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Alibaba’s Ant Group Plans Hong Kong IPO At $200B+

Alibaba’s Ant Group Plans Hong Kong IPO At $200B+
Alibaba’s Ant Group Plans Hong Kong IPO At $200B+
July 08, 2020  |  IPO

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. ...

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Trulioo Launches Facial Recognition, Document Verification Product
Trulioo Launches Facial Recognition, Document Verification Product
July 08, 2020  |  Authentication

Trulioo, the Canadian company that provides online identity verification, has introduced a facial recognition and document validation technology it says will enable small and medium-sized...

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Walgreens Teams With VillageMD To Offer In-Store Health Clinics
Walgreens Teams With VillageMD To Offer In-Store Health Clinics
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

Walgreens Boots Alliance is teaming up with Chicago-based VillageMD to make Walgreens “the first national pharmacy chain to offer full-service doctor offices co-located at its...

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Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy Leads List Of More Fashion Retail Troubles
Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy Leads List Of More Fashion Retail Troubles
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

The retail world was rocked by more bankruptcy news on Wednesday (July 8), as Brooks Brothers officially announced its long-rumored bankruptcy and women’s fashion icon...

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The Impact Of Payments Innovation On SMBs, App Users
The Impact Of Payments Innovation On SMBs, App Users
July 08, 2020  |  Today In Data

Payment providers are offering alternatives to cumbersome and opaque correspondence banking protocols with cross-border payments. Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are some of the main beneficiaries...

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How Mastercard Uses AI To Fight Fraud And Make Better Credit Decisions
How Mastercard Uses AI To Fight Fraud And Make Better Credit Decisions
July 08, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Mastercard is harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to hit fraudsters hard by searching for emerging patterns of criminal activity before they become major problems,...

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Dunkin’s Speedway Exit Puts Spotlight On Contactless
Dunkin’s Speedway Exit Puts Spotlight On Contactless
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

Closing store locations has been a near-daily occurrence during the pandemic. But when a high-flying QSR like Dunkin is in the news, it’s a bit...

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Retail Lease Defaults Have Ripple Effect
Retail Lease Defaults Have Ripple Effect
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

As it does during the first week of every month of the pandemic, attention turns to retail leases. This week found that one of the...

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CVS Pharmacy Creates Spoken Rx To Read Prescription Labels
CVS Pharmacy Creates Spoken Rx To Read Prescription Labels
July 08, 2020  |  Retail

To provide its patients with “talking” prescription labels, CVS Pharmacy has created a new function of its app called Spoken Rx. The function can read...

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