PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

To that end, in Europe, Margrethe Vestager , who serves as executive vice-president of the EU Commission, has said she would look to use more injunctions against Big Tech, tied at least in part to cases already underway. Injunctions have been in the news on this side of the world, as noted in this space last week.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

A panel of around 100 people will use the service — provided by two electric, autonomous and shared Renault Zoe Cab prototypes — on the campus from Oct. Two cars with different features will be tested, with passengers able to hail them using the mobile app, Marcel Saclay, which was designed specifically for the ZOE Cab experiment.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It is why, he noted, we see stats like the latest data in the January edition of the Kount and PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , which found that only 32 percent of customers are using mobile order-ahead, and only 28 percent are paying in-app. Consumers have somewhat of a fickle relationship with security when it comes to transactions.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Longer term, however, the wearables industry’s rising trajectory remains solidly intact. He called wearables “the perfect device” to collect data, then merge it with actionable guidance and services using corresponding apps. But Will They Wear It? .

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APRIL 30, 2020

That might mean offering variable payment terms or building loyalty by boosting rewards. That might mean offering variable payment terms or building loyalty by boosting rewards. During the week of March 16, when schools began closing en masse nationwide, Recurly saw a 120 percent bump in daily trials. The Emerging Landscape.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Samsung may have beat Apple in adding “X” into the name of its smartphone, but that doesn’t mean the Korean technology company has been able to surpass its biggest rival in terms of sales. Now, though, the Galaxy X could be headed to market using the technology that Samsung has been showing off at trade shows for some time.

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MAY 1, 2020

Still, that outcome marks the first time AWS has topped the $10 billion mark when it comes to revenue, pushed by the massive upswing in cloud service use as consumers have begun both working from home and netting most of their entertainment via the web. Amazon clocked in with earnings of $5.01 per share, notably before the $6.25

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

government when Uncle Sam began handing them out en masse to the soldiers fighting World War II and promoting them at home for non-military citizens. government when Uncle Sam began handing them out en masse to the soldiers fighting World War II and promoting them at home for non-military citizens.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In a world where many more people are logging on en masse to play games, shop, stream and work, the ability to make sure everyone is who they say they are — and are doing things they are authorized to do — becomes critically important. . But if I had done that, I’d be in a real mess right now.”. link] pic.twitter.com/Cv8Row7QHi.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

USD), and “every officer of the company who is in default” may be punished with a prison term that “may extend to six months.”. In Scotland, smaller businesses have stated en masse that companies demonstrated as late payers should be banned from receiving public contracts. Fines for violations can include monetary penalties of up to

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CPA Practice

APRIL 5, 2023

One staff member, who has worked at the restaurant for 23 years, used his first three-day weekend to finally see a Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game, Grippo recalled. legislative proposals to shift schedules en masse have largely stalled. It’s a beautiful thing,” Grippo said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

When PYMNTS has interview players across the financial services ecosystem in terms of their innovation readiness , the clear takeaway around the ecosystem is consistent: The time for digital innovation was yesterday. The top of the lineup is varied in many ways, in terms of size, focus and core demographics served.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

They’ve done all the initial preparation work, and they know that this is getting done and that they need to be ready for it,” McLain said, noting that actually getting there in terms of readiness will be a collaborative effort, both in Europe and beyond. The issue, he said, isn’t lack of interest or awareness that SCA is looming.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

What consumers needed was a one-stop source of transparent data about FinServ products that offered both quantitative data in the from interest rates, fees, loan terms, etc and qualitative reviews from consumers who have used the product. So he built one. All of our reviews are based on community votes to recommend or not recommend.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Summer seems a ways off, but if camp is canceled en masse, it’s a fair bet to think that families will be traveling domestically, if only to get out of the house and go where it’s been safe to sightsee or just be outside. A new wave of coronavirus infections may send us all back to the proverbial four walls to which we’ve become accustomed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

He told PYMNTS that the costs to the planet, in terms of the damage done, are incalculable — and getting worse. He told PYMNTS that the costs to the planet, in terms of the damage done, are incalculable — and getting worse. The food that appears on one’s dinner plate each night comes with no small amount of environmental cost.

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Withum

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Whether from raw materials’ status or finished goods’ location, numerous forward-thinking companies are using sensors and the ever-improving internet connectivity to gather and collect data. There are many benefits associated with using IoT to control your business processes. The Internet of Things (IoT). growth by 2027.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

Stripe has enabled the eCommerce stack to be simpler in terms of payments,” Friefeld said. Alternatively, he said, many artisans are running their own production out of a living room, basement or garage using commercially available 3-D printers. Traditionally, the cheapest way to produce something was to do it en masse.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Zumasys argues it is sure it is entitled to its $750,000 loan it received under the original terms as described, but is totally unsure if it qualified under the nebulously defined new terms offered up by the federal government 16 days after the program launched. So what happened? Small Business Administration (SBA).

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JANUARY 19, 2019

That meant the film passed into the public domain and could be broadcast for free, which television stations nationwide have taken advantage of en masse for the last 45 or so years. “The So why is it a classic today? Because of the magic of television – and a filing error. For example…. The Tablet. The Miss . Microsoft’s Tablet PC.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The stresses that puts on your supply chain in terms of complexity becomes quite significant.”. As organizations across industries look to become more nimble and able to visualize end-to-end, a need has arisen in the space not just to enable reactions to disruption in the chain, but to be proactive. And predictive.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 25, 2023

Additionally, he questions whether private equity sponsors will provide long-term value for partners. Insider ] Jen Fisher used to be the type of boss who’d email her team at 2 a.m. Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

The most-used mobile wallet in the U.S. That roughly 50-fold difference in size denotes that in the U.S — and to a somewhat lesser extent, Western Europe — mobile payment is an emerging option that is still finding footing with use cases. It hasn’t been easy. percent to be exact). according to IR Search. Improved Inducements.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 12, 2024

Use the podcast player below to listen. And so they’re trying to use automation technology. And they specifically said that the major area where this is going to happen is again as insurer preps document and information ingesting process coming in, and using automation to reduce the staff. SPEAKERS Randy Johnston, Brian F.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months. According to a LinkedIn study , more than a third of millennials are already envisioning a cashless society, which includes no physical currency used in any transactions. Clearly, the cashless society is clearly somewhere on the horizon.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

What these financial players need is a common language, a standard set of rules and operating procedures that they can use to work together efficiently. At the highest level, standardization is an agreement to treat things the same, have the same definitions for terms and be able to work together efficiently.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

Turns out that the best such cases might be on display where automated technology is being used to check consumers in : airports and hotels. The outlet shares that, today, about 80 percent of all airline passengers use some form of self-service check-in during their travels. Is self-checkout technology really going anywhere in retail?

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JUNE 28, 2016

Build a list, tap a button (leverage a saved payment method or digital wallet account), and groceries can be counted on to be en route. The rest is usually talked up in terms of tech upgrades — better backend systems and software, more efficient distribution networks, increased automation, better data gathering and interpretation.

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APRIL 22, 2016

But the colloquial term for a botnet is a “zombie army” … and that’s pretty much where the fun and games end regarding this very serious topic. Finally , we’re being attacked by zombies. These activities can range from the mildly annoying — such as spam — to the far more dangerous — such as viruses and denial of service attacks.

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Going Concern

MARCH 17, 2023

We need to acknowledge that we expect much more from our staff when they come to us — particularly during their first year with the firm—than we ever did before. “The COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that followed pandemic shutdowns disrupted the plans of countless students,” said AICPA CEO of Public Accounting Sue Coffey.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Retailers were adopting EMV – and though the liability shift deadline came and went with far less than a majority signed in to using EMV, the widely accepted conventional wisdom was that it would continue to pick up speed in much the way it initially had in the various global markets where it was introduced. They weren’t.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The recommerce market, which is focused on returned and (gently) used items, has been big business, where in China those sales are worth $60 billion. Alexa, mind the kids : Voice apps for the most vocal among us — which would be children, of course. Can you spell coopetition? Alexa is debuting a slew of skills aimed at kids.

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Going Concern

APRIL 14, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. While you’re here, subscribe to our newsletter to get the week’s top stories in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. For the extra hours, an additional $6,040 was billed. A handful of U.S.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Consumers are shifting, en masse, to mobile devices and home speakers as conduits used in their daily financial lives. Unbundling, said Siegel, “has created a lot of friction because, as consumers, we’re in so many different places using so many apps that it’s gotten a little bit confusing. Bank profits are up.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Fraud is moving en masse online , though, as in-store methods are getting harder and crooks look to find the weakest link. And, for those merchants using EMV in-store, the chorus of complaints are familiar, with one favorite refrain: It’s too slow. If only he had his own musical on Broadway…. Or, at least, some of them must.

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MAY 22, 2017

Consumers, Karen Webster noted, weren’t looking to use smartphones as a new payment form factor in stores, because cards were and are already doing a largely acceptable job when it comes to lining up at a point of sale and paying. And, bonus, he even tacks on an order of banana bread if he feels so moved. No fuss, no muss.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

But Macy’s has had the unfortunate distinction of rising above the pack in terms of visibility. Because, as has been the case so far, Macy’s issues today could be moving through retail en masse soon. Macy’s, of course, was not alone in having a rough run in Q1. percent loss in stock price. “You

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