Competition

Walmart Removes Products From Google Express
Walmart Removes Products From Google Express
January 25, 2019  |  eCommerce

There’s an old saying in battle that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. In eCommerce, all sorts of alliances emerge, with Amazon squarely in...

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TomTom Sells Telematics Unit In Ongoing Push With Google Maps
TomTom Sells Telematics Unit In Ongoing Push With Google Maps
January 22, 2019  |  Mobile Commerce

TomTom, a Dutch navigation and mapping company, has sold its telematics unit to Bridgestone Europe for €910 million ($1,033 billion). Telematics is a service that...

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AG Nominee Mulls Antitrust Probe For Tech Giants
AG Nominee Mulls Antitrust Probe For Tech Giants
January 15, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

William Barr, the nominee for attorney general, said that government regulators might need to take a deeper look at tech “behemoths” like Facebook, Microsoft and...

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2018 Recap: B2B Payments Innovation Welcomes Bank-FinTech Collabs — And Beyond
2018 Recap: B2B Payments Innovation Welcomes Bank-FinTech Collabs — And Beyond
December 28, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best...

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Deutsche Bank: How To Make FI/FinTech Partnerships Work
Deutsche Bank: How To Make FI/FinTech Partnerships Work
December 27, 2018  |  Innovation

David Watson of Deutsche Bank contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ Masterclass series, where participants in the world of payments and commerce can...

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Eleven Banks Cleared For Piece Of $1B RBS Fund
Eleven Banks Cleared For Piece Of $1B RBS Fund
December 21, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Eleven banks have been granted access to a £350 million ($443 million USD) program that will allow for them to take business clients away from...

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No Breakup For UK’s Big Four Accountancy Firms
No Breakup For UK’s Big Four Accountancy Firms
December 19, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.K.’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte — have escaped a forced breakup from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), The Guardian reported...

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EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
EU Reg Could Probe Apple Pay For Market Dominance
December 10, 2018  |  Apple Pay

Regulators in the European Union looked at Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payment system, and came to a conclusion about its market dominance, according to...

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Amazon Hit With Antitrust Complaint In Austria
Amazon Hit With Antitrust Complaint In Austria
December 10, 2018  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon, the country’s largest eCommerce player, has seen retailers in Austria file a complaint with their country’s competition authority over the company’s roles as both a...

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