July 07, 2022
FTC Settles With Weber grills Over ‘Right To Repair’
Weber-Stephen, the maker of Weber grills, has agreed to scrap some warranty rules as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over consumers’ right to repair...
June 15, 2022
Cartlow Raises $18M to Further Grow in Saudi Arabia, UAE
Reverse logistics firm Cartlow has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round from AlSulaiman Group to further the startup’s expansion efforts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)...
June 02, 2022
Online Car Marketplaces Drive Profits for MENA Startups
With almost 2,000 cars sold daily and nearly 750,000 vehicles sold on a yearly basis, the Egyptian used car market, representing a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of about $10 billion,...
May 31, 2022
BNPL Reduces the Stress of Paying for Auto Repair
When the staff in the service department at auto retailer Momentum BMW saw that customers were declining auto repairs at an excessive rate, they asked each customer for the reason...
May 15, 2022
HG Vora Capital Management Offers Ryder $4.4B in Acquisition Deal
HG Vora Capital Management, an activist investor, is eyeing the buy of fleet management and supply chain operator Ryder System, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (May 13). HG Vora...
May 12, 2022
Today in the Connected Economy: 20 Companies Become Visa BNPL...
Today in the connected economy, Splitit joins the ranks of the Visa Ready for BNPL program, while Mastercard rolls out a financial inclusion program in Central America. Plus, online car...
May 12, 2022
Cazoo Expands Online Car Platform to Spain
European online car retailer Cazoo expanded into Spain Thursday (May 12), allowing customers in that country to access a fleet of reconditioned vehicles, buy them online and have them delivered...
April 27, 2022
Companies Gain Advantage by Upgrading B2B Payment Options
When companies bring their vendors and partners many of the same benefits that consumers enjoy by streamlining payment processes, they can gain significant advantages over their competitors. They can do...
April 21, 2022
Can the FTC Promulgate Effective Privacy Rules?
In the absence of federal privacy legislation, the FTC is widely expected to commence a rulemaking to “curb lax security practices, limit privacy abuses, and ensure that algorithmic decision-making does...