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Brands Expect Hit to Bottom Lines as They Respond to Ukraine Invasion

Brands Expect Hit to Bottom Lines as They Respond to Ukraine Invasion
Brands Expect Hit to Bottom Lines as They Respond to Ukraine Invasion
March 03, 2022  |  Retail

Just as the omicron variant of the coronavirus was starting to ease — and supply chain woes with it — Russia invaded Ukraine, triggering new...

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Today in Food Commerce: Amazon Turns Focus to Grocery; F&B Businesses Remove Russian Brands
Today in Food Commerce: Amazon Turns Focus to Grocery; F&B Businesses Remove Russian Brands
March 03, 2022  |  Commerce

Today in food commerce, restaurants and grocers respond to Russia, and Kroger looks to personalized rewards to maintain customer loyalty in the face of pricing...

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Report: EU Considers SWIFT Ban for Belarus Banks
Report: EU Considers SWIFT Ban for Belarus Banks
March 03, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Days after several Russian banks were reportedly barred from SWIFT, the international messaging system used to process payments, the European Union is considering adding banks...

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PBOC Says Number of High-Risk Banks to Fall as It Cracks Down
PBOC Says Number of High-Risk Banks to Fall as It Cracks Down
March 03, 2022  |  Banking

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said Thursday (March 3) that it expects to see a continuing drop in the number of high-risk banks across...

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France Expansion Has Gopuff Weighing UK Worker Status 
France Expansion Has Gopuff Weighing UK Worker Status 
March 03, 2022  |  Delivery

Months after expanding into the U.K. and a day following its launch in France, U.S. delivery startup Gopuff is weighing the status of its workforce...

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Weavr CEO: Banking as a Service Solutions Create Complexity, Cost for Online Businesses
Weavr CEO: Banking as a Service Solutions Create Complexity, Cost for Online Businesses
March 03, 2022  |  Banking

Banking application programming interfaces (APIs) are becoming more and more common on the market as more and more banks look to APIs to help digitize...

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GoPuff Expands Across France with its 24/7 Delivery Service
GoPuff Expands Across France with its 24/7 Delivery Service
March 02, 2022  |  Delivery

Delivery startup Gopuff is launching expansion efforts into France and is currently serving all of Paris, most of Île-de-France, and parts of Marseille, Lille and...

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Africa’s VC Ecosystem: Lack Of Seed-Stage Funding, Tough Landscape For Female Tech Founders
Africa’s VC Ecosystem: Lack Of Seed-Stage Funding, Tough Landscape For Female Tech Founders
March 01, 2022  |  Investments

A lack of seed investments continues to prove a challenge in Africa’s venture capital space, despite increasing signs of improvement in recent years. In 2019...

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