Technology: Page 38


  • A photo of the Ampm ASAP Grab and Go autonomous c-store in Chase Center in Los Angeles.
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    Ampm opens autonomous convenience store in San Francisco stadium

    The store uses AiFi and Verizon Business technology to power a frictionless shopping experience where customers swipe a credit card at the entrance, grab their items and leave.

    By Jessica Loder • Aug. 14, 2023
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    PayPal names Intuit exec as CEO

    Long-time Intuit executive Alex Chriss will lead the digital payments pioneer and join its board, as Dan Schulman steps down and plans to leave the board.

    By Aug. 14, 2023
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    Trendline

    Embedded payment tools make inroads

    Business customers demanding integrated tools is likely to keep driving a trend toward more embedded payments tools.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Splitit targets areas BNPL rivals have ‘underserved’: CEO

    The installment payments company aims to more than double its B2B merchant sales volume by mid-next year, CEO Nandan Sheth said.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 14, 2023
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    How digital value is poised to transform payments

    With the rising global adoption of digital payments, businesses that leverage digital value will better connect with customers and accelerate revenue growth.

    Aug. 14, 2023
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    Discover finds tech upskilling model in Chicago hub

    The card issuer looks at the Chatham call center and technology hub as a model for site selections, hiring procedures, customer service experience and community development.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 11, 2023
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    PayPal exec to exit next year

    Jonathan Auerbach, PayPal’s chief strategy, growth and data officer, will step into an advisory role at the end of this year before departing the company in 2024.

    By Aug. 10, 2023
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    T-Mobile, AT&T follow Verizon on discouraging credit cards for bill-pay

    The telecom carriers are incentivizing customers to use their debit cards or bank accounts, as opposed to credit cards, in automatic bill-pay programs.

    By Debbie Carlson • Aug. 10, 2023
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    Toast CEO: Lessons learned from fee flub

    “We learned a lot from this,” Toast CEO Chris Comparato said. “And there’s more questions we’re going to ask ourselves internally when we execute these types of pricing changes or structural changes moving forward.”

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 10, 2023
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    New Fed unit to supervise crypto, nonbank partnerships

    The central bank clarified that any state bank it supervises must get the regulator’s green light before issuing, holding or transacting in dollar tokens, such as stablecoins, to facilitate payments.

    By Anna Hrushka • Aug. 9, 2023
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    Flywire CFO to step down

    The company and CFO Mike Ellis “have come to a mutual understanding that the next phase of growth for Flywire needs new leadership in the Finance, Global Treasury & Public Markets area,” a spokesperson said of Ellis’s exit.

    By Aug. 9, 2023
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    Marqeta lands Block contract extension

    Fintech Marqeta extended its contract to provide services for Block’s Cash App card through 2027, although at a lower price.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 9, 2023
  • The welcome screen for the OpenAI "ChatGPT" app is displayed on a laptop screen
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    Payments companies pursue AI

    Card network giant Visa and digital payments company Block are among those tapping artificial intelligence to save money and serve customers in new ways.

    By Aug. 8, 2023
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    PayPal launches stablecoin

    PayPal is planting a flag in the stablecoin space despite the slow uptake of digital assets in consumer payments and the lingering crypto chill.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 8, 2023
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    Amazon’s checkout tech powers Pittsburgh campus convenience store

    Although its Just Walk Out technology has yet to take off at retail locations, the company is having some success connecting with universities.

    By Jeff Wells • Aug. 7, 2023
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    Q&A

    Fintech Wisetack bets on bank partnerships for growth

    Wisetack, which recently teamed up with Citizens, seeks to add more large bank partners to handle the lending aspect of its pay-over-time offering for the services industry.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 7, 2023
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    Google adds Nelo to its digital wallet

    The partnership allows Mexican payments platform Nelo to expand out of purely digital payments to in-person transactions via Google Wallet.

    By Aug. 7, 2023
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    EWA study by Harvard spotlights worker input

    Earned wage access provides financial assistance to users while trapping them in “short-term liquidity crunches,” according to a new report by Harvard University researchers.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 4, 2023
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    Flutterwave expands cross-border payments to US, Canada

    This is the payments company’s fourth move to expand its international business this summer.

    By Aug. 4, 2023
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    Former Google Cloud CFO heads to Stripe

    The transition to a new CFO comes at a time when the digital payments company might be gearing up to go public.

    By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 3, 2023
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    Shift4 shrinks workforce

    The payments company cut 150 employees in the second quarter, executives said Thursday during an earnings conference call.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 3, 2023
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    Apple spotlights global ambitions with ‘Pay the Apple Way’ ad campaign

    The marketing push follows the addition of consumer-focused features by the tech giant this year, including a buy now, pay later payments tool.

    By Jessica Hammers • Aug. 3, 2023
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    Stripe brings tax product to platforms, taps AI

    The tool can help CFOs wade through a complicated tax compliance environment, easing the path to international growth, Stripe said.  

    By Grace Noto • Aug. 3, 2023
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    Stax names new CEO

    New CEO Paulette Rowe was previously at cross-border digital payments company Paysafe. Stax’s sister-brother co-founders exited quietly earlier this year.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 3, 2023
  • PayPal CEO Dan Schulman walking in front of trees
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    PayPal closes in on new CEO

    Digital payments titan PayPal is nearing a decision on who will be its next CEO, with the company circling a short list of candidates.

    By Aug. 3, 2023
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    GameStop ditches its crypto wallets due to ‘regulatory uncertainty’

    The retailer, which is pulling support on Nov. 1, had sought to tap into gaming culture to make crypto a larger part of the company’s future. 

    By Nate Delesline III • Aug. 2, 2023