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Virtual Pop Stars Drive $35 Billion Industry In China

Virtual Pop Stars Drive $35 Billion Industry In China
Virtual Pop Stars Drive $35 Billion Industry In China
June 13, 2021  |  International

Virtual pop stars are a rising trend in the music business and have been raking in tens of billions in terms of funding, Bloomberg writes....

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Bitcoin Daily: Musk Ties Telsa Bitcoin Transactions To Cleaner Energy; Argentina’s Central Bank To Probe FinTech Crypto Investments
Bitcoin Daily: Musk Ties Telsa Bitcoin Transactions To Cleaner Energy; Argentina’s Central Bank To Probe...
June 13, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reversed course, saying the company will now accept cryptocurrency as payment, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Brazil’s Central Bank Puts CBDC Debut On Hold 2 Years
Brazil’s Central Bank Puts CBDC Debut On Hold 2 Years
June 13, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The Banco Central de Brasil (BCB) wants at least a year of more time before it debuts its new central bank digital currency (CBDC), CoinDesk...

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Debate Sharpens in US Over CBDC
Debate Sharpens in US Over CBDC
June 13, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The debate over central bank digital currencies sharpened a bit this past week in the marbled halls of the U.S. Congress. Get the Full Story...

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Boomers To Boost Spending On Luxury Goods, Healthcare
Boomers To Boost Spending On Luxury Goods, Healthcare
June 13, 2021  |  Consumer Insights

Senior citizens, a demographic whose spending was significantly curtailed by the pandemic, are expected to spend substantially across a number of sectors as COVID-19 restrictions...

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Restaurant365 Buys Compeat To Boost Restaurant Back Offices
Restaurant365 Buys Compeat To Boost Restaurant Back Offices
June 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Restaurant management platform Restaurant365 has acquired Compeat, which is known for its restaurant back-office, workforce and business intelligence software, according to a press release. Terms...

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Keysight Expands B2B eCommerce Site To EU, UK
Keysight Expands B2B eCommerce Site To EU, UK
June 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Keysight Technologies, whose offerings include hardware and software for testing and measuring networks and equipment, announced in a press release it has expanded its B2B...

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Fresha Scores $100 Million Series C For B2B Marketplace
Fresha Scores $100 Million Series C For B2B Marketplace
June 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Beauty and wellness software platform Fresha has closed a $100 million Series C funding round, which will go toward boosting its services, including a B2B...

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Société Generale, Kyriba Team On Cloud Treasury Offering
Société Generale, Kyriba Team On Cloud Treasury Offering
June 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Bank Société Generale and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) treasury and finance provider Kyriba have announced a partnership through which the companies stated they will offer a “new...

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