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Same Day ACH Volume Jumps 37% as Businesses Fill the Gap Between Batch and Instant

Businesses use payments timing as a factor in their cash forecasts. A buyer sends money before an invoice deadline, while the supplier waits for money already committed to payroll, inventory or another bill. Shortening that interval gives b

HSBC Launches Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin for Everyday Payments

HSBC has launched its first stablecoin, HSBC RedCoin (RCHKD), in Hong Kong, saying in a Friday (Oct. 23) press release that it is built for everyday payments and transactions. HSBC RedCoin is licensed and regulated by the Hong Kong Monetary

TD Bank Taps Akoya to Power Secure Open Banking API Access

TD Bank U.S. and data network Akoya are collaborating to help financial apps and data providers connect to TD through secure APIs, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. The companies will accomplish this by deploying Akoy

States Move to Centralize Digital IDs as More Services Go Online

Your phone can already hold your credit cards, your boarding pass and your insurance card. In a growing number of states, it can hold your driver’s license, too. Now, state leaders are asking a bigger question. Should residents have one dig

Lululemon adds former product chief to board

Tara Poseley, who led product at the athletics retailer from 2013 to 2015, is joining the board as part of the company’s agreement with founder Chip Wilson.

Macy’s revamps Santaland, brings back Holiday Square

The department store is leaning into the festive season at its Herald Square flagship in New York with a variety of activations.

Bath & Body Works introduces new store concept

The Feel Good concept is now open in Charlotte, North Carolina, and features easy navigation and enhanced testing experiences.

Analytics queryable capability is configurable in shopify.app.toml for metaobject definitions

Apps can now set capabilities.analytics_queryable on metaobject definitions in shopify.app.toml. This makes compatible fields on those definitions queryable in Shopify analytics and ShopifyQL. It applies to apps that declare metaobject defi

Schedule and test catalog changes with Rollouts

Rollouts now supports catalog changes, so you can schedule product availability and pricing per market. Prepare your catalogs ahead of a promotion or seasonal launch, then choose when they go live. Schedule catalog changes: Activate, deacti

The Weekly Closeout: Torrid CFO exits and Belk secures financing

Paula Dempsey will leave the apparel retailer next month. The department store, meanwhile, will use some of its new funds for seasonal inventory.

Amex to shrink workforce

The card company plans to cut 4.5% of its employees to become more “agile and efficient” as it adjusts to more use of artificial intelligence, CEO Stephen Squeri said.

The vulnerability beneath the checkout: why the PHP scare was a wake-up call for retail

Following the cyberattacks on ASOS, Whistles & Hobbs and Intermarché, another major cybersecurity story emerged this week. The post The vulnerability beneath the checkout: why the PHP scare was a wake-up call for retail appeared first on In

Sezzle seeks OCC bank charter

The buy now, pay later provider wants a U.S. charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency amid new state rules.

Why holiday returns demand fresh thinking from retailers

Tony D’Onofrio, president, Sensormatic Solutions The holiday season is a time to unplug. Schedules become more flexible, families come together and many workplaces shift into a lower gear — except for those working in retail. Then, the holi

Unlink a customer's identity provider subject with the GraphQL Admin API

As of API version 2027-01, you can use the identityProviderSubjectDelete mutation to unlink a customer from a third-party identity provider. Pass the customer's ID as customerId and the identity provider subject's ID as id. You can get subj

Dark Patterns in Quick Commerce: Hidden Tactics That Manipulate Online Shoppers

As a quick commerce seller, you know that every rupee counts and every repeat customer matters. Yet, you may have... The post Dark Patterns in Quick Commerce: Hidden Tactics That Manipulate Online Shoppers appeared first on Shiprocket.

How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Rank trackers describe how they check suspect Google results, what customers see during checks, and what they say about reprocessing and past results. The post How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results appeared first on Searc

L’Oréal sales reach €35.3bn as fragrance and haircare drive growth

L’Oréal has reported a 7.7% rise in sales to €35.34bn in the first nine months of 2026, as strong demand for fragrances, haircare and skincare helped the beauty group outperform the wider market.

Supreme Court refuses Tesco appeal in equal pay case

Tesco has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court over a key ruling in its long-running equal pay dispute with more than 16,000 current and former shop workers.

Shopping is Muse’s top task: Meta

About a quarter of the personal agent’s earliest adopters look to shop, with an average purchase size around $200, Meta’s CEO said.

Qianfeng Interview with LianLian DigiTech: From "Cross-Border Payment Expert" to "Trusted New Infrastructure for Global Intelligent Finance"

Austrians spent 16% of retail expenditure online

In 2025, more than 16 percent of Austrian consumer spending in retail was generated online. A year earlier, the online share of consumer retail spending came to 14.9 percent. This brings the market volume of ecommerce in the country in 2025

How to prepare for the Black Friday countdown? Top TikTok Shop merchants reveal their preparation secrets

Online retail sales volumes fell in September as retailers brace for a muted Black Friday

Retail sales volumes declined 0.4% in September, but grew by 0.7% for Q3 2026, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The post Online retail sales volumes fell in September as retailers brace for a muted