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LINE Pay Taiwan and iPASS Corporation have formed a collaboration with four major international payment brands to facilitate cross-border payments, the companies...
A South Korean court slapped three Samsung Electronics executives with jail sentences Monday (Dec. 9) for evidence tampering during an accounting fraud...
Global ID verification provider Trulioo has announced it will now be able to verify customers in Nigeria and Ghana, according to a...
Naspers-owned Prosus upped its bid to $6.5 billion on Monday (Dec. 9) to acquire London’s food delivery service Just Eat, putting pressure...
Generally speaking, if a retailer is issuing an apology during the holiday season that features the words “Santa Claus,” “cocaine” and “pants-free”...
Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s...
Sandwich chain Jimmy John’s announced Monday (Dec. 9) the launch of its first customer-loyalty program. Freaky Fast Reward, now available nationwide, was...
General Motors announced that it is partnering with Korea’s LG Chem to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. The companies will...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will decide on Wednesday (Dec. 10) if Amazon’s quest to acquire a stake in Deliveroo —...
Global FinTech GoCardless entered into a collaboration with payments firm Accuity to launch a seamless way for businesses to collect payments in...
Goldman Sachs is planning to launch digital wealth management services to customers with as little as $5,000 in 2020. The company is...
A group of state attorneys general are getting set to fight against the T-Mobile and Sprint merger in an unprecedented federal trial....
As a way to prevent unfair competition, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said in a report on Sunday (Dec. 8) that there...
Bank of China announced that it has issued 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) in blockchain-based bonds for small- and micro-sized businesses using...
Alibaba’s Jack Ma warned SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son that having too much money can lead to a “lot of mistakes.” “You don’t make...
European banks have been forced to slash more than 60,000 jobs as they face falling profitability, The Financial Times reported on Saturday...
The Apple Card is planning to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones by the end of 2019, 9to5Mac reported on Saturday...
Amazon has inked a deal to open its next headquarters in midtown Manhattan at Hudson Yards less than a year after withdrawing...
Social media giant Facebook is selling Oculus Medium, its virtual reality sculpting tool, to Adobe, reports revealed on Saturday (Dec. 7). Oculus...
Everything has a price. And the price for a richer consumer experience online and via mobile — one of the defining trends...
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital said there’s an overlooked part of Amazon’s ecosphere of services that’s being casually overlooked but will...
In the fifth official study conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, Richmond and San Francisco, the 2018 Diary of...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. 6) that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica lied to people about the...
A new report by researchers from the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence showed it is fairly easy to purchase likes and...
Deutsche Bank has settled a case with Frankfurt prosecutors that involved a raid on its offices and resulted in a huge hit...
Vroom, an online marketplace for buying and selling vehicles, has raised $254 million in a Series H funding round, according to a...
As suspicions surrounding the app’s ties to China continue to increase, TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with legislators in Washington, D.C....
With a greater emphasis on speed and online shopping, holiday hiring needs have changed amid shifting consumer preferences. Large retailers are set...
To test out renting attire as eco-conscious shoppers rein in their purchases, H&M said its COS brand has collaborated with the Chinese...
The Hainan Province in South China rolled out a series of measures to accelerate the blockchain space’s development, Xinhua reported. The measures will...
Silicon Valley-based Chime has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round that sent its valuation soaring to $5.8 billion, CNBC...
Uber has introduced a group ordering option, the company said in a blog post. “Whether you’re at the office, going to a...
To make sure that they stay at the center of the global payment system, the head of the Bank of International Settlements...
The co-founder of Boston-based payments firm Circle will step down from his co-CEO role at the end of December. Sean Neville reportedly...
Alphabet’s Waymo, the self-driving car company, recently completed its 100,000th trip with driverless and autonomous cars, according to a report by Bloomberg. ...
A new report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research said this holiday shopping season has been the best since 2013,...
Shipium, a logistics startup founded by former Amazon and Zulily employees Jason Murray and Mac Brown, has raised $2 million in seed funding in...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed its plans for mandatory facial recognition scans of Americans arriving and departing the country,...
Google is going to add package tracking to its search bar, according to a report by VentureBeat. The function won’t be limited...
The Federal Reserve System has joined the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) as a founding sponsor, the Fed announced in a press...
Target has announced that it is going to open a new location in Times Square in New York City by 2022, according...
MoneyGram, in partnership with Visa, has expanded its debit card deposit service, which was launched in collaboration with Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time...
European Union finance ministers on Thursday (Dec. 5) agreed on strategy for anti-money laundering (AML) reforms and countering the financing of terrorism,...
U.K. regulators on Thursday (Dec. 5) called on banks and payment firms to set “impact tolerances” for important services after numerous IT...
Visa has announced it’s going to start a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well as fund up to 500 scholarships...
EU finance ministers came to an agreement on Thursday (Dec. 5) that digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra have no place in the...
With the negative impact from trade, the economy of the eurozone expanded at a modest rate in Q3, as retail sales dropped...
To offer its clothing rental service to travelers, Rent the Runway is collaborating with Marriott’s W Hotels brand to roll out a...
Blockchain lending firm Figure Technologies announced that it has closed a $103 million series C funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital....
Computing and security company Instart has released a new product meant to fight against the practice of eSkimming, which is when criminals...