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155GoogleGoogle Stops Sharing Android Data With Carriers Over Regulatory Fears
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has stopped providing a service to wireless companies that showed them weak spots in their coverage, according to...
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302RetailTarget To Introduce New Private-Label Food Brand
Target has announced that it’s launching a new private-label food brand called Good & Gather in a move to boost its grocery...
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372RetailBanana Republic Unveils Women’s Apparel Subscription Service
To provide unlimited access to its collection of women’s apparel, Banana Republic unveiled its online subscription service called Style Passport. The company...
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394RetailAmazon Raises Seller Fees Due To Digital Tax In France
With a 3 percent digital tax passed by the French government, Amazon is hiking seller fees for small and medium-sized businesses in...
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555Digital PaymentsJapan’s LINE Pay Starts WeChat Pay Partnership
Japan’s LINE Pay has announced that it’s been integrating WeChat Pay to be used by participating merchants in the country, according to...
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719InternationalUK Labour Party Wants To Reopen Closed Shops In New Plan
The opposition U.K. Labour party has announced a plan to let local government reopen closed storefronts that have been unoccupied for at...
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1.0KBitcoinPalestinian Terrorist Group Uses Bitcoin To Raise Money
Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, has come up with a new way to raise funds for its terror campaigns: bitcoin. The New...
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895RetailUK’s Labour Party Wants To Take Over Vacant Retail Properties
The UK’s Labour party wants to allow local authorities to take over vacant properties in an effort to give the country’s retail...
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1.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bakkt Trust Crypto Platform Gets Trust License In NY
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to...
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931InnovationSegway-Ninebot Debuts Self-Driving Electric Scooter
China’s Segway-Ninebot has come up with an answer to everyone’s eScooter charging woes: make one that can drive itself to the charging...
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791LoansNear-Record Low Rates Trigger Refi Wave Among US Homeowners
U.S. mortgage refinancing is on the uptick as fears about fluctuating global markets cause a drop in interest rates, the Financial Times...
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1.1KCryptocurrencyUS Lawmakers Visit Switzerland To Talk Libra
During an upcoming visit to Switzerland, American lawmakers plan to discuss Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra. A group of six lawmakers, led by...
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1.3KEarningsAirbnb’s Total Booking Value Soars 30 Pct. YoY
Airbnb reported strong first quarter results, with $9.4 billion in total booking value, a 31 percent boost from the previous year. Sources...
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1.2KAmazonAmazon Execs Donated To Antitrust Investigator’s Campaign
Amazon’s top executives allegedly made donations to the chair in charge of investigating the eCommerce giant, CNBC reported on Sunday (Aug. 18)....
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1.3KInternet of ThingsIkea To Launch Dedicated Unit For Smart Home Solutions
Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch reported on...
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831EconomyUS Firms Slash Planned Expenses As Confidence Dips
Fears over the United States/China trade war and slowing global growth are causing many U.S. companies to cut down their plans for...
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1.4KCryptocurrencyMastercard Looks To Hire Crypto Team
Mastercard, already an ally of Facebook’s Libra, announced it’s in the midst of planning its own cryptocurrency team, the New York Post...
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1.4KLoansCiti Pilots Credit Card Installment Loans Down Under
Citi Australia wants in on the burgeoning buy now, pay later market and is launching a new installment loan product with Kogan...
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1.3KInvestmentsSoftBank Plans To Lend Staffers $20B To Invest In Tech Fund
SoftBank is ready to lend up to $20 billion to its employees so they can buy stakes in a fund aimed to...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsCapital One Acquires FinTech Robo-Adviser United Income
The retirement-focused United Income will now give automated advice as part of Capital One, which is looking to expand its robo-adviser offerings....
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1.9KAmazonAmazon Plans Pilot To Boost Major Fashion Brands
Online retail giant Amazon will start labeling certain products “Top Brands” in a pilot that will attempt to give big names the...
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2.0KSecurity & FraudAmazon Reportedly Sent Customers Wrong Order Info
Amazon customers are saying they have received email updates and invoices about orders that belong to other people, as reported on Friday...
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1.6KInnovationPostmates Testing Robot Delivery In San Francisco
Postmates sidewalk delivery robots are coming to San Francisco, but the autonomous service will have a human escort, TechCrunch reported on Friday...
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1.6KRegulationUK Investigating Facial Recognition Use In London
The data protection regulator for the U.K. has opened an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology at property developer Argent’s...
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1.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAlibaba To Buy Rival NetEase’s eCommerce Platform
Sources have revealed that Alibaba will acquire NetEase’s cross-border online shopping platform. One source told the Financial Times that Alibaba could pay...
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1.8KSecurity & FraudBluetooth Security Flaw Makes Users’ Device Data Vulnerable To Attack
A new Bluetooth security flaw was discovered that could leave users’ data unprotected and open to hackers, The Verge reported on Friday...
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1.3KAppleApple Could Announce New iPhone Next Month
There are signs that Apple might be set to reveal its newest iPhone next month. According to CNBC, Apple released its newest...
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1.4KSecurity & FraudFake Android Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times
A security firm has discovered that dozens of fraudulent Android adware apps have been downloaded more than 8 million times from the...
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1.4KInvestmentsIndia’s ShareChat Raises $100M In Twitter-Led Series D
India’s social media platform ShareChat, which serves 60 million monthly users, has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, as...
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1.7KSecurity & FraudGoogle Says That 300K People Still Use Hacked Passwords
Over 300,000 people who were compromised online are still using logins that were hacked, according to a new Google study unveiled at...
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2.8KSafety and SecurityChatbot Company Sued By Delta Over Data Breach
Delta Airlines Inc. has filed a lawsuit against a firm that powered a chatbot on its website. The lawsuit alleges that [24]7.ai...
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1.2KRetailFlywheel To Shutter Some Cycling Locations
In the latest reported sign that boutique fitness studios are struggling to keep pace with home exercise offerings, Flywheel Sports Inc. is...
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1.6KRetailPasta Passes Sell Out At Olive Garden
With fans of the restaurant chain looking to get an unlimited fix, Olive Garden‘s Never Ending Pasta Pass sold out in one...
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2.7KSecurity & FraudCap One Employees Warned Of Security Issues Pre-Hack
Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach. According to a report in...
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2.6KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Ripple Xpring Provides 1 Billion XRP Grant; Walmart Files Blockchain Patent For Drones
Ripple’s Xpring has made a 1 billion XRP grant in Coil, a platform dedicated to reimagining monetization on the web for creators...
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1.9KAppleApple Jobs Have Grown 20 Pct. Since 2017
Apple announced that it is responsible for 2.4 million U.S. jobs, a 20 percent boost from the 2 million the tech giant...
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2.1KAmazonAmazon Brings Bookstore To Nashville, 4-Star Store To Boston
Amazon has announced that it is set to open an Amazon Books location in Nashville, as well as an Amazon 4-star store...
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1.6KBitcoinIRS Finds Discrepancies In Crypto Holders’ Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue Service has issued another warning to cryptocurrency investors with federal returns that don’t match the information received from virtual...
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2.9KConsumer FinanceCitibank Sees Credit Card Charge Offs, Delinquency Rates Spike
Citigroup reported that its July credit-card delinquency rate increased to 2.91 percent in July, up from 2.56 percent in June. The lender’s three-month average...
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2.2KWearablesSamsung, Apple Dominate $2B Wearables Market
New data revealed that the North American wearables market hit $2 billion in the second quarter of 2019, with a 38 percent...
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1.7KBankingCommerce Bank To Offer Corcentric’s AP Workflow Solution
Procurements and accounts payable solution provider Corcentric announced that it has entered a reseller agreement with Commerce Bank to allow its Cor360...
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1.5KSizzle/FizzleAre Chinese Tech Stocks Set For Fizzle?
A trade war tariff reprieve does not a sustainable rally make, at least not for Chinese tech stocks. However, the news Thursday...
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1.9KDigital BankingMonzo Gets Into Lending
Monzo, an online bank out of London, has added loans to its menu of services, the Financial Times reported on Thursday (Aug. 15)....
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2.1KRetailCarvana Opens Car Vending Machine In LA, Marking 20th In US
Carvana, the eCommerce platform for buying and selling used cars, opened its latest Car Vending Machine in the Westminster area of Los...
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1.9KDebtUnpaid Student Loans And Credit Card Debt Mount In US
An increasing number of Americans are struggling to keep up with their student loan and credit card debt, Reuters reported on Tuesday...
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1.7KSecurity & FraudHy-Vee Says Customer Credit Card Info Was Compromised
Des Moines, Iowa-based supermarket chain Hy-Vee said credit card information for an undisclosed number of customers were exposed in a data breach,...
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1.4KSecurity & FraudInstagram To Crack Down On Fake Story Watchers
There is a known issue on Instagram with strangers “watching” stories on the platform in an attempt to gain followers. Instagram said...
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1.7KSecurity & FraudHacker Prompts Shutdown Of ECB Website
A European Central Bank (ECB) website has been shut down after a malicious hacking attack infected the site. Reuters is reporting that...
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1.2KPersonnelElectronic Transactions Association Brings On Jodie Kelley As CEO
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has named Jodie L. Kelley as its new CEO, the industry group said in a press release....
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1.4KDigital PaymentsTransferWise Helps Argentina Consumers Move Money Cross-Border
FinTech unicorn TransferWise is now offering its money transfer services in Argentina, letting users move money to and from over 60 countries,...
