San Franciscans will soon have to bid adieu to the Starbucks-owned La Boulange stores as the company plans to close all 23 locations located in California.While the Starbucks stores across the U.S. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

A hedge fund strategy designed for small investors — also known as retail investors — has officially raised $1.3 billion in two years, with the help of Franklin Templeton Investors, Reuters reported yesterday (June 17). Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

While Gap Inc., might not want to call it a comeback (they’ve been here for years, as LL Cool J once sang), they are staking their future fortunes on a renewed interest in an old premise: selling attractive clothing. Sourced through…

Imagine walking into a retailer and instead of a person greeting you, there’s a robot. A robot named Pepper, to be more specific. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

There’s been a lot of chatter about Google Hands-Free Payments. Learn how we built a touchless payments platform, before Google did. Sourced through Scoop.it from: clearbridgemobile.com

While there was a lot of excitement around card-linked offers when they were first introduced into the marketplace, things seem to have cooled — or at least Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Recap how Apple, Google and Samsung — the big “Pay” players — have chosen to pitch and promote their mobile payment products to consumers. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

In 2014, when Square acquired Caviar — the San Francisco-based food delivery startup — there wasn’t much news as to what Square’s plans were for the service. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

G6 Hospitality, which is the parent company of the lodging brands Motel 6 and Studio 6 and their 1,200 locations, is upgrading its Ingenico terminals in order Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Just weeks after Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a blistering speech on privacy and security, researchers have once again cast a shadow on the perception of the Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com