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UK Government Seeks to Reduce Influence of Chinese Tech, Investments
UK Government Seeks to Reduce Influence of Chinese Tech, Investments
September 20, 2022  |  International

While the value of Chinese imports stood at over 63 billion pounds in 2021, the U.K. government has been at pains to limit Chinese influence...

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Spotify Adds Audiobooks to Its Offerings
Spotify Adds Audiobooks to Its Offerings
September 20, 2022  |  Technology

Citing what it said were years of customer requests, audio streaming platform Spotify said it is adding audiobooks to its offerings. Get the Full Story...

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Zenchef Secures $50M Equity Investment to Fuel Growth
Zenchef Secures $50M Equity Investment to Fuel Growth
September 20, 2022  |  emea

The French restaurant tech firm Zenchef Tuesday (Sept. 20) announced in a press release that it had secured an investment of over €50 million from...

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InvoiceCloud, Intellagents Integrate Tools for Insurance Carriers
InvoiceCloud, Intellagents Integrate Tools for Insurance Carriers
September 20, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Online bill payment services solution InvoiceCloud and insurance software supplier Intellagents have a new relationship in which they will provide “a premier billing and payments...

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Groupe BPCE Merges Payplug and Dalenys Into Single Payments Subsidiary
Groupe BPCE Merges Payplug and Dalenys Into Single Payments Subsidiary
September 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Two subsidiaries of French retail banking conglomerate Groupe BPCE are set to join forces in a move to consolidate the group’s FinTech operations. Get the...

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Walgreens to Pay $1.37B for Full Ownership of Shields Health
Walgreens to Pay $1.37B for Full Ownership of Shields Health
September 20, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Walgreens Boots Alliance is accelerating its plans for full ownership of Shields Health Solutions, paying $1.37 billion to acquire the remaining 30% stake in the...

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Mollie Brings Payments to Jumper.ai Conversational Commerce
Mollie Brings Payments to Jumper.ai Conversational Commerce
September 20, 2022  |  eCommerce

Payments firm Mollie will be the European payment provider for the end-to-end conversational commerce solution Jumper.ai, which was acquired by global cloud communications firm Vonage...

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Data Brief: 62% of Consumers Still Expect Recession, Despite Easing Inflation
Data Brief: 62% of Consumers Still Expect Recession, Despite Easing Inflation
September 20, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With the U.S. dollar worth only about 88 cents in real terms under inflation pressures of 2022, consumers are clearly fatigued by the affordability battle...

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Wall Street Giants’ EDXM Exchange Could Lift Crypto Industry, Lower Prices
Wall Street Giants’ EDXM Exchange Could Lift Crypto Industry, Lower Prices
September 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

While the news that a half-dozen top financial firms are creating a new cryptocurrency exchange has been lauded for what it says about their faith...

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