Today in Retail: MAPCO Stores Going Checkout-Free With Grabango; Louis Vuitton Price Hikes Coming
Today in Retail: MAPCO Stores Going Checkout-Free With Grabango; Louis Vuitton Price Hikes Coming
February 15, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, restaurants and grocery stores use shrinkflation to get customers to pay the same amount for less of what they want, while Weber...

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Voyager Innovations Could Look to Raise as Much as $200M
Voyager Innovations Could Look to Raise as Much as $200M
February 15, 2022  |  Investments

Voyager Innovations, owner of the FinTech PayMaya, could be on the hunt for additional funding in the range of $150 million to $200 million, Bloomberg...

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Voilà Raises $10M to Expand Fine Dining at Home in Europe
Voilà Raises $10M to Expand Fine Dining at Home in Europe
February 15, 2022  |  Investments

Voilà, a German-based company that connects consumers with fine dining experiences at home, has closed on 8.8 million euros (about $10 million) in funding to...

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Tim Hortons Touts Record-High Digital Mix in Canada
Tim Hortons Touts Record-High Digital Mix in Canada
February 15, 2022  |  Earnings

Restaurant Brands International’s loyalty strategy is clicking into place. On a call Tuesday (February 15) discussing the firm’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 results, the Toronto,...

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Danish BNPL Firm ViaBill Raises $120M
Danish BNPL Firm ViaBill Raises $120M
February 15, 2022  |  BNPL

Danish buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm ViaBill has raised $120 million in a debt and equity round led by the U.K.’s Fasanara Capital. Get...

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FinTech PayU Rolls out Credit Payments in Romania
FinTech PayU Rolls out Credit Payments in Romania
February 15, 2022  |  eCommerce

Online payments solutions provider PayU on Tuesday (Feb. 15) debuted two credit solutions for Romanian shoppers, according to a company announcement. Get the Full Story...

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UBS: Don’t Count on US Crypto Regulations Anytime Soon
UBS: Don’t Count on US Crypto Regulations Anytime Soon
February 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, said in its own report that it expects United States’ lawmakers to take a while before Congress passes cryptocurrency legislation. Get...

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Finnish Smartphone Reseller Swappie Raises $124M
Finnish Smartphone Reseller Swappie Raises $124M
February 15, 2022  |  Investments

Swappie, a Finnish smartphone reseller aimed at offering people access to the “circular smartphone economy” has raised $124 million in a Series C funding round....

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As Digital Yuan Struggles, Does America Really Need a Digital Dollar?
As Digital Yuan Struggles, Does America Really Need a Digital Dollar?
February 15, 2022  |  CBDC

In a speech Monday (Feb. 14), Mu Changchun, the head of China’s digital yuan project, said the cryptocurrency has not had a very big impact...

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