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Delivery Service Gopuff Gets Funding Boost From Selena Gomez

Delivery Service Gopuff Gets Funding Boost From Selena Gomez
Delivery Service Gopuff Gets Funding Boost From Selena Gomez
December 14, 2021  |  Investments

Selena Gomez, singer, actor and entrepreneur, is investing in Gopuff, a grocery delivery firm, Fortune reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Bitcoin Daily: Gwyneth Paltrow Crypto Miner Firm TeraWulf Drops 20% on First Day of Trading; Tesla Testing Dogecoin Payments for Merchandise
Bitcoin Daily: Gwyneth Paltrow Crypto Miner Firm TeraWulf Drops 20% on First Day of Trading;...
December 14, 2021  |  Bitcoin

TeraWulf, which has seen investments from Gwyneth Paltrow, has seen falling shares during its public Nasdaq debut on Tuesday (Dec. 14), Bloomberg reported. Get the...

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Slack CEO Not Sold on Metaverse, Points to ‘Success’ With Simpler Tech
Slack CEO Not Sold on Metaverse, Points to ‘Success’ With Simpler Tech
December 14, 2021  |  Technology

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said he isn’t sure about how the metaverse will mesh with normal, everyday work, Seeking Alpha reported. He said Slack has...

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Block Users Can Gift Stock, Bitcoin on Cash App
Block Users Can Gift Stock, Bitcoin on Cash App
December 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Block has debuted a new Cash App feature to allow users to gift in stock or bitcoin this holiday season, per a Money.com report Tuesday...

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Banking as a Service Gets Boost From EU Creator Economy
Banking as a Service Gets Boost From EU Creator Economy
December 14, 2021  |  International

Embedded banking and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) have been mainly concentrated in the FinTech and financial services domain, but that is gradually changing as non-financial services platforms...

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CLEAR’s Uber Pact a Smart Chess Move With Major Growth Potential for Biometric ID
CLEAR’s Uber Pact a Smart Chess Move With Major Growth Potential for Biometric ID
December 14, 2021  |  Biometrics

Removing anxiety from transactions is like reducing friction: Better outcomes happen faster. In a new pact sure to reduce stress, save time and create efficiencies,...

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Trivago: Hotel Cancellations Up 35% Due to Virus Variant
Trivago: Hotel Cancellations Up 35% Due to Virus Variant
December 14, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Hotel booking cancellations are on the rise due to concerns over the most recent spate in COVID-19 restrictions alongside the arrival of the Omicron variant,...

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Senate Committee Hearing Puts Airline Chiefs in Hot Seat Over Cancellations, Staffing Shortages
Senate Committee Hearing Puts Airline Chiefs in Hot Seat Over Cancellations, Staffing Shortages
December 14, 2021  |  Economy

CEOs for the airlines American, United and Southwest are slated to come before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Wednesday (Dec. 15), Seeking...

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EMEA Daily: Norway’s Visma Acquires Danish Firm Acubiz, JPMorgan’s British Retail Bank Chase Expands Staff
EMEA Daily: Norway’s Visma Acquires Danish Firm Acubiz, JPMorgan’s British Retail Bank Chase Expands Staff
December 14, 2021  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Norway’s Visma acquires Danish expense management solution Acubiz and J.P. Morgan’s British retail bank Chase expands...

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