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The U.S. economy is advancing on the strength of household spending even as the pace of income growth slips into a lower gear.
Economic data newly released on Thursday (Jan. 22), help fill in some of the gaps of delayed reporting due to the government shutdown, illustrating the resilience of U.S. households, and bolstering PYMNTS Intelligence findings that consumers are pulling what...
Business travel, payments and expense management platform Navan deepened its integration with Booking.com.
“With a new, updated direct integration, our partnership further expands travelers’ access to more properties and better rates, while making it simpler for travel managers and finance departments to oversee company stays, save across their travel programs, and unlock new lodging...
The Walmart Health Research Institute (WHRI) plans to open four research sites this spring, saying they will make it easier for people to participate in clinical trials.
WHRI will launch the research sites in collaboration with independent clinical research organization Care Access and will place them in three former Walmart Health locations and one rural Walmart store, it said in a...
Google DeepMind inked a licensing agreement with voice artificial intelligence startup Hume AI, Wired reported Thursday (Jan. 22).
As part of the deal, DeepMind will hire Hume CEO Alan Cowen and several of the company’s top engineers, the report said.
The deal is the latest indication that AI companies like DeepMind think voice mode will become key in interacting with consumers,...
Businesses and balance sheets have long been built on the finance function’s ability to close.
Close the month. Close the quarter. Close the year. The faster the books are closed, the more successful the finance team is considered to be. For years, it has been accuracy, control and timeliness that has defined the office of the chief financial officer.
However, a new era appears to be...
Dollar General is promoting its same-day delivery service with the offer of one free delivery.
From Tuesday (Jan. 20) through Feb. 28, customers can use their myDG account to get free delivery on one myDG Delivery order, the company said in a Thursday (Jan. 22) press release. Customers can also opt to pay a $1 “ASAP fee” to get the order in an hour or less.
The myDG Delivery service is...
Binance’s co-founder and ex-CEO is reportedly in discussion with several countries about tokenizing their assets.
Changpeng Zhao told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he has spoken with “probably a dozen governments” about the effort, CoinDesk reported Thursday (Jan. 22).
While he did not specify which governments or assets, the report added, this concept could let...
PayPal is set to acquire marketplace and dropship automation platform Cymbio.
As the company noted in a news release Thursday (Jan. 22), PayPal has in the past worked with Cymbio as part of its agentic commerce services.
“Acquiring Cymbio’s technology and team will enhance our agentic commerce capabilities and accelerate the expansion to more of our merchants,” said Michelle Gill,...
Last year, Seattle-based eCommerce company Coupang suffered a data breach affecting millions of customers.
Now, a pair of Coupang investors has called on the United States government to investigate South Korea’s handling of the incident, Reuters reported Thursday (Jan. 22). In addition to the investigation, tech investors Greenoaks and Altimeter said the U.S. could also impose trade...
A major crypto market bill could reportedly be delayed for weeks in the U.S. Senate.
The holdup stems from a shift in focus among lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee to housing affordability legislation, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Jan. 21), citing sources familiar with the matter.
The legislation had already been delayed last week, but consideration of the bill will...