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Rohit Chopra, Biden CFPB Pick, Will Focus On Pandemic-Rooted Consumer Debt

Rohit Chopra, Biden CFPB Pick, Will Focus On Pandemic-Rooted Consumer Debt
Rohit Chopra, Biden CFPB Pick, Will Focus On Pandemic-Rooted Consumer Debt
March 02, 2021  |  CFPB

Rohit Chopra, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), plans to go to bat for Americans struggling with debt amid...

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Amazon Go To Launch In UK Amid Lackluster Physical Store Sales 
Amazon Go To Launch In UK Amid Lackluster Physical Store Sales 
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon will soon open its first Amazon Go store in Ealing, West London, according to the Daily Mail. The news comes months after the retail...

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Walmart’s ‘Cookshop’ Celebrity Collaborations Use Content To Build Deeper Relationships With Consumers
Walmart’s ‘Cookshop’ Celebrity Collaborations Use Content To Build Deeper Relationships With Consumers
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart and video tech company Eko are expanding their Cookshop partnership, a series of shoppable recipe videos that feature brand collaborations and celebrity partnerships to...

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Citi Report: Bitcoin Could Become The Main Global Digital Currency
Citi Report: Bitcoin Could Become The Main Global Digital Currency
March 01, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

A new Citi report indicates that bitcoin is at a “tipping point” and could become the “currency of choice” for global trade, CNBC reported on Monday (March...

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Can Buy Now, Pay Later Save Physical Retail?
Can Buy Now, Pay Later Save Physical Retail?
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

Can buy now, pay later (BNPL) save department stores, and physical retail in general? It’s a bet that some are making as they look to...

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No More Minimum For Walmart’s 2-Hour Delivery
No More Minimum For Walmart’s 2-Hour Delivery
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart is dropping the $35 minimum order for its express, two-hour delivery service, the company said in a Monday (March 1) press release. Get the Full...

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Paytm’s Monthly Transactions Climb To 1.2 Billion
Paytm’s Monthly Transactions Climb To 1.2 Billion
March 01, 2021  |  Digital Payments

India-based Paytm said it reached 1.2 billion monthly transactions in February as eCommerce continued its boom in that country. India’s Economic Times reported that Paytm...

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Red-Hot IPO Market Draws Payments Firms, FinTechs
Red-Hot IPO Market Draws Payments Firms, FinTechs
February 28, 2021  |  IPO

By any measure, initial public offerings (IPOs) were hot last year, buoyed in part by the embrace by retail investors of special purpose acquisition companies...

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Yelp Details Fraud Initiatives In Trust & Safety Report
Yelp Details Fraud Initiatives In Trust & Safety Report
February 28, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Yelp has debuted its new Trust and Safety website to help bolster knowledge about its fraud-fighting measures and released its 2020 Trust and Safety Report,...

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