Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 21
Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 21
July 21, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

An acquisition and an auction drove the bulk of investment activity last week. Of the venture  back moves, alternative lending and electronification of documents paved the way. Get the Full...

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UK Banks May Be Anticompetitive
UK Banks May Be Anticompetitive
July 21, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently announced that it would launch an investigation into the UK retail banking sector to determine whether the...

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HighJump Software Acquisition Will Impact B2B Global Trade
HighJump Software Acquisition Will Impact B2B Global Trade
July 21, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain management software company HighJump Software announced last week that it acquired Atlas Products International, which provides Software as a Service (SaaS)-based business-to-business (B2B) EDI...

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Alibaba Goes Postal In Brazil
Alibaba Goes Postal In Brazil
July 21, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

The Chinese eCommerce powerhouse Alibaba announced last week that it partnered with Brazil’s state-owned postal services company, Correios  in order to help the country’s SMBs sell their...

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ACI Acquires ReD
ACI Acquires ReD
July 21, 2014  |  Acquiring

ACI Worldwide announced this morning that it will acquire Retail Decisions (ReD) for $205M. The transaction will close in Q3 2014. Get the Full Story...

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eBay Finds Big Demand For In-Store Pickup
eBay Finds Big Demand For In-Store Pickup
July 21, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

According to eBay executives, its Click and Collect service in Britain – essentially an in-store pick up option – is gaining greater traction than its same-day...

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NetSuite Acquires Ecommerce Software Vendor
NetSuite Acquires Ecommerce Software Vendor
July 21, 2014  |  Acquiring

NetSuite announced last week that it had acquired Venda, an eCommerce solutions provider. According to a NetSuite press release, the move is expected to build on the...

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China’s Yuan Shows Gain In Cross-Border Trading
China’s Yuan Shows Gain In Cross-Border Trading
July 21, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Expansion of clearinghouse arrangements outside of China are helping build the country’s yuan as a settlement tool for cross-border trade. Those business activities are helping...

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Starbucks Wants To Be Your Mobile Wallet
Starbucks Wants To Be Your Mobile Wallet
July 21, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

“We will do this and we will get it right,” said Adam Brotman, Starbucks Chief Digital Officer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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