Highs And Lows Of 2020 Could Be 2021’s Dress Rehearsal For Bitcoin And Cryptos
Highs And Lows Of 2020 Could Be 2021’s Dress Rehearsal For Bitcoin And Cryptos
December 31, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

This year is one for the history books for all sorts of reasons, not all of them bad. For cryptocurrencies, 2020 shaped up to be...

READ MORE >
What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic
What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic
December 31, 2020  |  News

In a year filled with unexpected challenges and a COVID-era economic climate that proved fatal for many companies, PYMNTS was lucky to hear directly from...

READ MORE >
How We Will Eat: 2021 Promises To Bring A Digital Appetite
How We Will Eat: 2021 Promises To Bring A Digital Appetite
December 31, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

A PYMNTS staffer recently placing a digital order from New England regional grocery chain Big Y noticed a surprising change to the supermarket’s online options....

READ MORE >
Bigger US Stimulus Checks Blocked As McConnell Digs In
Bigger US Stimulus Checks Blocked As McConnell Digs In
December 30, 2020  |  Economy

A bid by President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats to peg the new round of pandemic recovery stimulus checks at $2,000-per-person has failed, at least...

READ MORE >
Coinbase Faces Class-Action Suit Over Sales Of Ripple’s XRP
Coinbase Faces Class-Action Suit Over Sales Of Ripple’s XRP
December 30, 2020  |  Legal

A week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs and some of its executives, alleging the company illegally skirted...

READ MORE >
US Pending Home Sales Decline For Third Month
US Pending Home Sales Decline For Third Month
December 30, 2020  |  Real Estate

Pending home sales dropped 2.6 percent in November, the third consecutive month during the pandemic that activity dropped off in the real estate market, according...

READ MORE >
Marg ERP Eyes Partnerships To Fuel SMB FinServ Strategy
Marg ERP Eyes Partnerships To Fuel SMB FinServ Strategy
December 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Marg ERP, an India-based FinTech connecting small businesses to inventory management, accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology, has announced a partnership initiative to expand...

READ MORE >
CFPB OKs Payactiv As First Earned Wage Access Provider
CFPB OKs Payactiv As First Earned Wage Access Provider
December 30, 2020  |  CFPB

Payactiv‘s Earned Wage Access (EWA) program is exempt from federal lending law under new rules from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a...

READ MORE >
Nike, Pepsi Lead The Year Of Direct To Consumer
Nike, Pepsi Lead The Year Of Direct To Consumer
December 30, 2020  |  Retail

This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be...

READ MORE >