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Japan Eyes Guidelines For Regulation Of Tech Firms
Japan Eyes Guidelines For Regulation Of Tech Firms
September 03, 2019  |  Regulation

In Japan, the Fair Trade Commission said last week that it has draft guidelines in place that would promote tighter regulation of larger tech firms....

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Monese Teams With FinTech Raisin To Offer Savings Access
Monese Teams With FinTech Raisin To Offer Savings Access
September 03, 2019  |  Digital Banking

The European banking app Monese has formed a partnership with cross-border deposits marketplace Raisin, as reported on Tuesday (Sept. 3). Get the Full Story Complete...

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CellPoint Mobile Rebrands As CellPoint Digital To Power Travel Payments
CellPoint Mobile Rebrands As CellPoint Digital To Power Travel Payments
September 03, 2019  |  Omnicommerce

CellPoint Mobile, which specializes in digital commerce and payment solutions for airlines and travel companies, today rebranded as CellPoint Digital with a new website and...

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Seven EU Firms Form X-Border Mobile Payment Network
Seven EU Firms Form X-Border Mobile Payment Network
September 03, 2019  |  International

Seven European payments operators — most of them owned by banks — that own and operate mobile payments services said Tuesday (Sept. 3) that they...

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India’s MobiKwik Turns A Profit
India’s MobiKwik Turns A Profit
September 03, 2019  |  International

The 10-year-old Gurgaon-headquartered mobile payments firm MobiKwik has hit its profit goals and is now making money, as reported on Tuesday (Sept. 3). Get the...

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Samsung Develops Second Foldable Device
Samsung Develops Second Foldable Device
September 03, 2019  |  Retail

With a high-end product that is said to fold inward like a classic flip phone, Samsung Electronics Co. is reportedly gearing up to unveil a...

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Bringing Breakfast Cereal Back With A DTC Reboot
Bringing Breakfast Cereal Back With A DTC Reboot
September 03, 2019  |  Retail

Cold breakfast cereal made its official entrance into the American diet in 1863 when it was invented by James Caleb Jackson, in the form of...

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Holiday Retail Trends Start To Take Shape
Holiday Retail Trends Start To Take Shape
September 03, 2019  |  Retail

Now that summer is unofficially over comes the really interesting part of the year for retailers — the march toward the holiday shopping season. And the...

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How Merchants Navigate Tax Collection Complexity With Technology  
How Merchants Navigate Tax Collection Complexity With Technology  
September 03, 2019  |  Today In Data

eCommerce firms are navigating a tax collection environment that increasingly requires technology and automation to ensure compliance. In corporate payments news, Citi is tapping into application programming interface (API) calls to...

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