June 16, 2021
China Probes Didi For Antitrust Violations
China’s market regulator has begun an antitrust probe into Didi Chuxing, three people with knowledge of the matter said, just as the ride-hailing giant is pushing ahead with what could...
June 16, 2021
Amazon Lures Sellers As Vietnamese Exports Surge
Amazon is looking to expand its eCommerce relationship with Vietnam and is recruiting merchants to join its marketplace as exports in the country soar, Nikkei Asia reported. “Vietnamese sellers have enriched...
June 15, 2021
Data Leak At Alibaba’s Shopping Site Taobao Exposed Billion Bits...
A Chinese software developer used web-crawling software to scrape 1.1 billion pieces of data from Alibaba’s Taobao shopping platform, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (June 15), referring...
June 15, 2021
Today In Payments Around The World: EBANX Lands $430 Million...
In today’s top payments news around the world, EBANX has notched a $430 million investment from Advent International, while Klarna is rolling out a new Comparison Shopping Service (CSS). Plus,...
June 15, 2021
FedEx/Nuro Tie-Up Shows The Last Mile Belongs To Robots And...
In journeying the last mile, and getting goods where they need to go on the last stretch of transportation — to Point B, as in “points A to B” —...
June 15, 2021
Advent Backs Brazilian FinTech EBANX In $430 Million Deal
Brazilian FinTech EBANX has captured a $430 million investment from Advent International. The Curitiba-based Ebanx said in a press release that $30 million would go toward its planned initial public...
June 15, 2021
Latest Shopping App Provider Ranking Favors Fast Fashion, Footwear And...
What will happen to the action in shopping apps now that we’re on the verge of losing that COVID-era fig leaf — the face mask? It’s a good question, and there...
June 14, 2021
Competition Tools for Digital Markets in Mexico: Section 94 of...
By Alejandra Palacios1 Digital markets share several economic characteristics that are manifested in isolation in traditional markets, but which come together in the digital environment: network effects (direct and indirect),...
June 14, 2021
China’s Latest Tech Regs Fixated On Data Control
New legislation passed last week and in April will make most data-related activities in China subject to government oversight, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The new Data Security Law, which...
