Real-time settlement options could provide a large opportunity for marketplaces at a time when the U.S. eCommerce innovation space is booming. In retail, Walmart has officially joined Microsoft in a bid for TikTok, as it bets on youth as well as ad revenue. And Reliance Industries has purchased Future Group’s retail shops as well as the Big Bazaar supermarket company, as it fires a shot against Amazon in a battle for India. All this, Today in Data.