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Mobile Money Messenger App Plynk Secures €25M In Venture Capital

Mobile Money Messenger App Plynk Secures €25M In Venture Capital
Mobile Money Messenger App Plynk Secures €25M In Venture Capital
June 08, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

Mobile money messaging app Plynk has secured €25 million in a new venture capital funding round — one of the largest Series A funding rounds in...

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Visa Adds 13 Partners To Its IoT Mobile Commerce Network
Visa Adds 13 Partners To Its IoT Mobile Commerce Network
June 08, 2017  |  Internet of Things

Credit card company Visa announced Wednesday (June 7) that it inked deals with 13 new partners to participate in its token service provider program. Get the Full...

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Amazon’s Loans To Marketplace Sellers Reach $1B
Amazon’s Loans To Marketplace Sellers Reach $1B
June 08, 2017  |  Amazon

According to reports out this morning, Amazon.com has lent over a $1 billion in loans to its marketplace sellers over the last year — slightly less...

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Cardtek Teams With NXP To Enable Mobile Pay In Dubai And UAE
Cardtek Teams With NXP To Enable Mobile Pay In Dubai And UAE
June 08, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Cardtek, a provider of global payment technologies, announced Wednesday (June 7) that it is collaborating with NXP Semiconductors to deliver the first nationally sanctioned mobile pay...

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Apple Pay Retailers Up By 28 After Apple Adds Banks, Credit Unions
Apple Pay Retailers Up By 28 After Apple Adds Banks, Credit Unions
June 08, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Apple Pay retailers may be slow to take off in the U.S., but that hasn’t stopped the technology company’s mobile pay arm from adding more banks...

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UPS Study Finds Nearly Half Of US Online Shoppers Buying International
UPS Study Finds Nearly Half Of US Online Shoppers Buying International
June 08, 2017  |  eCommerce

The sixth annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study has found that nearly half of U.S. online shoppers bought items from international retailers. Get the...

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Startup Stem Raises $8M In Venture Capital Funding Round To Help Streamline Fund For Music Artists
Startup Stem Raises $8M In Venture Capital Funding Round To Help Streamline Fund For Music...
June 08, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

Startup Stem has raised $8 million in a venture capital funding round that it will use to build tools to enable music artists to get...

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China eCommerce Giant Alibaba Buys Majority Stake In TicketNew Of India
China eCommerce Giant Alibaba Buys Majority Stake In TicketNew Of India
June 08, 2017  |  Retail

Alibaba, the China eCommerce giant, is pushing more into India via an acquisition of a majority stake in TicketNew, the film ticket website. Get the...

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Fashion Tycoon Invests $225M In Klarna, Swedish Payments Unicorn
Fashion Tycoon Invests $225M In Klarna, Swedish Payments Unicorn
June 08, 2017  |  Startups

Klarna, the Swedish startup that lets shoppers pay for goods after they are delivered instead of before (and incrementally over time if they wish), has...

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