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The World Anxiously Anticipates Apple’s Earnings

The World Anxiously Anticipates Apple’s Earnings
The World Anxiously Anticipates Apple’s Earnings
January 28, 2019  |  Apple

All eyes are on Cupertino, 24 hours almost to the minute before Apple’s earnings will be reported. Apple faces a very different reception from the...

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Amazon Grows Exclusive Product Lines From Outside Brands
Amazon Grows Exclusive Product Lines From Outside Brands
January 28, 2019  |  eCommerce

Amazon wants to get more exclusive — and it wants other companies to help with that effort by developing product lines meant to be sold...

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eBay Q4 Earnings To Offer Insight On Managed Payments
eBay Q4 Earnings To Offer Insight On Managed Payments
January 28, 2019  |  Earnings

Earnings season marks a scorecard of sorts, a regularly scheduled progress report on top and bottom lines and, in payments, a seemingly inexorable shift toward...

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CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees
CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees
January 28, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets)...

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Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering
Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering
January 28, 2019  |  Today In Data

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously wrote that “Into each life some rain must fall,” a reminder that not every day can be a perfect...

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Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round...

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Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
January 28, 2019  |  Authentication

You can’t have trust without some type of trusted authority, and any type of authority is fragile without a reasonable level of trust. Those ancient...

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The Dark Side Of India’s New eCommerce Rules
The Dark Side Of India’s New eCommerce Rules
January 28, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

Barring any reprieve, Feb. 1 marks a sea change for India’s eCommerce sector. New rules may hobble giants like Amazon and Flipkart from offering discounts or...

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