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Gaming Accounts For $12B In PayPal’s Payment Volume Worldwide
Gaming Accounts For $12B In PayPal’s Payment Volume Worldwide
May 30, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Online games and eSports are becoming an important segment for payment providers: Gaming now accounts for more than $12 billion of PayPal’s total payment volume...

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Five At Five: Walmart’s Plans For Drones And Inventory
Five At Five: Walmart’s Plans For Drones And Inventory
May 30, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news that you might have missed. Today we take a look at what...

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Bpost Inks Cross-Border Delivery Deal With DHL
Bpost Inks Cross-Border Delivery Deal With DHL
May 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Belgian Post Group (Bpost), the Belgian postal operator, announced Wednesday (May 30) that it is joining forces with DHL to provide eCommerce deliveries in the...

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China’s President Sees Blockchain Bringing ‘Breakthrough’ Applications
China’s President Sees Blockchain Bringing ‘Breakthrough’ Applications
May 30, 2018  |  Blockchain

The President of China Xi Jinping said this week that blockchain technology will enable “breakthrough” applications. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Tradeshift Raises $250M, Gets $1.1B Valuation
Tradeshift Raises $250M, Gets $1.1B Valuation
May 30, 2018  |  Investments

Tradeshift, the supply chain payments, and marketplaces company announced Wednesday (May 30) that it is raising $250 million in a Series E funding round led...

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ADP Reports 178,000 New Jobs Added From April To May
ADP Reports 178,000 New Jobs Added From April To May
May 30, 2018  |  Retail

Private sector employment jumped by 178,000 jobs from April to May, according to the May ADP National Employment Report. In a press release announcing the...

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Nanopay: Growth Means Building Beyond The Niche
Nanopay: Growth Means Building Beyond The Niche
May 30, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

There are three things on the mind of nanopay‘s CEO Laurence Cooke: Emerging markets, cross-border business-to-business (B2B) transactions, and capital markets and treasury. Cooke said that,...

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Ant Financial Adds Third Bank Partner This Month
Ant Financial Adds Third Bank Partner This Month
May 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ant Financial continues its bank partnership streak, signing a strategic cooperation agreement today (May 30) with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank). That is Ant’s...

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