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Report: Brazilian Consumers Think Digital And Want Merchants To Do The Same

Home Furnishings Marketplace Chairish Designs Its Future; Focuses On Customer, Payments Experience
Home Furnishings Marketplace Chairish Designs Its Future; Focuses On Customer, Payments Experience
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

After not only surviving — but thriving — through a year of unprecedented and unpredictable pandemic-related turmoil, vintage home furnishings marketplace Chairish is focusing on...

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Just Do It: Brands Can Take D2C Page From Nike
Just Do It: Brands Can Take D2C Page From Nike
March 01, 2021  |  Retail

There have been lots of direct-to-consumer plays in the last year, most of them out of big consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies: Mars, Pepsi, Coca-Cola,...

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Indonesia Ride-Hailing Company Announces Plans To Boost Vaccine Drive
Indonesia Ride-Hailing Company Announces Plans To Boost Vaccine Drive
February 28, 2021  |  International

Grab, the Southeast Asia-based ride-hailing company, is collaborating with the government to conduct drive-thru vaccination services in Indonesia, according to Bloomberg. The program started Sunday...

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US Concedes On Voluntary Provision In Global Digital Tax Discussion
US Concedes On Voluntary Provision In Global Digital Tax Discussion
February 28, 2021  |  International

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Washington is poised to drop a contentious part of its proposal for reforming global tax rules, which had...

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Red-Hot IPO Market Draws Payments Firms, FinTechs
Red-Hot IPO Market Draws Payments Firms, FinTechs
February 28, 2021  |  IPO

By any measure, initial public offerings (IPOs) were hot last year, buoyed in part by the embrace by retail investors of special purpose acquisition companies...

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Bitcoin Daily: Jack Dorsey, Others Invest $4 Million In MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative For Bitcoin R&D; Bitcoin Falls Below $45K
Bitcoin Daily: Jack Dorsey, Others Invest $4 Million In MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative For Bitcoin...
February 28, 2021  |  Bitcoin

MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative has launched a new four-year bitcoin software and security effort research and development program, according to a company announcement. Get the...

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Stimulus Update: House Passes $1.9 Trillion Package; Now Goes To Senate
Stimulus Update: House Passes $1.9 Trillion Package; Now Goes To Senate
February 28, 2021  |  Coronavirus

The U.S. House passed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic relief bill, which will allot $1.9 trillion to various pandemic-related remedies like stimulus checks, unemployment and...

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Brexit And SPAC Boom Lure UK Tech Companies To US
Brexit And SPAC Boom Lure UK Tech Companies To US
February 28, 2021  |  International

Lawmakers in Great Britain are calling for significant steps to preserve the United Kingdom’s FinTech sector amid threats, including the lack of significant protections in...

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