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Who You Gonna Call? The Librarian.

If something strange is happening in your neighborhood this Halloween, you might want to call the librarian. Concord Public Library in New Hampshire is encouraging patrons to borrow a ghost detector or thermal imaging camera as part of its

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The growth momentum of the Latin American cross-border market continues to be released

The rise of ‘Adultoween’ and how adults are driving Halloween spending

Adults are fueling $13.5 billion in Halloween spending thanks to the rise of "Adultoween," growing seasonal categories like home decor, and food and beverage.

Don't rush to convert everything to FBA! Amazon tools help you first pick out the products that should be converted

American Express Expands Travel Platform With Airbnb Integration

American Express and Airbnb have announced a partnership that will offer eligible American Express U.S. Card Members more choices of places to stay when traveling and additional ways to earn points. With this partnership, eligible U.S. Card

Fiserv Appoints Mastercard Senior Strategic Advisor Raj Seshadri to Board

Fiserv has announced that Raj Seshadri, senior strategic advisor to the CEO of Mastercard, will join Fiserv’s board of directors and enhance its collective expertise around uniting commerce and finance. She will join the board Nov. 30. Sesh

Generate images with transparent backgrounds in Sidekick

Sidekick can now generate images with transparent backgrounds. Create illustrations, icons, and other graphics for your store and marketing without a solid background around the image. To try it, open Sidekick in your Shopify admin and desc

Polygon Secures US Money Transmitter Licenses

Polygon has completed its acquisition of Coinme, making Polygon Open Money Stack a U.S.-regulated payments platform, the company said in an Oct. 14 blog post. “This is a huge step for Polygon,” the company said in the post. “We’ve spent yea

Sezzle Pursues National Bank Charter to Add FDIC-Insured Deposit Accounts

FinTech company Sezzle has begun the formal charter application process to establish a national bank that would offer a broad range of banking products and services, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. Sezzle filed appli

eInvoicing Mandates Turn Bills Into B2B Payment Data

European eInvoicing mandates seek to standardize how businesses deliver the information used to approve and collect payments. Invoice amounts, tax details and transaction references enter defined fields that accounting software reads and pr

LianLian Taps PayPal and Venmo to Speed Up Cross-Border Payouts

Cross-border payments firm LianLian Global’s social commerce, marketplace and eCommerce clients can now send payouts to PayPal accounts globally and Venmo accounts in the United States, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release

Cognitive Credit Lands $40 Million Investment to Expand US Operations

Cognitive Credit, a provider of specialist data, infrastructure and artificial intelligence solutions for global corporate credit markets, secured a $40 million strategic growth investment to accelerate its commercial expansion in the Unite

Week in review: Where ADA and PTO meet

We’re rounding up last week’s stories and news, including EEOC suing over conciliatory agreements and the problematic pace of AI integration.

Staples Canada launches Staples Business to unify B2B offerings

Staples Canada has launched Staples Business, a new brand in the market to bring office supplies, technology, print and facilities services together for Canadian business customers. The brand will focus on two tiers: one for smaller busines

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.