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Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 

Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
November 11, 2019  |  Voice Activation

On their shared home territory of the U.S. market, Amazon and Google have spent the last two years avidly racing for control of the emerging...

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 In India, Digital Payments Firms, Digital Lenders Grab VC Dollars
 In India, Digital Payments Firms, Digital Lenders Grab VC Dollars
November 11, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

FinTech investment in India proceeds apace through the last few weeks of the year, with funding rounds extended to digital payments firms and digital lenders....

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Apple’s Wozniak Accuses Apple Card Of Discrimination
Apple’s Wozniak Accuses Apple Card Of Discrimination
November 11, 2019  |  Apple

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak said Apple gave him a credit limit 10 times higher than they gave his wife after they both applied for an...

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SoftBank’s WeWork Pursues Head Of T-Mobile For CEO Role
SoftBank’s WeWork Pursues Head Of T-Mobile For CEO Role
November 11, 2019  |  Personnel

WeWork is in talks with T-Mobile CEO John Legere to take over the leadership role after former boss Adam Neumann was forced out, following reports...

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Top News In Payments: Europe’s Version Of Libra Makes Headway; Amazon Faces Legal Backlash On Logistics
Top News In Payments: Europe’s Version Of Libra Makes Headway; Amazon Faces Legal Backlash On...
November 11, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is making progress, and one of the year’s biggest eCommerce events sets a...

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Missouri’s Cash Tax Payment Ban Proposal Irks Cannabis Firms
Missouri’s Cash Tax Payment Ban Proposal Irks Cannabis Firms
November 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The state of Missouri is reportedly considering a ban on cash tax payments, a move that has raised concerns for local legal marijuana businesses that...

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Singapore Backs Launch Of CamelONE Trade Finance Platform
Singapore Backs Launch Of CamelONE Trade Finance Platform
November 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is backing the launch of a new trade finance offering operated by trade facilitation platform provider vCargo Cloud (VCC), a...

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Do Consumers Really Want A Unified Payments Offering?
Do Consumers Really Want A Unified Payments Offering?
November 11, 2019  |  Digital Payments

One of the main tasks in 21st century physics is the search for the so-called “unified theory,” a single equation that explains the workings of...

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