H&M Denies Plans for Metaverse Store, Ceek Collaboration ‘at This Time’
H&M Denies Plans for Metaverse Store, Ceek Collaboration ‘at This Time’
January 04, 2022  |  Retail

Clothing retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) denied reports Monday (Jan. 3) from publications including The Economic Times and Mashable India that it is planning to...

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Biden Takes Antitrust Steps in Meatpacking Industry
Biden Takes Antitrust Steps in Meatpacking Industry
January 04, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

President Biden announced on Monday (Jan. 3) an action plan to create a more competitive and resilient meat and poultry supply chain. Get the Full...

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AT&T, Verizon Agree to Postpone 5G Rollout Near Airports for 2 Weeks
AT&T, Verizon Agree to Postpone 5G Rollout Near Airports for 2 Weeks
January 04, 2022  |  Mobile

One day after AT&T and Verizon rejected the U.S. government’s request to postpone 5G rollout over aviation concerns, the telecommunications giants have reversed course. Get...

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eBay on Mobile Cross-Border Transactions’ Popularity and Complexity
eBay on Mobile Cross-Border Transactions’ Popularity and Complexity
January 04, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Consumers clearly want to use digital wallets when they shop with merchants abroad, but that can be easier said than done. In the Cross-Border Retail...

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UK’s New Investment Rules Kicks Off Eyeing Foreign M&A
UK’s New Investment Rules Kicks Off Eyeing Foreign M&A
January 04, 2022  |  Regulation

Starting today (Tuesday, Jan. 4), it will be a lot more challenging to acquire certain companies in the United Kingdom. This is because the National...

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European Data Protection Supervisor Urges Increased Data Protection in Card Payments 
European Data Protection Supervisor Urges Increased Data Protection in Card Payments 
January 04, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The European Union’s independent data protection authority has identified how data collected during card-based payment transactions can be used to profile customers and, if not...

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FinTech Automation Partners with Finicity to Use Open Banking Data on Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offering
FinTech Automation Partners with Finicity to Use Open Banking Data on Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offering
January 04, 2022  |  Partnerships

Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform FinTech Automation (FTA) signed an agreement with Mastercard company Finicity on Tuesday (Jan. 4) to access consumer information for secure account validation and...

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More Banks Ditching Lucrative Overdraft Fees
More Banks Ditching Lucrative Overdraft Fees
January 04, 2022  |  Banking

Despite bringing in an estimated $15.47 billion in 2019, more banks in the U.S. are ditching or modifying overdraft fees in a move to better...

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Real-Time Payments Expected to Double in 2022
Real-Time Payments Expected to Double in 2022
January 04, 2022  |  Faster Payments

Streaming media, on-demand encounters with service providers and all manner of instant interactions online have shaped expectations about how we pay and get paid —...

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