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Amazon To Build More Whole Foods Locations

PYMNTS

One person familiar with the plans told the Wall Street Journal that in the Rocky Mountain region Whole Foods employees have visited retail spaces in Idaho, the southern part of Utah and Wyoming, areas where Whole Foods doesn’t have a presence. Prior to the acquisition, Whole Foods was in layoff mode as store growth was slowing.

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Data Dive, Supersize Edition: Warby Parker, Whole Foods And WhatsApp

PYMNTS

But the system has not yet managed its long-touted national expansion — and the issue at hand seems to be data processing. The attackers managed to make off with user names and passwords. Indian regulation requires all payments data be processed in-nation — instead of on Facebook’s servers.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Congrats to Randy and a great management team. Fiserv DNA continues to rack up successes in large credit unions, savings banks, and even a few regional commercial banks.

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BNPL Fraud — When "Buy Now, Pay Later" Backfires

FICO

For these reasons, BNPL loans, which are convenient and fast, can be an excellent spend management tool. BNPL companies themselves typically don’t bear the risk of losses from defaults or fraudulent loans; for example, Affirm and Square loans are issued through Celtic Bank, a Utah-chartered industrial bank. In the U.S.,

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Payments companies assumed risk for losses associated with chargebacks, fraud, KYC, or AML, while also providing support, dispute management, and reporting. Stripe Billing optimizes subscription and invoice management. Fraud prevention tools.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In the world of asset management, the biggest players are now dedicated firms like Vanguard. Total assets under management (AUM) at the top asset managers now dwarfs total AUM at the top banks. The disruption of asset management. Task management platform Asana went public via DPO in September 2020.

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Q2 Leverages MX Technology to Launch Contextual PFM

Fintech Labs Insights

.” Q2 Contextual PFM uses APIs from MX to provide account aggregation, transaction cleansing, and transaction organization, delivering a data driven money management solution helps customers spot, understand, and respond to trends in saving and spending.