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JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

Amid competition from Alibaba and Amazon, Chinese online retail firm JD.com has led an investment in Vietnamese eCommerce firm Tiki.vn, Business of Fashion reported. Get the...

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Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
January 16, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Instacart is getting into the business of letting grocers create their own mobile apps with its acquisition of Unata, a Canadian company that offers a...

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Amazon Sold $11 Million Of Whole Foods Groceries In 2017
Amazon Sold $11 Million Of Whole Foods Groceries In 2017
January 16, 2018  |  Amazon

Whole Foods’ private-label brand is aiding sales at Amazon’s online grocery delivery service, AmazonFresh, which were up 35 percent to $135 million in the last...

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UK Fleet Association Champions Mobile Payments
UK Fleet Association Champions Mobile Payments
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.K.’s Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) is championing adoption of mobile payments technologies in the corporate sector to government officials. Get the Full...

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Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Fraud technology firm Kount is collaborating with payment processor Moneris Solutions, the companies said Monday (Jan. 15), to link enterprise customers to payment fraud protection...

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To Disrupt Global Trade, Blockchain Must Play Nice With Existing Tools
To Disrupt Global Trade, Blockchain Must Play Nice With Existing Tools
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Cross-border B2B trade isn’t just a connection between buyer and supplier: It’s about business partners and their connected supply chains, financiers, brokers, logistics players, regulators...

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MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Earns ACCC Review
MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Earns ACCC Review
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will probe small business (SMB) accounting company MYOB’s acquisition of Reckon, according to CRN reports Monday (Jan. 15)....

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Amid Carillion Catastrophe, Suppliers Panic With Payments In Limbo
Amid Carillion Catastrophe, Suppliers Panic With Payments In Limbo
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The global market woke up Monday (Jan. 15) to news that construction conglomerate Carillion, based in the U.K., went into liquidation, setting off alarms throughout...

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Sorodo Expands Platform Beyond Merchant Cash Advances
Sorodo Expands Platform Beyond Merchant Cash Advances
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. alternative lender Sorodo says small businesses (SMBs) in the nation remain unaware of the option to access a merchant cash advance, and that’s something...

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