Credit Karma Powers Auto Insurance Discounts With Karma Drive 
Credit Karma Powers Auto Insurance Discounts With Karma Drive 
December 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Intuit’s financial services platform Credit Karma has introduced a tool called Karma Drive to help people save money on car insurance with a usage-based product. ...

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Darden Reports 19.4 Pct Drop In Same-Store Sales, Launches ‘Curbside I’m Here’ Amid Pandemic
Darden Reports 19.4 Pct Drop In Same-Store Sales, Launches ‘Curbside I’m Here’ Amid Pandemic
December 18, 2020  |  Earnings

Darden Restaurants, Inc. reported Friday (Dec. 18) as part of its fiscal Q2 2021 earnings that total sales dropped 19.4 percent — fueled by a...

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Bahamas Launches Digital Sand Dollar; Adds To Rise Of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Bahamas Launches Digital Sand Dollar; Adds To Rise Of Central Bank Digital Currencies
December 18, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s Libra might be fading a bit as a perceived threat to monetary systems that have been in place around the globe for centuries. But...

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Getting Stimulus Disbursements Right In The Next Round
Getting Stimulus Disbursements Right In The Next Round
December 18, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

As an incoming White House administration and lawmakers talk imminent stimulus relief, consumers and financial institutions (FIs) are feeling mostly anxiety, between dire economic reality...

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Facebook’s WhatsApp Launches Beta Version Of Video And Voice Calls
Facebook’s WhatsApp Launches Beta Version Of Video And Voice Calls
December 18, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook’s messaging app WhatsApp is introducing a beta version of voice and video call capabilities on its desktop app, WABetaInfo reported on Friday (Dec. 18)....

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From The Final Week To The Final Mile: Amazon And Walmart Battle To The End
From The Final Week To The Final Mile: Amazon And Walmart Battle To The End
December 18, 2020  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

As they finish up a year of massive disruption and exponential sales increases, Amazon and Walmart are taking their battle for the U.S. consumer’s whole...

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Merchants Embrace New Channels, Models Amid Digital Shift
Merchants Embrace New Channels, Models Amid Digital Shift
December 18, 2020  |  Today In Data

Walmart is joining the livestreaming trend with TikTok as creators on the social platform will participate in a shoppable show. Meanwhile, eCommerce firm StockX landed funding that it plans to use to...

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AP/AR, Payments Yield To The Processing Might Of Automation
AP/AR, Payments Yield To The Processing Might Of Automation
December 18, 2020  |  B2B Payments

There’s simply no longer the time or bandwidth for manual accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR). Since there’s no way back, the payments industry...

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Livestream Auction Startup Whatnot Notches $4 Million Seed
Livestream Auction Startup Whatnot Notches $4 Million Seed
December 18, 2020  |  Retail

The livestream collectibles auction platform Whatnot has raised $4 million in a seed funding round backed by Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Y Combinator, and others....

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