PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

To form a direct-to-consumer (DTC) online commerce strategy, Kidd & Company, LLC and T-street Capital, LLC have joined forces by creating a holding company focused on buying companies called Brand Holdings, LLC. The firms unveiled their first purchase, Dr. Emil Nutrition, in a Tuesday (July 7) announcement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

-based online grocery, is heightening its automation drive by acquiring two robotics companies. Owning Kindred Systems of San Francisco and Haddington Dynamics of Las Vegas will help Ocado tackle “one of the world’s hardest challenges in robotics, the picking and packing of groceries,” the company said in a press release on Monday (Nov.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 26, 2024

Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over ‘sustainable’ financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of greenwashing after helping to arrange €4bn (£3.4bn) in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn (..)

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Both banks deny helping Tehran-controlled oil firm PCC to move money in breach of sanctions Two of the UK’s largest lenders, Santander UK and Lloyds Banking Group, allegedly held bank accounts for front companies that helped Iranian entities evade US sanctions, according to reports. Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. While not much information is readily available yet, the company could be working with publishers outside the U.S., Apple launched Apple News+ last year, priced at $9.99 reported CultOfMac.com.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to a Form S-1 filed with the SEC, the company applied to list its Class A common stock under the “ABNB” ticker symbol on the Nasdaq. Airbnb, which as a private company doesn’t currently release quarterly results, also gave a rare peak at its finances. The company reported as part of the filing that it made $219.33

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Creating a combined company that will lead to an addition of over 300 employees to its European operations, California-based Bird has purchased shared eScooter company Circ. Circ is a top shared eScooter company in the Middle East and Europe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

The paper said Reliance has been on a buying spree of late, and is also in talks to buy a company called Milkbasket that delivers to homes. The Financial Times reported early this year that Reliance was beginning to engage in new home delivery ventures. Reliance is among the largest companies in India. On Friday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Major news companies are joining other firms that are trying to get better terms on Apple ’s App Store , which is used often to draw new digital customers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The commission is then reduced to 15 percent after the first year. The letter was signed by Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on faster worker pay as well as cloud banking and news on WhatsApp’s payment functionality in Brazil. Top News . Wirecard’s End Appears To Begin In China.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The technology “will help government agencies, healthcare organizations, businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions more rapidly, safely and efficiently deploy and manage their vaccine programs,” the company said in a news release. It said private sector companies could benefit as well from its products.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global technology company to pay the country’s news outlets to distribute their content. If adopted, Silva said it would require Google to give an unfair advantage to news gatherers. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

News on Monday (Nov. 9) that Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine has delivered a preliminary 90 percent success rate sent consumers’ hopes soaring, fueling a rally in stocks of dine-in restaurants and other companies linked to how we used to live. The prospect of a vaccine also put the food delivery companies under pressure.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Will so-called “zombie companies” soon do the same to parts of the U.S. Zombie companies are those that remain in business but are so deeply in debt that they’ll never catch up. All of those billions of dollars for fresh capital will mean that zombie companies can keep funding operations for now. In an age where U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Customer spending limits are being cut by top credit card companies. It’s a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is crashing the economy and taking away the jobs of millions of Americans, according to Bloomberg News. This is a big change of heart for these companies, and reflects the growing economic crisis.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

To help trucking firms expand their businesses, Pilot Company and RTS Financial (RTS) have teamed up for a fuel and factoring partnership. Dedicated Pilot Company and RTS personnel will work with fleets to offer funding, fuel and key services. The firms will work in tandem to offer tailored fleet offerings, according to a Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on open banking adoption, subscription features, and news that Wirecard North America Inc. is up for sale. Wirecard North America Business Entity Up For Sale.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Major news companies are joining other firms that are trying to get better terms on Apple ’s App Store , which is used often to draw new digital customers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The commission is then reduced to 15 percent after the first year. The letter was signed by Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. Companies are looking to harness digital tools to accelerate B2B disbursements and payments — as well as to handle other parts of their treasury needs with more efficiency.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

“Banks are technology companies,” Rio Tinto recently told PYMNTS. “There’s no way around it; the bank is a technology company,” he said. “They need to move in that direction.” ” Once that mindset is established, a bank can then lay out its modernization roadmap.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After what feels like a never-ending stream of bad news about the COVID-19 pandemic, a bit of good news started to trickle into the market last week with an announcement by Pfizer that it had achieved a better than 90 percent success rate with minimal negative side effects for its COVID-19 vaccine. The New Digital Consumers .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

news publishers, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , NPR , ESPN , Bloomberg and others, have now joined the Coalition for App Fairness , according to a report from 9to5Mac , with the intent to protest the “ Apple tax.”. Apple has changed its rules on the commission for some, however.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using news stories.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

In an email through a spokesperson per WSJ , [24]7 Senior Vice President and Acting General Counsel William Bose said, “This has been an ongoing issue between the companies and nothing new has arisen, except that Delta has chosen to litigate this matter.”. The carrier has not disclosed expenses related to the incident.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on retail’s digital D2C shift, blank-check companies, and DoorDash’s IPO plans. Like other delivery companies, DoorDash has become an essential business during COVID-19. DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

As CNBC noted, as much as 77 percent of the companies issuing pre-announcements say earnings will be worse than expected, which is known on the Street as a negative pre-announcement. Perhaps the best news that can be expected this earnings season is no news – an earnings season where the status quo reigns would be an impressive feat.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company reported net sales climbed 31.4 The company reported that all of its geographic areas experienced strong comparable store sales growth, whiles its online shopping sales had “triple-digit percentage growth.”. percent and comparable store sales rose 26.8 percent and 12.5 on net sales of $2.61

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The country's former top cyber spy said the pandemic has created conditions that have left companies more vulnerable to cybercrime than they previously were, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Rogers ran the NSA from 2014 to 2018 and now is a director at a consultancy called CyberCube that works with insurance companies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. The program was made to offer companies economic relief ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Coatue, Sequoia Capital and Accel were among the other companies participating in the round.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Amid Wall Street’s gyrations and the search for the next great tech unicorn: Blank checks for blank check companies? On Monday (June 22), CNBC reported that famed investor Bill Ackman is seeking to raise $3 billion for an initial public offering (IPO) of his blank check company. filed for an IPO for $414 million, with 41.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of the last full work week before Christmas. BarkBox , the New York subscription upstart, is reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a $1.6-billion BarkBox To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Apple News+, the tech giant’s paid news service, has failed to add new subscribers since it launched in March, according to CNBC. a month, and features categories like news, sports and entertainment. Apple News+ attracts a younger and more female demographic, the company said. The service costs $9.99

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

said that preliminary results for August and September 2020 are positive, even as its “worldwide net sales for the two-month period declined slightly from the comparable period in 2019,” according to a news release. The company said that “positive sales trends are continuing in October.”. Tiffany & Co.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

And yet the challenges that face the delivery companies and their platforms remain the same, remain real, and are mounting. And the district’s attorney general has sent a cease-and-desist letter that ordered the company not to charge rates that exceed the cap. And herein lies a conundrum for the platform companies.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

TheInformation.com reports that the ridesharing company is in talks to invest $170 million into electric scooter maker Lime with an acquisition option. In January, PYMNTS reported that the company had laid off 14 percent of its workforce (around 100 people) and ceased operations in a dozen markets to save money.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

There’s a new king of the mountain in the seemingly endless tussle between the world’s four largest companies – Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Apple. 7), Amazon passed Microsoft as the largest company by market value, according to reports. The news gave Amazon stocks a shot in the arm; they rose about 3.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

KKR, the New York-based global investment firm, signed an agreement to buy the Dutch holiday parks company Roompot Group from PAI Partners, the companies announced Thursday (June 18). It also provides booking and other services to more than 100 third-party park operators, the company said. into a global tech giant.

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