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BitPay Joins Jack Dorsey’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance

BitPay Joins Jack Dorsey’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance
BitPay Joins Jack Dorsey’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance
April 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

BitPay has joined the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), agreeing to share open-source projects and participate in a shared patent library, the cryptocurrency payment processor...

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Just Eat Takeaway.com Sales Grow 79 Percent As Company Prioritizes Market Share Gains
Just Eat Takeaway.com Sales Grow 79 Percent As Company Prioritizes Market Share Gains
April 14, 2021  |  Earnings

Just Eat Takeaway.com, a Netherlands-based food delivery service that operates in 23 countries, announced on Tuesday (April 13) that total orders for 2021’s first quarter...

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Travelers Can Now Use PayPal’s ‘Pay In 4’ To Pay For Airfare With UATP
Travelers Can Now Use PayPal’s ‘Pay In 4’ To Pay For Airfare With UATP
April 14, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) will expand its partnership with PayPal to include “Pay in 4,” a program that lets consumers pay for their airfare...

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UK’s Grocer Tesco Battles Through Pandemic, Posts Mixed Results
UK’s Grocer Tesco Battles Through Pandemic, Posts Mixed Results
April 14, 2021  |  Earnings

The pandemic has seen many supermarkets temporarily emptied of toilet paper, alongside a boost in grocery shopping as customers’ work-from-home patterns have persisted. As the...

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Squarespace Sidesteps IPO For Direct Public Listing
Squarespace Sidesteps IPO For Direct Public Listing
April 14, 2021  |  IPO

Website-hosting and payments startup Squarespace is going after a direct public listing and sidestepping a traditional initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (April 13), citing...

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Study: New Hospital Price Transparency Rule Lacks Clarity
Study: New Hospital Price Transparency Rule Lacks Clarity
April 14, 2021  |  Healthcare

After a troubled year involving a lawsuit by the American Hospital Association, the price transparency rule for hospitals went into effect on Jan. 1, 2021....

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Latest Telemedicine App Provider Rankings A Mixed Bag, Medically Speaking
Latest Telemedicine App Provider Rankings A Mixed Bag, Medically Speaking
April 14, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

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Indian Merchants Fight Back Against Amazon With Protest Event
Indian Merchants Fight Back Against Amazon With Protest Event
April 14, 2021  |  eCommerce

Small businesses in India are fighting back against Amazon and other big foreign sellers in a move to actively protest what they see as an...

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QR Code Payment Provider Netstars Secures $60 Million Funding
QR Code Payment Provider Netstars Secures $60 Million Funding
April 14, 2021  |  Investments

Japanese QR code payment gateway provider Netstars Co. has completed a $60 million (6.6 billion yen) funding round, the company announced Wednesday (April 14). Get...

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