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The Week In Payments: Acquisitions, Partnerships And A Team Of Rivals Unite Over Standards

The Week In Payments: Acquisitions, Partnerships And A Team Of Rivals Unite Over Standards
The Week In Payments: Acquisitions, Partnerships And A Team Of Rivals Unite Over Standards
December 20, 2019  |  Commentary

The year may be winding toward a close and slowing down, but this week the world of payments showed signs of neither as big players...

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Why Rent The Runway Wants To Become The Amazon Prime Of Retail
Why Rent The Runway Wants To Become The Amazon Prime Of Retail
December 20, 2019  |  Retail

A decade ago, the concept of building a retail operation around shopping in other people’s closets was something of a hard sell. In 2009, the...

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Giving Layaway A Digital Reboot
Giving Layaway A Digital Reboot
December 20, 2019  |  Retail

In the 1930s, in the era of the Great Depression, when consumers had little extra cash, retailers nationwide came up with an innovation to make...

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Why Cloud Storage May Be Payments’ Stealth Game-Changer
Why Cloud Storage May Be Payments’ Stealth Game-Changer
December 20, 2019  |  Innovation

Everyone is always looking for some secret sauce for innovation, disruption and growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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How TripAdvisor Sends Review Fraudsters Packing
How TripAdvisor Sends Review Fraudsters Packing
December 20, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

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Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation
Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation
December 20, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Takeaway Looks Poised To Win Just Eat Deal
Takeaway Looks Poised To Win Just Eat Deal
December 20, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

In the bidding war for British online food company Just Eat, competitors Prosus and Takeaway.com are both putting up strong offers for their final bids....

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Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
December 20, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The PIT digital currency exchange of Blockchain.com is one of the few exchanges to turn on the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme, The Block reported. The...

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Amazon Expects To Deliver 3.5B Packages This Year
Amazon Expects To Deliver 3.5B Packages This Year
December 20, 2019  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon announced on Thursday (Dec. 19) it expects to deliver 3.5 billion customer packages worldwide this year through its delivery network and expects to deliver...

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