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Barclays Invests $12.9M In Loyalty Startup Bink
Barclays Invests $12.9M In Loyalty Startup Bink
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

British financial institution Barclays has invested $12.9 million in Bink, a startup that lets customers store and view all their loyalty cards on a phone,...

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USA Tech Shares Plummet As Auditor Resigns
USA Tech Shares Plummet As Auditor Resigns
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

USA Technologies’ shares lost roughly 45 percent of their value on Thursday in intraday trading after an SEC filing by the firm revealed that RSM...

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Lloyds Launches Open Banking App Feature
Lloyds Launches Open Banking App Feature
February 07, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Lloyds Bank, a British financial institution, has released a new feature to its banking app that will allow customers to see their accounts from other...

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QVC Rolls Out Shopping Video ‘Q Anytime’ Mobile App
QVC Rolls Out Shopping Video ‘Q Anytime’ Mobile App
February 07, 2019  |  Retail

QVC, the television home shopping network, is releasing a video shopping app for the iPhone, to create what the company calls “immersive, engaging, video-based shopping...

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Amazon Backs Proposed Facial Recognition Tech Legislation
Amazon Backs Proposed Facial Recognition Tech Legislation
February 07, 2019  |  Authentication

Amazon supports a national legislative framework for the use of facial recognition that “protects civil rights and ensures that governments are transparent in their use”...

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Zoovu Raises $14M To Expand Use Of AI Digital Sales Assistants
Zoovu Raises $14M To Expand Use Of AI Digital Sales Assistants
February 07, 2019  |  eCommerce

Zoovu, a company that provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistants in a software-as-a-service suite for brands, has raised $14 million in a series B financing...

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Yum And Its Pizza Hut, Taco Bell And KFC Brands Push Forward With QSR Tech
Yum And Its Pizza Hut, Taco Bell And KFC Brands Push Forward With QSR Tech
February 07, 2019  |  Earnings

Delivery, kiosks and other digital efforts are taking more prominent roles at Yum! Brands, moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in...

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Wirecard Teams With Oney For Retail Payments; Klarna’s Pay Later Comes To Gymshark
Wirecard Teams With Oney For Retail Payments; Klarna’s Pay Later Comes To Gymshark
February 07, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Wirecard’s collaboration with Auchan Retail Romania for the Well.com...

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Why Tech Giants Are Hiding, Or Shifting, User Stats
Why Tech Giants Are Hiding, Or Shifting, User Stats
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

In investing, as in life, information is power. We make choices based on the data at hand, sifting through what has happened in the past in...

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