Facebook Advertising Revenue Surges Amid Instagram eCommerce Tab Rollout
Facebook Advertising Revenue Surges Amid Instagram eCommerce Tab Rollout
January 27, 2021  |  Earnings

Facebook, Inc. reported on Wednesday (Jan. 27) as part of its Q4 and full year 2020 earnings that total revenue surged 33 percent year-over-year for...

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Check Launches With $35 Million To Streamline Payroll
Check Launches With $35 Million To Streamline Payroll
January 27, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Payroll infrastructure startup Check, which purports to simplify the payroll process, launched publicly Wednesday (Jan. 27) with $35 million in Series B funding, according to...

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TikTok Doubles Sales To $35 Billion Despite Bans, Layoffs
TikTok Doubles Sales To $35 Billion Despite Bans, Layoffs
January 27, 2021  |  Earnings

Chinese social media app TikTok — the world’s biggest startup — grew operating profit to $7 billion after parent company ByteDance saw revenue at about...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Travel Platform Klook Lands $200 Million; Gojek Aims To Become International Player
Today In Payments Around The World: Travel Platform Klook Lands $200 Million; Gojek Aims To...
January 27, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Klook has closed a Series E funding round headed up by Aspex Management, while Gojek is aiming...

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Shift4 Payments Rebrands 3dcart, Launches eCommerce Platform Shift4Shop
Shift4 Payments Rebrands 3dcart, Launches eCommerce Platform Shift4Shop
January 27, 2021  |  eCommerce

Shift4 Payments is relaunching 3dcart, which it acquired in November, as Shift4Shop, the payment processor announced Wednesday (Jan. 27) in a press release. Get the...

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Mooncard, Flying Blue Team Up For New Corporate Travel Benefits
Mooncard, Flying Blue Team Up For New Corporate Travel Benefits
January 27, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Mooncard, which works in smart corporate cards, is rolling out a new strategic partnership with loyalty program Flying Blue, a press release says. Get the...

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Disruptions, Limits As Redditors Upend Markets In GameStop Trading
Disruptions, Limits As Redditors Upend Markets In GameStop Trading
January 27, 2021  |  Market Conditions

Online brokerages Robinhood, Charles Schwab and others were hit by outages again as the markets continued to reel and amateur traders on Reddit fueled the rapid...

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Olympics Organizers Hope Biden Can Help Rally For Tokyo Games
Olympics Organizers Hope Biden Can Help Rally For Tokyo Games
January 27, 2021  |  International

Japanese coordinators for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are hoping that newly-elected U.S. President Joe Biden can help kick up momentum in support of...

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Mortgage Lender LoanDepot Seeking Over $300 Million In IPO
Mortgage Lender LoanDepot Seeking Over $300 Million In IPO
January 27, 2021  |  IPO

LoanDepot will be seeking as much as $315 million in its initial public offering (IPO), according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Get...

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