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ID Solutions Provider Northern Block Selects Acuant For Verification And Compliance

ID Solutions Provider Northern Block Selects Acuant For Verification And Compliance
ID Solutions Provider Northern Block Selects Acuant For Verification And Compliance
February 04, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Northern Block has integrated Acuant‘s identity proofing and compliance technology to provide its customers with self-sovereign identity (SSI) and verifiable credential services, according to a...

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Instacart To Offer Same-Day Delivery For 6,000 Family Dollar Stores
Instacart To Offer Same-Day Delivery For 6,000 Family Dollar Stores
February 04, 2021  |  Delivery

Instacart will be offering same-day delivery service from over 6,000 Family Dollar stores under a new partnership with the retailer. Get the Full Story Complete...

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GajiGesa Raises $2.5 Million To Reach More Underbanked Indonesians
GajiGesa Raises $2.5 Million To Reach More Underbanked Indonesians
February 04, 2021  |  Investments

The FinTech GajiGesa Indonesia has landed $2.5 million in a seed round of funding. The company announced via LinkedIn that the funding will be used to...

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar Plans Antitrust Bill Targeting Tech Industry
Sen. Amy Klobuchar Plans Antitrust Bill Targeting Tech Industry
February 04, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), the incoming head of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, is planning to introduce a bill to bolster competition laws and antitrust enforcement,...

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Apple, Google Lead Connected Car Partnerships
Apple, Google Lead Connected Car Partnerships
February 04, 2021  |  Innovation

The connected car combinations are coming, as auto manufacturers are signing on with their Big Tech allies of choice to seamlessly transform the automobile into...

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Today In B2B: Facebook Bolsters Supplier Financing; Bottomline Acquires TreasuryXpress
Today In B2B: Facebook Bolsters Supplier Financing; Bottomline Acquires TreasuryXpress
February 04, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Supplier Success releases details on its work with Facebook’s supplier financing initiative, and Bottomline Technologies strikes a treasury technology acquisition. Plus,...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Klarna Registers Strong US Growth; Careem Debuts Commission-Free Model For Eateries
Today In Payments Around The World: Klarna Registers Strong US Growth; Careem Debuts Commission-Free Model...
February 04, 2021  |  News

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) upstart Klarna is experiencing record U.S. growth, while Careem is introducing...

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Great Hill Invests In Mobile Workforce Platform BigChange
Great Hill Invests In Mobile Workforce Platform BigChange
February 04, 2021  |  Investments

U.K.-based BigChange said private equity firm Great Hill Partners has invested over 75 million pounds (about $102.4 million) in the company so it can build...

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Yum! Brands Drives Digital Sales In Q4 With In-House Technology
Yum! Brands Drives Digital Sales In Q4 With In-House Technology
February 04, 2021  |  Retail

Yum! Brands, Inc., the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and other multinational restaurant chains, reported on Thursday (Feb. 4) that it saw...

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