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1.6KSpace: The Final Travel Commerce Frontier
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek...
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2.1KUK Drivers File GDPR Lawsuit Against Uber
Four U.K. Uber drivers are filing a lawsuit against the company for alleged violations of EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law,...
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2.9KReport: Almost 95 Pct Of Bitcoin Trading Is Artificial
After sharp drops in bitcoin prices, a new study posits that almost 95 percent of all reported bitcoin trading is made artificially...
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2.2K‘Ghost’ Kitchens Take A Bigger Role In Food Delivery
As restaurants continue to wrestle with the questions that come with food delivery — how to make enough money, whether to work with...
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1.9KEx-Uber CEO Backs Freight Startup Kargo
The former CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, has invested in a trucking and logistics startup some are calling “Uber for trucks.” Kalanick,...
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1.6KSnap Seeks Ads From Pharmaceutical Companies
In an effort to have big pharma companies advertise on Snapchat, the social media platform is reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier...
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1.4KThe On-Demand Alternative To Self-Storage
Moving belongings into storage is no easy task, requiring labor, time and space that people often don’t have. Callbox Storage co-founder and CEO...
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1.7KSnowe, Simplicity And (Literally) Making Bedding Out Of Air
There is no shortage of direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce firms offering luxurious, hotel-quality sheets to consumers — and doing so at a price that...
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1.7KRetail Pulse: Framebridge Opens DC Store; Starbucks Hits 30,000-Location Milestone
Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real...
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1.5KRent The Runway Valued At $1B After Funding Round
In a round that brought in a $1 billion valuation for the company, clothing subscription service Rent the Runway notched $125 million...
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1.7KBurger King Turns To Coffee Subscriptions Amid Breakfast Wars
Amid the breakfast wars, Burger King is turning to coffee subscriptions. The offering could help bring diners into its restaurants at the...
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1.9KInvoice Financing Via Blockchain Targets SMB Cash Flow Problems
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood...
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2.1KWhatsApp Debuts Biz App On iOS
WhatsApp Business has started to roll out its services on iOS, more than a year after it launched on Android. The app,...
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2.9KVC FinTech Funding Sets Sights On ‘Alternative’ Data
If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’...
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2.2KFirst Data, InstaReM Pair On Corporate Card Issuance
Singapore-based FinTech startup InstaReM, which enables banks and consumers to send money across borders, announced a partnership with First Data to assist businesses...
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1.8KPinterest IPO Could Happen In Mid-April, Sooner Than Planned
Pinterest, the image search company, is now gearing up to launch its initial public offering in the middle part of April, earlier...
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3.3KWhy The Netherlands Waited A Year To Roll Out PSD2
With PSD2 becoming firmly planted in the European Union (EU), more markets are integrating the regulation into their financial systems, and prepping...
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2.7KThe Shockingly Strong Staying Power Of Home Shopping
A little under a year ago, a strange rumor began to make the rounds in the commerce ecosystem: Amazon was about to...
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2.9KKPMG: Australia’s AltFin Sector Worth $1B
KPMG, an advisory and audit company, has released numbers that say Australia has a 32 percent share of the APAC alternative finance...
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3.7KIssuer Processor Marqeta Raises $250M, Hits $1.8B Valuation
Payment platform Marqeta has raised $250 million in a series E funding round, on a valuation of about $1.9 billion, according to...
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3.0KFirst Data Buys German Cashless Tech Co ayCash
First Data, a commerce-enabling FinTech company, has acquired ayCash, a company that specializes in cashless payment terminals and merchant services in the...
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2.1KsolarisBank To Grow Alipay In Europe; PagBrasil Teams With Singapore’s APACPAY
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes solarisBank‘s tie-up with Alipay for payments in...
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1.8KBeto O’Rourke Doesn’t Want To Break Up Big Tech Companies
Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke isn’t joining other Democrats running for president in calling for the breakup of some of the nation’s largest...
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1.8KFinancial Scams Against UK Consumers, Biz Up 16 Pct
Financial scams perpetrated against U.K. households and companies increased 16 percent in 2018, according to new data. The Financial Times, citing the...
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1.6KGo-Pay Wants To Strengthen Its Position In Indonesia Payments Market
Go-Pay, the digital payment unit of Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Go-Jek, plans to strengthen its position in the digital payments market as...
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1.7KHow eCommerce Merchants Create Seamless Subscriptions With Customization
In the age of subscriptions for movies and even car rentals, consumer goods and eCommerce companies are tapping into recurring purchase models....
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2.0KHow The ‘Airbnb’ Of Fashion Monetizes Wardrobes
Online marketplaces are taking a page out of the sharing economy playbook for clothing rentals: HURR Collective Co-Founder and CEO Victoria Prew...
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1.8KLevi Strauss IPO 10 Times Oversubscribed
With an expected Levi Strauss & Co. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing on the horizon, the denim company’s initial public offering...
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3.5KGoogle Pay Is Coming To eBay
Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. The move comes as...
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2.9KHow Automation Turns AP Into A Revenue Generator
For many companies, the accounts payable (AP) process is mired in paper, but technology, properly deployed, can cut down the paper chase,...
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2.4KPrepaid Tech Buys Karmic Labs’ dash
Prepaid Technologies, a provider of business payment solutions for more than 20 years, announced that it has acquired Karmic Labs‘ dash, the...
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2.4KWU Enables Mobile Wallet Transfers Via Thunes Partnership
Western Union announced that it has teamed up with cross-border payments network Thunes to enable customers to send funds directly into mobile wallets...
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2.5KBill Pay Service Doxo Adds Apple Pay Compatibility
Mobile and web payment service doxo announced on Thursday (May 21) that it is adding Apple Pay compatibility, according to a release...
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2.0KReport: BEC Fraud Increasingly Goes Mobile
The wiles and ways of scammers to part businesses from their money continue to proliferate, and continue to use technology as a...
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1.7KReport: Worldwide Accounts Payable Software Market To Reach $1.567M
Zion Market Research released a report about the accounts payable software market on Wednesday (March 20), estimating the market will reach about...
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2.0KSix Spanish Banks Join SWIFT gpi For Cross-Border Payments
SWIFT announced Thursday (March 21) that six Spanish banks, representing 85 percent of the cross-border payments market in Spain, have adopted SWIFT...
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3.6KJamie Dimon: Big Tech Should Prep For Big Reg
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said tech giants need to brace themselves for a similar slew of tough regulations to what big...
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3.9KWill Faster Payments Spur Healthcare Innovation?
Healthcare is an undoubtedly complicated space for all the players involved (the providers, insurers, patients, pharmaceutical manufacturers), particularly when it comes to...
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3.2KPostmates Adds Cost-Free Group Delivery
Delivery and pickup company Postmates has added a free group delivery option, according to reports. The service is called Postmates Party,...
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4.4KSquare Revamps Online Retail Store, POS App
Square has two new offerings: the revamped Square Online Store and Square For Retail, introduced in an announcement by the company on Wednesday...
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3.4KShared Home Equity Startup Point Raises $122M Series B
Point, a California-based home equity and finance company, has raised $122 million in financing, $22 million of which came from a Series...
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2.3KStarbucks Invests $100M In New Valor Fund Focused On Food Startups
Starbucks announced Wednesday (March 20) it is investing $100 million in the new Valor Siren Ventures fund, which aims to invest in...
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2.5KOpendoor Raises $300M, Reaching $3.8B Valuation
Opendoor, the startup that operates an online platform for buying and selling homes, has raised $300 million, giving it a valuation of...
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2.3KAPEXX Payments Marketplace Debuts In Russia; Citcon Connects With ACCEO For Mobile Payments
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the debut of global payment marketplace APEXX’s...
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2.2KGoogle Gets Hit With Third EU Fine Over Its Business Practices
Google was slapped with a fine of €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) by the European Union Wednesday (March 20), holding the internet search...
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2.3KPFS Cardholders Can Now Make Purchases With Samsung Pay
Samsung, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, announced Thursday (March 20) a partnership with Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) to launch Samsung Pay...
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2.4KHow Connected Consumers Order Ahead During Their Commutes
In the age of smartphones, tablets and voice assistants, the morning or evening commute provides a myriad of opportunities for consumers to...
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2.2KThe Taste Of New Mexico In A Subscription Box
Entrepreneurs are sometimes inspired to create companies based on a place where they have strong ties: Eric Smith was born as well...
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2.0KArmoire And Building A Fashion Brand That Isn’t A Fashion Brand
Women spend a lot of time shopping for clothes each year — by some estimates some 200 hours, or about 8.3 days....
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2.1KAmazon Debuts Private Label Skincare Brand
To offer solutions for various skin types, Amazon unveiled a line of skincare products called Belei that come in post-consumer recycled resin...
