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Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East

Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East
Global Investment Heats Up In Southeast Asia, Middle East
June 16, 2021  |  IPO

A blockbuster number of companies might go public in Thailand in 2021, CNBC reported. Ken Fong, head of equity capital market research for Asia-Pacific at...

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Data Brief: 79 Percent Of Businesses Rate Security Over Growth In Authentication
Data Brief: 79 Percent Of Businesses Rate Security Over Growth In Authentication
June 16, 2021  |  Authentication

In the vicinity of 40 billion records were filched from social platforms last year, showing a vast downside to current online growth. It explains why...

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Today In Payments: Web Inventor Will Auction Source Code As NFT; Shop Pay Available To Facebook, Google Merchants
Today In Payments: Web Inventor Will Auction Source Code As NFT; Shop Pay Available To...
June 16, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the inventor of the World Wide Web is auctioning off its source code through an NFT, and Shop Pay will be...

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eCommerce Retailers Make Trading Debuts In Global IPOs
eCommerce Retailers Make Trading Debuts In Global IPOs
June 16, 2021  |  IPO

eCommerce firms have made their trading debuts, or have plans to go public, on markets from Indonesia to Germany, while other players in the online...

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Tripadvisor Rolls Out Subscription Service
Tripadvisor Rolls Out Subscription Service
June 16, 2021  |  Travel Payments

As tourism recovers around the world, Tripadvisor is offering customers in the U.S. a new subscription service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Lures Sellers As Vietnamese Exports Surge
Amazon Lures Sellers As Vietnamese Exports Surge
June 16, 2021  |  International

Amazon is looking to expand its eCommerce relationship with Vietnam and is recruiting merchants to join its marketplace as exports in the country soar, Nikkei...

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Vodafone, Amazon To Bring Speedy 5G ‘Edge Computing’ Services To UK Businesses
Vodafone, Amazon To Bring Speedy 5G ‘Edge Computing’ Services To UK Businesses
June 16, 2021  |  Amazon Innovations

Vodafone and Amazon Web Services are partnering to bring so-called “edge computing” to business customers in the U.K. Edge computing quickly analyzes bulk data —...

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Google And Amazon Face Antitrust Accusations On The Hill
Google And Amazon Face Antitrust Accusations On The Hill
June 16, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Last week U.S. lawmakers fired a shot across Big Tech’s bow, introducing five new bills designed to curb what lawmakers have described as “unregulated power”...

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Trigo Funding Surpasses $100M As Demand For Autonomous Checkout Grows
Trigo Funding Surpasses $100M As Demand For Autonomous Checkout Grows
June 16, 2021  |  Unattended Retail

Self-service is evolving beyond the kiosk. Israeli computer vision checkout startup Trigo, which creates cashier-free purchasing solutions for grocery stores, announced a new investment on...

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