eBay May Be Prepping Korean Subsidiary For Sale
eBay May Be Prepping Korean Subsidiary For Sale
January 19, 2021  |  eCommerce

eBay might be selling its South Korea marketplace, eBay Korea, in another step in the reorganization already dividing up the U.S. eCommerce market, Bloomberg reported....

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Goldman CEO Says SPAC Explosion ‘Unsustainable’
Goldman CEO Says SPAC Explosion ‘Unsustainable’
January 19, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he doesn’t think the current special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) boom is sustainable, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get...

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Sensory’s VoiceHub Will Boost Accessibility For Voice Assistants
Sensory’s VoiceHub Will Boost Accessibility For Voice Assistants
January 19, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Sensory has released VoiceHub, an online portal for developers to create voice control command sets for prototyping, and the platform will allow users to add...

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EU Preps For Vaccine Passport Framework
EU Preps For Vaccine Passport Framework
January 19, 2021  |  Europe

The European Commission said in a report that it is working on a plan to speed up vaccinations and testing to help end the pandemic...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Wallet Trezor Warns Of Fake App On Google Play; Dubai Planning Digital Asset Framework
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Wallet Trezor Warns Of Fake App On Google Play; Dubai Planning Digital...
January 19, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Trezor, a cryptocurrency wallet hardware provider, warned users Monday (Jan. 18) of a “malicious” fake Trezor app on the Google Play store, Cointelegraph reported. Get...

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Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial
Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial
January 19, 2021  |  Blockchain

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. Get the...

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution
Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity...

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Citi To Accelerate ISO 20022 Adoption Via Volante Partnership
Citi To Accelerate ISO 20022 Adoption Via Volante Partnership
January 19, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Volante Technologies, which works in cloud payments and financial messaging, is working with Citi to expedite Citi’s adoption of the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard,...

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Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less Amid Pandemic
Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, LendingClub said it has attained all of the regulatory approvals to close its $185 million acquisition of Radius...

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