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Analytics Co RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M
Analytics Co RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

RELX will acquire Arizona-based Emailage for $480 million in the former’s push to establish a footprint in the fraud prevention market, according to Financial Times...

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Bitcoin Daily: BitPay Allows All Bitcoin Wallets For Transaction; Telangana To Create Blockchain Incubator 
Bitcoin Daily: BitPay Allows All Bitcoin Wallets For Transaction; Telangana To Create Blockchain Incubator 
February 05, 2020  |  Bitcoin

BitPay, a leading Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment service, said that it will soon allow invoices to be paid from any Bitcoin wallet or crypto exchange,...

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EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data
EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data
February 05, 2020  |  Regulation

Tinder, the popular dating service, is under investigation by the Ireland Data Protection Commission (DPC) over how it uses data from customers, including issues over...

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Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Money transfer platform WorldRemit announced a new partnership with Alipay that will make it easier for users to do cross-border transfers and make payments worldwide,...

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Macy’s to Shut 125 Stores, Shutter Tech Offices
Macy’s to Shut 125 Stores, Shutter Tech Offices
February 04, 2020  |  Retail

Macy’s struggles continue as customer habits change to discount stores and online purchases, and the company said it’s going to close 125 department stores through...

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Instagram Pulls In Over 25 Pct Of Facebook Ad Revenue
Instagram Pulls In Over 25 Pct Of Facebook Ad Revenue
February 04, 2020  |  Facebook

It appears that Instagram generated more than a quarter of Facebook’s total revenue last year, according to sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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DOJ Looks To App Makers In Apple Antitrust Probe
DOJ Looks To App Makers In Apple Antitrust Probe
February 04, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

As part of an ongoing probe into Apple, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has contacted app developers to inquire about the company’s behavior and...

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US SoftBank Exec Exiting Vision Fund
US SoftBank Exec Exiting Vision Fund
February 04, 2020  |  Personnel

Michael Ronen, a former Goldman Sachs banker who joined SoftBank in 2017, is leaving the conglomerate’s $100 billion Vision Fund over “issues,” the Financial Times reported...

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Visa To Unload Earthport’s FX Subsidiary
Visa To Unload Earthport’s FX Subsidiary
February 04, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report....

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