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Safaricom of Kenya is holding talks with Amazon about the use of mobile-money service M-Pesa on the e-commerce giant’s platform, part of efforts to expand global reach and bounce back from a first profit decline in a decade.

Amazon.com is poised to bring its automated checkout technology to full-size supermarkets, a significant milestone in the race to revolutionize how people buy their groceries.

The e-commerce giant's Amazon One palm-scanning can enroll consumers for building access and other use cases that require an ID.

The innovation recognizes inventory levels and uses machine learning and sales history to identify the ideal price point to incentivize a consumer to select the product with a limited shelf life, says Quicklizard's Pini Mandel.

As merchants navigate a rapidly evolving market, invisible payments are becoming a crucial means of offering customers the seamless, simple, and streamlined experiences they crave, says Credorax's Igal Rotem.

Machine learning and innovations such as voice assistants can give the newly mature e-commerce industry an extra push, says Qualpay's Penny Townsend.

The planned shutdown of Haven at the end of next month marks the close of an ambitious effort that brought together titans of technology and finance but struggled to demonstrate meaningful results.

As business flocks online, voice tech and social are just two of many innovations that will become stable stakes for merchants, says Hatch's Joris Kroese.

Amazon-owned PayFort has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services and will offer installment payments to the markets it serves in the Middle East and North Africa.

Tech pioneer Bill Gates praised India’s policies for financial innovation and inclusion, saying his philanthropic foundation is working with other countries to roll out open-source technologies modeled on the country’s implementation.

In a bid to fuel online sales, Barclaycard is partnering with Amazon in Germany to offer installment lending to overcome the country’s low credit card ownership rates.

Ahead of a holiday shopping season that should focus heavily on e-commerce, Amazon is updating its rewards program to keep delivery drivers interested in handling its packages.

The payments company reported a substantial increase in both credit and debit card usage for the annual shopping event as the pandemic has made consumers even more comfortable with online purchases.

Credit unions' credit and debit card portfolios could see a surge this week as the online retailer offers two days of deals, while the industry's regulator is set for a cybersecurity update.

House Democrats’ antitrust reform plan intended to rein in companies like Amazon and Google could help level the regulatory playing field between the banking industry and its digital competitors. It could also revive calls to break up financial behemoths.

The service signals the start of a broader shift in retailers directly challenging Amazon and threatening the platform as a shopper's default choice, says Bolt's Greg Greiner.

With travel spending still largely sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon is looking to harness more of the spending that small and medium-sized businesses are focused on for recovery.

Walmart is expanding the contactless payment options in its stores as part of a new design that aims to blur the online and in-store shopping experience.

Amazon Inc. is planning to take over some of Citigroup Inc.’s office space in Singapore at a time when a number of the e-commerce giant’s Chinese tech rivals expand in the city state.

Amazon's palm-reading payment system is the sort of product that could probably succeed only at this point in time.