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Swedish Open Banking Startup Tink Closes €90M Funding Deal

Swedish Open Banking Startup Tink Closes €90M Funding Deal
Swedish Open Banking Startup Tink Closes €90M Funding Deal
January 20, 2020  |  Fintech Investments

Sweden’s open banking platform Tink raised €90 million in an investment round co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital and Insight Partners, Tink announced on Monday...

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Snap: China’s TikTok Could Pass Instagram In Growth
Snap: China’s TikTok Could Pass Instagram In Growth
January 20, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

TikTok, with its gamut of quick dance and lip sync videos, could become even bigger than rival Instagram, said Snap Inc. Chief Officer Evan Spiegel....

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Google CEO Calls For AI Governance 
Google CEO Calls For AI Governance 
January 20, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

In a Sunday opinion column in The Financial Times (FT), Google and Alphabet chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai wrote about the importance of having...

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India’s Future Group Cuts eCommerce Venture, Lays Off About 400
India’s Future Group Cuts eCommerce Venture, Lays Off About 400
January 20, 2020  |  eCommerce

Future Group, the Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, is downsizing its eCommerce division Retail 3.0 and laid off 350-400 workers, Livemint reported Sunday (Jan. 19),...

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UK Regulators’ Data Violations Fines Top $126.5M 
UK Regulators’ Data Violations Fines Top $126.5M 
January 20, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Regulators in the U.K. have levied €114 million ($126 million) in fines for data violations since instituting new stronger privacy mandates in mid-2018, The Financial...

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Clover Food Lab’s Secret Sauce To Boosting Mobile Ordering
Clover Food Lab’s Secret Sauce To Boosting Mobile Ordering
January 20, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

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How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US
How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

Never underestimate the value of the “Contact Us” form that every merchant and service provider places somewhere on its website — because no one knows...

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Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend
Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

’Tis the season for … looking back at 2019 holiday sales trends, and figuring out what they mean for payments and commerce so far. Based...

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Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments?
Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments?
January 20, 2020  |  Amazon

The rumors about hand-based payments out of Amazon have been building for the last few months.  In early September 2019, reports emerged that Amazon was testing...

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