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Today in Retail: Swiftly Raises $100M in Series B Round; thredUP’s Record Revenues Aren’t Enough to Convince Investors

Today in Retail: Swiftly Raises $100M in Series B Round; thredUP’s Record Revenues Aren’t Enough to Convince Investors
Today in Retail: Swiftly Raises $100M in Series B Round; thredUP’s Record Revenues Aren’t Enough...
March 08, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Dollar General releases a banking option and tests buy now, pay later (BNPL), while Fanatics launches Zerocool trading cards as its expansion...

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Payments Infrastructure Firm PPRO Buys Alpha Fintech
Payments Infrastructure Firm PPRO Buys Alpha Fintech
March 08, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Digital payments infrastructure firm PPRO acquired payments technology platform Alpha Fintech for undisclosed terms, according to a Tuesday (March 8) press release. Get the Full...

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Donated Crypto Assets Distributed to Ukrainian Army, Volunteers
Donated Crypto Assets Distributed to Ukrainian Army, Volunteers
March 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Whitepay, a fundraising platform launched to help Ukraine, reported it had raised $2 million of stablecoin tether (USTD), according to Arab News. Get the Full...

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Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data
Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data
March 08, 2022  |  Legal

A secret program overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) covertly tracked and collected data on at least 200 million money transfers in the last...

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Rising Gas Prices Cause Drivers to Defer Car Maintenance, Seek Discounts
Rising Gas Prices Cause Drivers to Defer Car Maintenance, Seek Discounts
March 08, 2022  |  Economy

Over the last two years, those who sell the products and services that keep cars on the road have seen wild swings in two of...

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SEC Charges Siblings in $124M ‘Snake Oil’ Crypto Scam
SEC Charges Siblings in $124M ‘Snake Oil’ Crypto Scam
March 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission said a brother-and-sister duo defrauded thousands of investors out of more than $124 million via two unregistered, fraudulent offerings of...

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In the Metaverse, No One Knows You’re a Shill
In the Metaverse, No One Knows You’re a Shill
March 08, 2022  |  Metaverse

Apparently, paying people to wear the right brand of digital sneakers in the metaverse’s virtual world is now a $10 million business. Get the Full...

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TrueCar Launches Online Car-Buying Platform TrueCar+
TrueCar Launches Online Car-Buying Platform TrueCar+
March 08, 2022  |  eCommerce

Online car retailer TrueCar, Inc., unveiled its online car-buying platform, TrueCar+, according to a Tuesday (March 8) company press release. Get the Full Story Complete...

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ACI Launches PayPal, Venmo Mobile Payment Options for IRS Filers
ACI Launches PayPal, Venmo Mobile Payment Options for IRS Filers
March 08, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

ACI Worldwide, a real-time payments software company, is offering PayPal and Venmo payments to federal taxpayers, according to a Tuesday (March 8) press release. Get...

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