EU Antitrust Commission Opens Formal Inquest Into Google’s Digital Ad Tactics
EU Antitrust Commission Opens Formal Inquest Into Google’s Digital Ad Tactics
June 22, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

The European Commission (EC) has launched a formal investigation into Google’s digital advertising tactics, and will assess whether competition laws in the European Union (EU)...

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DoorDash Challenges Instacart’s Hold On Grocery With New Albertsons Partnership
DoorDash Challenges Instacart’s Hold On Grocery With New Albertsons Partnership
June 22, 2021  |  Delivery

Did DoorDash just fire the first shot against Instacart? On Monday (June 21), the restaurant delivery service announced a partnership with grocery chain Albertsons Companies to...

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Online Sales Surge Past $5.6B As ‘Amazon Prime Day’ Events Kick Off
Online Sales Surge Past $5.6B As ‘Amazon Prime Day’ Events Kick Off
June 22, 2021  |  eCommerce

First-day sales for the “Amazon Prime Day” events have apparently rocketed to the top of the charts, making for the most online sales over a...

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Digital Mortgage Exchange MAXEX Lands Investment From JPMorgan
Digital Mortgage Exchange MAXEX Lands Investment From JPMorgan
June 22, 2021  |  Investments

The digital mortgage exchange MAXEX announced on Tuesday (June 22) that it had secured a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Payoneer Reveals Rebrand Before Planned Nasdaq Debut
Payoneer Reveals Rebrand Before Planned Nasdaq Debut
June 22, 2021  |  Commerce

Global payment and commerce platform Payoneer revealed a rebrand to “reflect its current position in the market and its vision to be the world’s go-to...

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Germany Ponies Up $12B To Boost Tech Startups’ Growth
Germany Ponies Up $12B To Boost Tech Startups’ Growth
June 22, 2021  |  Investments

Germany has created a $12 billion fund to speed up the growth of startups in the technology sector. The country sees such companies as key...

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Transmit Lands $543M For Biometric Cybersecurity Products
Transmit Lands $543M For Biometric Cybersecurity Products
June 22, 2021  |  Biometrics

Boston-based Transmit Security has raised $543 million in venture funding, giving the cybersecurity company a valuation of $2.2 billion. Transmit uses biometric authentication, as opposed...

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Canada’s Trudeau Party Takes Aim At Social And Streaming Platforms
Canada’s Trudeau Party Takes Aim At Social And Streaming Platforms
June 22, 2021  |  Regulation

Canadian legislation drafted by Justin Trudeau’s government is taking aim at Big Tech and is looking to subject social and streaming platforms to the same...

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Mastercard Exec Zahir Khoja Appointed Afterpay’s General Manager Of North America
Mastercard Exec Zahir Khoja Appointed Afterpay’s General Manager Of North America
June 22, 2021  |  Personnel

Zahir Khoja has been named the general manager of North America for buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay, according to an announcement emailed to...

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