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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

PYMNTS

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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Why Large Retailers Are Mandating Masks

PYMNTS

All four companies — as well as other retailers — are fitting into the framework of a platform PYMNTS calls Digital 3.0 So far, retailers have done a decent job here. The retailers mentioned at the beginning of this piece have taken a stance on health that should have been taken by federal and local governments.

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Weekly Wrap: Brex ramps up brand strategy, while Chase focuses on data security

Bank Innovation

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, senior editor, and Angely Mercado, associate editor, discuss the following news developments: Corporate card and financial product startup Brex’s marketing strategy; Inspired Capital’s recent investment in business banking platform Rho; and […].

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PUMA To Capitalize On eSports Trend With Cloud9 Partnership

PYMNTS

Tapping into the world of eSports, and its broad, dynamic consumer audience, is critical to our marketing strategy moving forward,” said Adam Petrick, global director of brand and marketing at PUMA. Other companies, like Nike and Adidas , have similar deals. Champion and K-Swissesport sell eSport apparel and shoes as well.

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Ripple Sizzle, Retail Sales Fizzle And PepsiCo Makes Digital Deliver For CPGs

PYMNTS

As a result, our eCommerce business is now approximately $1 billion in annualized retail sales, and we are well-positioned to capitalize on what is sure to be a dynamic future in this space,” Nooyi told investors. And the numbers in this regard don’t lie: Physical retail is growing at a rate of about 3.6

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Enterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain

PYMNTS

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Commerce Ventures, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Synchrony and Sorenson Capital also participated, according to reports.

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B2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding

PYMNTS

million for its anti-fraud solutions designed for retailers. With artificial intelligence (AI), Fraugster has developed a software solution that prevents fraud for online retailers, analyzing data from multiple sources and cross-checking information to determine whether a transaction is fraudulent or not. SESAMi/Capital Match.

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