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W3C’s Better Way To Reduce Checkout Friction
W3C’s Better Way To Reduce Checkout Friction
August 22, 2018  |  API

No one likes standing in lines, whether inside a brick-and-mortar store or in the virtual waiting room of a slow-moving or complicated online checkout process....

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More Workers See Career Path In Gig Economy
More Workers See Career Path In Gig Economy
August 22, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Not long ago, direct sales companies — like beauty supplier Avon and health & beauty firm Amway — offered independent agents the opportunity to earn money selling...

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Delving Into The Farfetch IPO
Delving Into The Farfetch IPO
August 22, 2018  |  IPO

The devil is in the details, so to speak. Sometimes the devil wears Prada – and sometimes, when all is said and done, the details...

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Boxed Raises More Than $100M In Funding
Boxed Raises More Than $100M In Funding
August 22, 2018  |  Investments

Grocery startup Boxed announced that it has raised $111 million in a new round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
August 22, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin went red again on Tuesday (Aug. 21), with a slip of about 50 basis points on the day to a bit more than $6,000....

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SoftBank Invests In Rental Car Co
SoftBank Invests In Rental Car Co
August 22, 2018  |  Investments

Carsharing platform Getaround has announced that it raised $300 million in a Series D funding round led by SoftBank. Toyota Motor Corporation and inside investors also...

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Amazon ‘Pay By Invoice’ Rankles Sellers
Amazon ‘Pay By Invoice’ Rankles Sellers
August 22, 2018  |  Amazon

Earlier this month, Amazon officially launched its Pay by Invoice feature — and many small sellers aren’t happy about it. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Samsung Pay Passes The 1.3B Transactions Mark
Samsung Pay Passes The 1.3B Transactions Mark
August 22, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday (August 21) that Samsung Pay, its digital payments platform, recently passed the mark of more than 1.3 billion transactions globally. Get...

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Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
August 22, 2018  |  International

Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas has called for the European Union (EU) to create a new payments system, independent in response to the United...

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