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First Data Makes BluePay Acquisition Official
First Data Makes BluePay Acquisition Official
December 01, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

First Data, a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions, announced news that it has acquired BluePay Holdings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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As Bitcoin Bubbles, Cassandra’s Chorus
As Bitcoin Bubbles, Cassandra’s Chorus
December 01, 2017  |  Bitcoin

What do you get when a group of esteemed observers and participants in the financial system — among them Nobel laureates and billionaires and not a...

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Mobike And Ofo Deny Mismanaging User Deposits
Mobike And Ofo Deny Mismanaging User Deposits
December 01, 2017  |  South East Asia

Shared bike giants Mobike and Ofo deny they used 6 billion yuan ($909 million) of user deposits to support their rapidly expanding businesses. Anonymous sources...

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Mastercard Selects Diverse Group For Latest Start Path Program
Mastercard Selects Diverse Group For Latest Start Path Program
December 01, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Mastercard has announced the list of startup companies chosen to participate in its Mastercard Start Path program, a group the company is calling its “most diverse...

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Muted Activity Marks Chinese Investment Into November’s End
Muted Activity Marks Chinese Investment Into November’s End
December 01, 2017  |  International

Through the end of Thanksgiving week in the United States, investment activity in China was marked by a few headlines tied to deals of a...

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Retail Fraud Online Actually Went Down For Black Friday
Retail Fraud Online Actually Went Down For Black Friday
December 01, 2017  |  Retail

Here’s a nice change of pace going into the weekend: It looks like online fraud did something unsual for Black Friday this year. Get the...

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Tapping The Power In The Plus-Size Apparel Market
Tapping The Power In The Plus-Size Apparel Market
December 01, 2017  |  Retail

The average American woman’s size doesn’t much resemble the average size of a runway model — a fact well-known to any woman who ever stood in...

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Frightful Five: Apple Speaker Delayed While Alexa, Google Assistant Charge Ahead
Frightful Five: Apple Speaker Delayed While Alexa, Google Assistant Charge Ahead
December 01, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon’s Alexa just keeps getting smarter. Soon she’ll be making herself at home at work with new business-oriented skills, and she’s about to start powering...

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Simon Wants To Help eCommerce Brands Get Into The Mall
Simon Wants To Help eCommerce Brands Get Into The Mall
December 01, 2017  |  Retail

While it seems like much of physical retail is trying to figure out how to better emulate eCommerce brands, eCommerce startups are actually trying to...

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