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Banking
ClearBank Expands Clearing and Embedded Banking Services to Europe
August 09, 2024

Embedded banking firm ClearBank expanded from the United Kingdom to Europe. The newly established ClearBank Europe N.V. is headquartered in the Netherlands and has a Dutch banking license. It will offer U.K. and European institutions clearing and embedded banking services across Europe, according to a...

Retail
Who’s Faster? Amazon and Walmart Race to Meet Demand for Instant Delivery
August 09, 2024

As retail giants Amazon and Walmart compete to be consumers’ go-to for more of their day-to-day needs, the two companies are looking to delivery times as a key factor influencing shopper loyalty. Amazon, for its part, shared on its Q2 earnings call last week how...

Fintech Investments
FinTech IPO Index Loses 0.4% Despite Big Gains by Upstart and Sezzle
August 09, 2024

The wild Wall Street ride continues as earnings have moved the FinTech IPO Index hither and yon, though the past week wound up being mostly a draw, as the overall Index slipped a relatively tame 0.4%. Despite the cases where several names reported positive momentum,...

Security & Fraud
Putting ‘Scam Dens’ Out of Business Means Using AI to Fight AI
August 09, 2024

Fraud has become, to put it mildly, big business. Featurespace Chief Operating Officer Tim Vanderham told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in an interview that “when you think about the billions and billions of dollars that come from scams globally,” the money made from illicit gains overshadows...

Faster Payments
Property Management Report Shows Over Half of Tenants Pay Rent Online
August 09, 2024

In the expansive rental market, where more than 34% of Americans make monthly payments, traditional methods like paper checks and wire transfers are proving inefficient. Despite billions flowing from tenants to landlords, outdated payment systems cause delays and frustration. As economic pressures mount and tenant...

Social Commerce
Amazon Deals Expands to TikTok, Pinterest
August 08, 2024

Amazon has  partnered with TikTok and Pinterest to let the users of those social media apps buy products from Amazon without leaving those apps. This offering is designed to make it more convenient for Amazon customers to shop on those social media platforms, an Amazon...

Investments
Report: AI Startup Glean in Talks to Raise $250 Million
August 08, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Glean is reportedly in advanced discussions to raise $250 million in financing. The deal would value the company at $4.5 billion, a figure that is double the valuation it achieved in another fundraise six months ago, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Aug. 8), citing...

B2B Payments
This Week in B2B: Capturing Real-Time Intelligence’s Competitive Edge
August 08, 2024

B2B operations frequently require a greater level of sophistication than their B2C counterparts. Payments, especially, are typically larger and more complex transactions and must mesh with monolithic, already-existing systems. That’s what makes the whole concept of digitization and the payoff that comes along with it...

CFPB
CFPB: Credit Repair Cloud Let Companies Collect Illegal Fees
August 08, 2024

Since 2013, Credit Repair Cloud has sold software and products to credit repair businesses. But according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the company and its CEO also helped those companies charge illegal advance fees to consumers. The CFPB on Thursday (Aug. 8)  filed an order to resolve...