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Amazon TechnologyAmazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
After asking employees to remove the TikTok app from their phones Friday morning (July 10), Amazon later said it sent the staff memo...
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eCommerceSnapchat Debuts New Developer Tools Including eCommerce
Snap has rolled out a large array of new features for popular social media app Snapchat, including Snap Minis, which allow brands...
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B2B PaymentsXero Partners With Coveo On Improved Search Function For SMB Needs
Global small business program Xero‘s new search function will make it easier for businesses to find the apps they need, and to...
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Security & FraudIndia’s BHIM Payments Site May Have Exposed 7 Million Users’ Data
India’s BHIM payment app has reportedly accidentally exposed the personal data of 7 million users, including addresses, scans of Aadhar IDs and...
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Mobile ApplicationsApple And Google App For Virus Contact Will Block Location Tracking
In new contact tracing apps built to combat the coronavirus, Apple and Google-parent Alphabet will ban the use of location-tracking GPS software...
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CoronavirusGoogle, Apple Team For App To ID Coronavirus Contact In UK
A mobile app to track the coronavirus is being developed by NHSX, the technology arm of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), in...
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Next-Gen DebitWhy Next-Gen Grocery Shopping Could Be Checkout-Free
Long checkout lines during peak hours result in nearly 11 percent of supermarket customers abandoning purchases. In this month’s Next-Gen Debit Tracker,...
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Credit UnionsInnovation Is Key to Credit Union Survival
Credit union (CU) members are known for loyalty to these financial affinity groups, but that loyalty is being tested. The 2020 Credit...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: ZenGo’s Crypto Wallet Now Savings Account; Bitcoin Can Be Bought With Cash In Nigeria
Nigerians will be able to buy bitcoins with cash, providing a pathway into cryptocurrency for those who were previously financially excluded. The...
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AppleApple Blocks Clearview AI From App Store
The facial recognition app Clearview AI was banned from Apple’s developer program after allegedly violating the iPhone maker’s rules, Buzzfeed News reported...
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CommerceInstacart And Publix Team Up For Instacart Meals App
Instacart Meals, a new service by the grocery delivery app, will provide a Swiss-army-knife solution for customers to order and pick up...
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InvestmentsStasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage
Popular luggage storage app Stasher has secured another $2.5 million in financing thanks to Venture Friends and other investors, including former hotels.com...
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Real EstateGermany’s Home Startup Lands $12M To Expand Housing Rental App
Berlin-based Home, a tenant and landlord mutual engagement company, has raised €11million in a Series A round of funding from Capnamic, EQT...
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Mobile ApplicationsSnap: China’s TikTok Could Pass Instagram In Growth
TikTok, with its gamut of quick dance and lip sync videos, could become even bigger than rival Instagram, said Snap Inc. Chief...
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Digital BankingGoldman Launches Mobile App For Marcus — Three Years Later
Goldman Sachs Group introduced its long-awaited app last week, according to Reuters. It will integrate with the financial giant’s digital bank Marcus....
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RidesharingGermany’s FlixMobility Reports 37 Pct Boost In Transport App Users
FlixMobility, a German transport app, on Thursday reported a 37% increase in passenger travel in 2019. The company, with an app similar...
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RetailHow Auto Sales Are Driving New Retail Trends
The longstanding practice of selling automobiles is getting a change — reflecting larger trends in commerce. For instance, online marketplace and auction...
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Subscription CommerceSubscriptions That Connect Specialty Coffee Consumers With Local Roasters
When Jeff Borack received a membership to a whiskey tasting club as a gift, he was inspired to start his own venture....
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InternationalRussia Tests Internet Isolation Scenario
To see whether its internet services could work if it were to be separated from the worldwide internet, Russia conducted a series...
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RidesharingColombia Blocks Uber From Using Its Ride-Hailing App
Uber was ordered last Friday by a Colombian judge to stop securing business in their country via its popular ride-hailing app, according...
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What's HotMetro Bank Introduces Cash Delivery Service For SMBs
Metro Bank has launched an app called MCash for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to pick up and drop off cash as...
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DeliveryBaemin South Korean Food Delivery App Gets $4B Offer
South Korea’s Woowa, the startup behind the Baedal Minjok app — commonly known as Baemin — was offered $4 billion by Berlin-based...
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Mobile CommerceNJ Launches First Mobile App For Lottery Tickets
To give players an easy way to order official state lottery tickets, Jackpocket today announced the public rollout of its lottery app...
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Mobile ApplicationsConsumers Want More Banking App Control — Will FIs Step Up?
Control is one of the hottest topics in the world of payments and financial services — and it seems poised to have...
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Mobile ApplicationsRBS Takes On Challenger Banks With Launch Of Digital Banking App
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has created an app called Bó with the intention of helping people save money, as well...
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FacebookFacebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
Facebook built a facial recognition app that was intended only for internal use, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat on Friday (Nov. 22). ...
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EarningsKohl’s Sees Digital Sales Growth, Amazon Returns Traffic In Q3
Even with digital sales growth and the Amazon returns program in stores across the country, Kohl’s Corporation posted third-quarter results that fell...
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B2B PaymentsSis-id, Tradeshift Team Up Against Payments Fraud
Fraud protection company Sis-id and supply chain and marketplace company Tradeshift announced on Wednesday (Nov. 13) a partnership to help with the...
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BankingBoA Corporate Client Completed $1.6B Mobile Payment
Bank of America offers its corporate clients a unique perk. They can make payments in the billions of dollars on smartphones using...
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InternationalBrazil’s Banco Inter Teams With Alibaba, Nike, Others For eCommerce App
Brazilian Lender Banco Inter is launching an app to give its clients direct access to more than 60 online stores, according to...
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CryptocurrencyCrypto Trading Platform Bakkt Teams Up With Starbucks On Consumer App
Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform, is working on consumer apps for digital assets and is going to launch its first one in...
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Consumer FinanceAmex’s Revamped Green Card Expands Rewards For Travel, Transit, Dining
American Express has announced that it has reimagined its American Express Green Card to include new benefits and features. Now called Green...
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Security & FraudVideo App Snaptube Charges For Fake Purchases, Runs Invisible Ads
An Android video app called Snaptube has been taking unauthorized premium purchases from its users and generating fraudulent ad clicks. Snaptube lets...
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Payments InnovationOnline Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
Many startups desire to be the Ubers or Airbnbs of their respective industries, but taking these crowns means facing fierce competition from...
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Payments InnovationThe Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
With 225 million U.S. drivers, parking can be a tight squeeze. Of course, marketplaces are vying to solve the parking problem —...
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POS InnovationMax Levchin On The Future-Present Of Everywhere POS Lending
When Affirm launched in February 2013, the point-of-sale (POS) financing marketplace in the U.S. was largely an empty greenfield wherein PayPal Co-Founder...
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RetailAffirm Expands Installment Payment Options To Any On, Offline Store
Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is rolling out a new app that will give customers a way to shop at almost any store...
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MarketsNew Instagram App Causes Snap Shares To Slide
The launch of a new Instagram app caused shares in the owner of Snapchat to fall more than 7 percent–its lowest level...
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RidesharingUber Launches Uber Works To Connect Workers To Gig Jobs
Uber is rolling out a new app called Uber Works that will help people looking for shift work connect with companies looking...
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InnovationHow To Make Sure Stores Don’t Die
Among the defining endeavors of our time — at least for the worlds of payment and commerce — has been to bring brick-and-mortar...
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RidesharingUber Dials Back Drivers’ Hours In NY
Uber will limit drivers’ access to the app during low-demand times starting Tuesday (Sept. 17), per new regulations in New York City,...
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InternationalNew PayU Mobile App Gives Merchants Total Account Access
PayU, a FinTech based in the Netherlands, has released an app for merchants in India that allows them to keep track of...
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Internet of ThingsFacebook Launches Dating Service In The US
Facebook has announced the launch of Facebook Dating, created to gives users “a more authentic look at who someone is.” The service...
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Mobile ApplicationsUsers Question Privacy Policy Of Chinese Face-Swapping App
A Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s...
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Mobile ApplicationsYelp To Survey Users And Tailor App To Their Likes, Dislikes
Yelp announced that it has launched new personalization tools that will tailor the app to a user’s individual preferences and lifestyle. With...
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Automated RetailHow Remotely Adjustable Interactive Kiosks Are Powering Sales
Gone are the days of kiosks as simply new ways to distribute products. Today, they help retailers enable virtual “try-ons,” and promotions...
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CryptocurrencyFlexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store
Beyond bitcoin and price swings, might there be a place for crypto in commerce? Flexa wants to bring digital coin into physical...
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Real EstateDigital’s Impact On The Consumer’s Biggest Purchase: Their Home
One of the most fertile grounds for disruption in this digital world — ongoing, significant disruption that promises to impact one of...
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DeliveryApplebee’s, DoorDash Team Up For National Delivery
Applebee’s has announced that it has partnered with DoorDash for national delivery, the company said in a press release. Customers can order...
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InvestmentsIbotta Rewards Startup Gets Funding Infusion For Hiring, Expansion
Rewards company Ibotta announced it has closed a series D funding round led by Koch Industries subsidiary Koch Disruptive Technologies, bringing Ibotta...
