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Tesco In Britain Adds Loyalty Card As Amazon Fresh Becomes Free

Tesco In Britain Adds Loyalty Card As Amazon Fresh Becomes Free
Tesco In Britain Adds Loyalty Card As Amazon Fresh Becomes Free
October 29, 2019  |  Retail

British supermarket group Tesco has announced it’s offering a loyalty subscription plan for customers, in an attempt to stay competitive with German-owned discounters.  Get the...

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Russia’s Sberbank To Acquire Part Of Mail.ru Internet Firm
Russia’s Sberbank To Acquire Part Of Mail.ru Internet Firm
October 29, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Russia’s Sberbank, which is trying to become more digitally inclined as a financial institution, said it is buying Gazprombank’s holding stake in Mail.ru, a Russian...

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Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative To List On Nasdaq
Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative To List On Nasdaq
October 29, 2019  |  IPO

A bitcoin mining company in China is looking to raise capital in the neighborhood of $400 million and is aiming to file on the Nasdaq...

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Top News In Payments: Western Union Debuts New Set Of APIs; Uber Rolls Out Uber Money
Top News In Payments: Western Union Debuts New Set Of APIs; Uber Rolls Out Uber...
October 29, 2019  |  News

In today’s payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic as well as global payment...

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Tradeshift Taps Genpact To Broaden AP Automation Offerings
Tradeshift Taps Genpact To Broaden AP Automation Offerings
October 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain payments solution provider Tradeshift is collaborating with professional services firm Genpact to broaden its procure-to-pay offering in an effort to support digitization and...

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WeFarm Raises $13M To Grow Global Farming Network
WeFarm Raises $13M To Grow Global Farming Network
October 29, 2019  |  Investments

The London-headquartered Wefarm network for independent farmers has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by True Ventures, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday...

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Waymo Gains Speed With Self-Driving Taxis And Deliveries
Waymo Gains Speed With Self-Driving Taxis And Deliveries
October 29, 2019  |  Delivery

The self-driving future is not exactly here yet, but it’s coming quickly, at least based on some of the most recent moves in this space...

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Mastercard Sees 17 Pct X-Border Volume Growth; B2B A Key Market
Mastercard Sees 17 Pct X-Border Volume Growth; B2B A Key Market
October 29, 2019  |  Earnings

Mastercard posted results Tuesday (Oct. 29) that showed continued traction in new payment flows, especially B2B, core debit and credit spending. Get the Full Story...

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Tencent Spearheads Blockchain Invoice Standardization Initiative
Tencent Spearheads Blockchain Invoice Standardization Initiative
October 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

China’s Tencent will take the lead in helping the global blockchain industry standardize invoices sent on distributed ledger technology (DLT), China’s Global Times reported on...

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