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Jumia: How The ‘Amazon Of Africa’ Is Navigating A Pandemic-Induced Explosion In Digital Payments

Jumia: How The ‘Amazon Of Africa’ Is Navigating A Pandemic-Induced Explosion In Digital Payments
Jumia: How The ‘Amazon Of Africa’ Is Navigating A Pandemic-Induced Explosion In Digital Payments
May 13, 2020  |  eCommerce

At a quick glance, Africa as a continent lags behind the rest of the world in terms of pushing its population of roughly 1.2 billion...

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Citi: Healing Broken PPE Supply Chains With Streamlined Cross Border Payments
Citi: Healing Broken PPE Supply Chains With Streamlined Cross Border Payments
May 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

While the pandemic has created unique circumstances of immeasurable strain and pressure on the global market, it’s also emboldened many to rise to the occasion...

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Why Cultivating Customer Loyalty Has Become The Crucial Commerce Capability
Why Cultivating Customer Loyalty Has Become The Crucial Commerce Capability
May 13, 2020  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Consumers are thinking about their commerce experience through an entirely different and largely safety-focused lens in a way they never have before. It’s a story...

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Traveler Complaints Prompt DOT To Remind Airlines Of Refund Rules
Traveler Complaints Prompt DOT To Remind Airlines Of Refund Rules
May 12, 2020  |  Travel Payments

As thousands of complaints about airlines flood the Department of Transportation (DOT), the department is issuing a warning to airlines: Don’t renege on obligations. Get...

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Green Dot and the Changing (Digital) Face of Banking
Green Dot and the Changing (Digital) Face of Banking
May 12, 2020  |  Banking

If the landscape of how we bank is changing – toward digital-first firms, of course – the question arises: Just what is a bank?  And where...

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Digital Wallet PicPay Hits 20M Customers As People Shift To eCommerce
Digital Wallet PicPay Hits 20M Customers As People Shift To eCommerce
May 12, 2020  |  Mobile

PicPay, a Brazilian digital wallet, has 20 million clients as of early May, well ahead of schedule, according to a report by Reuters. Get the...

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House Dems Propose $3 Trillion Relief Package
House Dems Propose $3 Trillion Relief Package
May 12, 2020  |  Economy

House Democrats unveiled a $3 trillion spending package for more coronavirus aid on Tuesday (May 12), including more money for individuals affected by the shutdown,...

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As Consumers Buy Online Inflation Follows, Index Shows
As Consumers Buy Online Inflation Follows, Index Shows
May 12, 2020  |  eCommerce

Online grocery sales saw a 110 percent increase in activity in April, according to Adobe’s Digital Economy Index (DEI), numbers spurred by the coronavirus‘s push...

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