 for a bit, as […]

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna on Monday (Aug. 9) announced a new partnership with YOOX NET-A-PORTER, the online luxury and fashion brand. According to a news release from Klarna, the partnership will let YOOX customers purchase clothing and accessories in three or four installments. “Brands across the YOOX NET-A-PORTER portfolio will be […]

European Union antitrust regulators have delayed the target date for a determination on Facebook’s purchase of New York-based software company, Kustomer, to Dec. 15, according to a Monday (Aug. 9) report from Reuters. The original deadline had been Dec. 8 and was pushed back at the request of the social media giant. As PYMNTS reported […]

Hybrid crypto-fiat gateway Alchemy Pay will be launching what it calls “virtual crypto-linked cards” that it says will speed up the use of cryptocurrencies in the payments sector.  The Alchemy Pay virtual cards can be linked to Google Pay, PayPal and other digital wallets and support more than 40 cryptocurrencies. They will be accepted by […]

Germany-based online delivery service Delivery Hero now owns a 5.1 percent stake in British rival Deliveroo, driving its share price to its highest level since the company went public last spring. Shares reached 360 pence ($5) after the announcement on Monday (Aug. 9), the highest since they were priced at 390 pence ($5.41) for the […]

India could cut import duties on electric vehicles to as low as 40 percent, a move that arrives in the wake of a visit by Tesla. As Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 9), senior government officials say the tax rate on electric cars could drop from 60 percent to 40 percent for vehicles valued at under […]

Moove, an African FinTech company, on Monday (Aug. 9) announced that it has obtained $23 million in Series A funding to provide revenue-based vehicle financing initiatives for Uber drivers across the continent. Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital led the funding round, which also drew contributions from DCM, Clocktower Technology Ventures, thelatest.ventures, LocalGlobe, Tekton, FJ Labs, […]

The eCommerce provider Vroom Delivery and last-mile logistics automation company Tortoise announced on Monday (Aug 9) that the two companies are debuting robotic grocery delivery in Dallas, Texas, in partnership with the Urban Value Corner Store. Each of the fully electric sidewalk robots utilized in this partnership drives at roughly 3 mph and can carry […]

For nearly 18 months, supply chain issues have been front and center for retailers — and despite millions of dollars invested to boost overseas manufacturing and to alleviate shipping congestion, the spread of COVID-19 and its variants continue to wreak havoc as retailers prepare for the holiday shopping season. Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply […]

Looking through a person’s closet of swimwear, rarely would you find brand loyalty. The swimwear market is very fragmented, with people shopping more for style than for a specific label. For Melanie Travis, founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand Andie, that smells of opportunity. Swimwear is a nearly $21 billion market, Travis said — […]

Groupon has gotten together with beauty and wellness appointment app Booksy to streamline the process of finding and booking appointments with salons, spas and other service providers using the Groupon Connect API platform. Eligible active Groupon merchants also get free six-month subscriptions to Booksy for unlimited staff members to manage customer bookings. Merchants can retain […]

Digital sports gaming company DraftKings Inc. on Monday (Aug. 9) announced its intent to purchase Golden Nugget Online Gaming in an all-stock transaction valued at roughly $1.56 billion. The merger will enable DraftKings to take advantage of Golden Nugget’s iGaming product and current database of more than 5 million customers. In conjunction with the purchase, […]

Amazon and Walmart will face antitrust probes in India over their eCommerce practices, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday (Aug. 9). According to Reuters, the ruling stems from an investigation ordered last year by the Competition Commission of India into whether Amazon and Walmart’s Indian eCommerce arm, Flipkart, promoted select sellers on their platforms […]

Target is continuing its two-decade legacy of introducing and exposing customers to designers they might not otherwise know through The Fall Designer Collection, this year featuring four limited-time-only design partners: Rachel Comey, Victor Glemaud, Sandy Liang and Nili Lotan. The Fall Designer Collection features more than 180 fall wardrobe pieces, ranging in price from $15 […]

There was a bit of quiet before the Delta variant stormed, a few months when people ditched masks, filled stadiums and mingled with friends for indoor dining and shopping. Offices nationwide started planning September back-to-the-office dates to align with back-to-school. Life was heading back toward pre-pandemic normal. Read more: June Spending Up But Delta Variant Darkens […]

At the intersection of B2B payments and corporate finance, businesses are seeking more from their FinTech products. Not only do small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need solutions that can combine financing and a mode of payment in a single tool, but they’re also elevating their requirements for user experience, value-added benefits and more. The forces […]

Legacy cross-border payment systems are not just falling behind their more innovative counterparts: They are effectively adding a headwind for the businesses forced to use them. Industry pressures appear to be making real-time payment systems inevitable, however. More than $27 trillion worth of international payments worked their way through the global cross-border payment system in 2020 — and that was a slow year. That […]

There is more than one way to commit B2B payments fraud. But in this week's B2B Data Digest, a roundup of the latest cases reveals all roads lead back to the invoice. Whether it's the Business Email Compromise or a scheme to avoid customs duties, the invoice can be a dangerous source for financial crime. […]

As much as the digital shift has given a boost to new and existing online ventures and processes, this rising tide has also increased the number of “surfaces” that cybercriminals have to work with, despite our collective best efforts to stop them. “The fraud just seems to have gotten worse,” Refinitiv Global Head of Digital […]