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Robinhood To Give ‘Everyday Investors’ IPO Access

Robinhood To Give ‘Everyday Investors’ IPO Access
Robinhood To Give ‘Everyday Investors’ IPO Access
May 20, 2021  |  IPO

Robinhood has introduced a new product that gives “everyday investors” the chance to purchase shares of companies at their initial public offering (IPO) price, a...

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Today In Payments: Google’s Upgrades Target Buyers; NY Fed: Most Borrowers Who Took Forbearances Have Exited
Today In Payments: Google’s Upgrades Target Buyers; NY Fed: Most Borrowers Who Took Forbearances Have...
May 20, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Google announced several features to up its eCommerce game, and most borrowers who entered forbearance amid the pandemic have since exited....

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Amazon-as-a-Service Provider Amify Marks $100 Million Sales Milestone
Amazon-as-a-Service Provider Amify Marks $100 Million Sales Milestone
May 20, 2021  |  Amazon

Amify, which bills itself as “the first Amazon-as-a-Service provider” announced on Thursday (May 20), that it had hit an annual run rate of $100 million...

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Payments Company Square Launches In Ireland
Payments Company Square Launches In Ireland
May 20, 2021  |  International

San Francisco-based Square said that its services are now available in Ireland, its first country in the Eurozone. The company said in a press release...

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Klarna Offers BNPL Service On More Retail Sites, From Aéropostale To Brooks Brothers
Klarna Offers BNPL Service On More Retail Sites, From Aéropostale To Brooks Brothers
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna has partnered with two major retail powerhouses, SPARC Group and Authentic Brands Group (ABG), to offer its “Pay in 4” BNPL service to more retail...

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Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Another Big Tech player has unveiled plans to join the physical retail party, as Google has announced it will open its first-ever physical retail location...

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Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
May 20, 2021  |  International

China’s Tencent Holdings said on Thursday (May 20) that it wants to put a greater portion of this year’s incremental profits  into sectors that include...

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Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon Go Grocery is Amazon going, going, gone. The format, which launched in early 2020 as a grocery offshoot of the Amazon Go convenience store...

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Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
May 20, 2021  |  Investments

GS Growth, a unit of Goldman Sachs that buys stakes in startup firms, has spent the past few months wooing outside investors, The Wall Street Journal...

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