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Small business owners who have been waiting to have their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiven can breathe a sigh of relief. The U.S. Department of Treasury said Tuesday (Sept. 29) it would soon begin forgiving loans granted…

If the holiday shopping season is divided into two groups -- those who love to go shopping vs. those who don't -- the latter looks set to enjoy more opportunities than ever this year to get same-day-delivery for gifts and other purchases.…

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said the company's merger with Amazon has been enabling the grocery retailer to "think long term," Bloomberg reported. "We've had three major price reductions, we're beginning a fourth," Mackey said, according…

The wave of digitization that has picked up incredible speed in banking over the past half year isn't strictly a new trend, Randy Piatt, head of product solutions for Ondot Systems, told PYMNTS. Long before the pandemic, consumers were…

The public sector has a unique challenge ahead. An estimated 40 percent of professionals in the space are getting ready to retire. Clearly, the pressure is on for public entities to rebuild their talent pipelines with the next generation…

The end of the third quarter of 2020 offers a moment to look back -- and ahead -- as a year unlike any other is (a bit more) than three quarters finished. It may be hard to remember, but when 2020 dawned, unemployment was near historic…

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers' increasingly digital preferences. Merchants are optimizing their eCommerce operations, but this is posing challenges for some, including luxury merchants. These…

It's happened to almost all consumers: They're idly perusing their credit card statements when they come across completely confusing, seemingly random charges from businesses they don't recognize in locations they've never visited.…

More than 100 million consumers in the United States have switched from shopping in stores to shopping online since the pandemic began, and 83 percent of them plan to keep shopping with merchants they have discovered since then, even after…

Brick-and-mortar retailers felt the pain at exaggerated levels due to the pandemic, according to the bi-annual BDO Bankruptcy Update. Government-mandated store closures, social distancing requirements and increases in eCommerce only piled…