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108FacebookFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Lawmakers, President
With few, if any, signs that Mark Zuckerberg had made new “friends” to help the firm deal with multiple probes, the Facebook...
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133Sizzle/FizzleStripe’s Valuation And The Value Of Real Disruption
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the WeWork IPO – rather, the shelving of that IPO, at least for now – heralds...
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202Partnerships / AcquisitionsFitbit Reportedly Mulls Possible Sale
Under its challenges of moving to smartwatches from fitness trackers, Fitbit has reportedly been in discussions with an investment bank surrounding the...
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207Walmart Amazon whole paycheckWalmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Big Payments Upgrades, New Reviews And A Second Life For An Old Brand
It was something of an uneven week in the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck. Amazon had a something of a forward-backward...
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313InvestmentsLookiero Shopping Service Secures $19M In MMC-Led Round
Online personal shopping service Lookiero revealed it has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based MMC Ventures, as reported on...
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282FacebookFacebook Chief Spends Third Day In DC Meeting Lawmakers
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a third day in Washington, D.C. meeting with lawmakers, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move...
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298The WeekenderFraud, New Payment Trendsetters And Voice Dominate Week’s News
Top News Plot Thickens as FBI Probes Alleged MyPayrollHR Fraud News came at the end of the week that the FBI and...
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323RetailWalmart Nixes eCigarette Sales
Walmart has announced it will no longer sell eCigarettes after it sells out of its current inventory. The world’s biggest retailer currently...
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346Security & FraudFacebook App Investigation Leads To Thousands Of Suspensions
Facebook revealed it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps due to an investigation into how developers use its members’ data. “We...
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433InvestmentsNew Cannabis Holding Company Led By PRØHBTD CEO Raises $25M
A cannabis consumer goods and marketing holding company led by PRØHBTD CEO and Founder Drake Sutton-Shearer has launched with $25 million in...
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493NewsTop News In Payments: Wells Fargo Collaborates With Plaid On API; Postmates Notches $225M
Today in the payments news roundup, Wells Fargo is collaborating with data platform Plaid to let customers manage their finances in one...
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468GoogleGoogle CEO: Politicians Should Be Cautious About AI Regulation
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said politicians should take a measured approach when thinking about regulating artificial intelligence (AI), and that many of...
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555InternationalGlobal Travel Co Thomas Cook Is In Trouble
Thomas Cook, a global travel company based in based in London, needs to find 200 million pounds for lenders or it could...
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642LegalIBM Has Sued Zillow Over Patent Infringement
IBM has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zillow, claiming that the real estate company used key parts of IBM technology on...
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674CryptocurrencyMarcus Says Facebook’s Libra Will Move Forward
In an interview with Swiss newspaper NZZ, David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of proposed cryptocurrency Libra, said the project was...
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684LegalRipple Asks Court To Dismiss XRP Securities Lawsuit
Cryptocurrency exchange and remittance company Ripple has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against it on procedural grounds, according to...
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774Partnerships / AcquisitionsClutter Expands Into Self-Storage With Acquisition Of The Storage Fox
Clutter, an on-demand storage company that has been backed by the likes of SoftBank, has acquired The Storage Fox, a storage startup...
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750RetailRetail Pulse: Walgreens To Test Drone Deliveries; Walmart To Relaunch Scoop
Retailers are testing drone delivery to grow their omnichannel offerings and provide “store to door” on-demand service to their customers. Walgreens, in...
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565Today In DataReducing Uncertainty In Retail And Payments
Brexit looms, and issues related to payments and commerce are still getting worked out – though some clarity is emerging. Meanwhile, there...
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665RetailHow Dogs And Cats Are Pushing More Retail Innovation
Whether you are a dog or cat person – or prefer another animal – pets are big business, and they are helping to...
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657RetailAmazon To Build Logistics Capabilities With Carbon-Neutral Electric Trucks
With the formation of an in-house armada of carbon-neutral delivery trucks, Amazon will soon integrate another step of the online shopping pipeline....
MasterClass
Karen Webster
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- Who Will Be The Consumer’s Everyday App?
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TODAY IN DATA
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- Top News In Payments: Amazon PayCode Comes To The US; Plaid Releases New Developer Tools
- Citi On Treasury’s Real-Time Reality
- Top News In Payments: BlueVine Names FinTech Veteran As CCO; EBA CLEARING Works Toward R2P Solution
- Top News In Payments: Trulioo Notches $70M In New Funding; Square Rolls Out EIN Assistant
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