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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: China Regs Protect User Privacy; Amazon Warns About Congressional Antitrust Push
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: China Regs Protect User Privacy; Amazon Warns About Congressional Antitrust Push
August 23, 2021  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Paytm, HDFC Bank Partner To Provide Consumer, Merchant Solutions
Paytm, HDFC Bank Partner To Provide Consumer, Merchant Solutions
August 23, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech platform Paytm and private Indian bank HDFC Bank announced a strategic partnership Monday (Aug. 23) on financial solutions for India customers and merchants in...

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67 Pct Of Restaurants’ Orders Come Via Phone Or Digital Channels
67 Pct Of Restaurants’ Orders Come Via Phone Or Digital Channels
August 23, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Restaurants have pivoted through the past year and a half of the pandemic to embrace customers’ shifting preferences about how they want to order and...

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Faster Drive-Thrus Are Eating Dining Rooms’ Lunch And Reshaping The Future Of Restaurants
Faster Drive-Thrus Are Eating Dining Rooms’ Lunch And Reshaping The Future Of Restaurants
August 23, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

The quick-service restaurant (QSR) drive-thru hardly seems like it would be the cutting edge of technology. If anything, the channel has vaguely retro connotations, calling...

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Today in Payments Around the World: Accelerating Egyptian AI and Cybersecurity Startups, Paysafe Acquires German Platform
Today in Payments Around the World: Accelerating Egyptian AI and Cybersecurity Startups, Paysafe Acquires German...
August 23, 2021  |  International

Today in payments around the world, Paysafe has acquired viafintech in Germany. Plus, Arab Bank launches AB Accelerators in Egypt and HSBC introduces mobile payments...

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OpenTable, CLEAR Simplify US Vax Proof At Restaurants
OpenTable, CLEAR Simplify US Vax Proof At Restaurants
August 23, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

OpenTable and secure identity company CLEAR have partnered to give U.S. restaurant diners an easier way to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination through CLEAR’s free...

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WherEx Notches $7M Series A Funding To Grow Across US, LatAm
WherEx Notches $7M Series A Funding To Grow Across US, LatAm
August 23, 2021  |  Investments

The e-sourcing tool wherEX closed a $7 million Series A funding round to grow its business across the U.S. and Latin America, according to a...

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Google Aims To Help People Understand, Benefit From Search
Google Aims To Help People Understand, Benefit From Search
August 23, 2021  |  Google

Google is launching an improved protocol to help people better understand how search works so they can find the answers on the web they need,...

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Poly Network Hacker Returns $610M In Stolen Crypto
Poly Network Hacker Returns $610M In Stolen Crypto
August 23, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Days after the cryptocurrency platform Poly Network issued a $500,000 reward for the return of $610 million in stolen funds, the purported hacker returned the...

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