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Alexa Will Speak Japanese Next Week
Alexa Will Speak Japanese Next Week
November 09, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon, the eCommerce giant, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 8) that Alexa and Echo are now available by invitation only in Japan. In a press...

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Scandals May Lead To Reform In Stagnant Corporate Japan, Economists Say
Scandals May Lead To Reform In Stagnant Corporate Japan, Economists Say
October 16, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Japanese corporations have been hit with a slew of scandals as of late, from accounting schemes to coverups and falsified data. Some experts believe these...

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Amazon Pops Up With Booze In Tokyo
Amazon Pops Up With Booze In Tokyo
October 06, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon is opening a bar — for a few days, anyway, in Tokyo, Japan. According to news from Bloomberg, for the next 10 days, the online...

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India, Japan Can Soon Command Alexa To Work For Them
India, Japan Can Soon Command Alexa To Work For Them
October 05, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon announced Wednesday (Oct. 4) that its Echo speaker, powered by voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, is now available in India and will be coming to...

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The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage
The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage
August 24, 2017  |  Cross-border Payments

In late July, PayPal and Baidu captured the world’s attention when they inked a strategic partnership that gives Baidu’s 100 million or so mobile wallet...

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For Flywire, Rising Opportunity In The Land Of The Rising Sun
For Flywire, Rising Opportunity In The Land Of The Rising Sun
August 22, 2017  |  Cross-border Payments

Reading, writing, rithmatic all come with a price – in the form of tuition payments. Flywire VP of Global Payments, Ryan Frere, tells PYMNTs’ Karen...

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Canada Goose Outerwear Company Is Flying High
Canada Goose Outerwear Company Is Flying High
August 11, 2017  |  Retail

The Canada Goose is migrating. Canada Goose Holdings Inc., a premium outerwear brand known for its goose-down jackets with fur-trimmed hoods, has announced that it...

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Bitcoin Tracker: Battle For The Cryptocurrency Crown
Bitcoin Tracker: Battle For The Cryptocurrency Crown
August 10, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Distributed ledger technology (blockchain) has made significant headway this year, and people are starting to take notice. At the beginning of 2017, the cryptocurrency bitcoin...

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Today in Data: Financial Earnings Download
Today in Data: Financial Earnings Download
August 09, 2017  |  Today In Data

Money helps move the world around as the core piece that ties all financial transactions together. Whether it’s physical cash, digital currency or cryptocurrency, there...

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