Remitly Taps Immigrant Market With New Passbook Banking Service
Remitly Taps Immigrant Market With New Passbook Banking Service
February 03, 2020  |  Banking

Seattle global remittance startup Remitly is rolling out a new banking product created especially for immigrants, the company announced Monday (Feb. 3). North America’s biggest...

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FTC Moves To Halt Edgewell-Harry’s Deal To Protect Competition
FTC Moves To Halt Edgewell-Harry’s Deal To Protect Competition
February 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

With qualms over competition in the consumer shaving market, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly intends to bring suit to stop the acquisition of startup...

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UPS Looks To Drones To Speed Up Delivery
UPS Looks To Drones To Speed Up Delivery
February 03, 2020  |  Delivery

In a move to compete with Amazon in the competitive consumer delivery space, UPS plans to use drones and other tactics to complete shipments faster,...

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Top News In Payments: Mastercard CEO Pushes Back Against National Payments System; FCA Tells Credit Cards To Ease Up On Non-Payers
Top News In Payments: Mastercard CEO Pushes Back Against National Payments System; FCA Tells Credit...
February 03, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard’s CEO speaks out against a national payments system, the FCA tells credit card companies to be reasonable with customers...

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New UK Farmers’ Bank Gets License, Funding
New UK Farmers’ Bank Gets License, Funding
February 03, 2020  |  Banking

A new British bank that will launch later in 2020 is aimed at securing funding for farmers, according to a report. Oxbury, based in Chester,...

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UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
February 03, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go after U.S. Big Tech firms in the wake of Brexit, the...

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Cars.com Traffic Revs Up With Carmakers’ Super Bowl Ads
Cars.com Traffic Revs Up With Carmakers’ Super Bowl Ads
February 03, 2020  |  Retail

The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, but Cars.com is claiming a different kind of victory. Although it didn’t run its own Super Bowl...

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Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin
Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin
February 03, 2020  |  Data Dive

There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto....

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Goldman, Amazon Discuss SMB Lending Partnership
Goldman, Amazon Discuss SMB Lending Partnership
February 03, 2020  |  SMBs

Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about the possibility of partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S., Financial Times reported...

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