Takeaway Looks Poised To Win Just Eat Deal
Takeaway Looks Poised To Win Just Eat Deal
December 20, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

In the bidding war for British online food company Just Eat, competitors Prosus and Takeaway.com are both putting up strong offers for their final bids....

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Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
December 20, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The PIT digital currency exchange of Blockchain.com is one of the few exchanges to turn on the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme, The Block reported. The...

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Amazon Expects To Deliver 3.5B Packages This Year
Amazon Expects To Deliver 3.5B Packages This Year
December 20, 2019  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon announced on Thursday (Dec. 19) it expects to deliver 3.5 billion customer packages worldwide this year through its delivery network and expects to deliver...

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New Chipotle Stores To Feature Drive-Throughs, Walk-Up Windows
New Chipotle Stores To Feature Drive-Throughs, Walk-Up Windows
December 20, 2019  |  Restaurant innovation

Chipotle announced on Thursday (Dec. 19) that it is testing out a different restaurant design in effort to keep its billion-dollar digital business growing. The...

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Ant Financial Names New CEO
Ant Financial Names New CEO
December 19, 2019  |  Personnel

As a continuing restructuring takes hold after Daniel Zhang’s appointment as Alibaba’s chairman, Alibaba Group Holding and Ant Financial, its FinTech affiliate, have announced an...

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Fed Data: Non-Cash Payments Grow 6.7 Pct Per Year From 2015-2018
Fed Data: Non-Cash Payments Grow 6.7 Pct Per Year From 2015-2018
December 19, 2019  |  Payment Methods

With the ongoing decline of checks, the growth of payments by debit and credit cards continued to speed up from 2015 to 2018, per Federal...

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Facebook Is Developing Its Own OS To Rival Google, Apple
Facebook Is Developing Its Own OS To Rival Google, Apple
December 19, 2019  |  Facebook

In an effort to minimize future dependence on rivals Google and Apple, Facebook plans to develop its own operating system (OS), according to The Information. Get the...

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Tencent, Other Chinese Tech Firms Called Out For Privacy Violations
Tencent, Other Chinese Tech Firms Called Out For Privacy Violations
December 19, 2019  |  Regulation

A number of Chinese tech companies were ordered to clean up policies on the way their apps deal with user information or face penalties, according...

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LiquidX Branches Out With Finance Fix For Global Supply Chains
LiquidX Branches Out With Finance Fix For Global Supply Chains
December 19, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

Marketplace trading platform LiquidX is rolling out its Supply Chain Finance (SCF) program on its new web-based portal, the company said in a press release...

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