EU’s Vestager Looks To Curb Power Of Fast-Growing Tech Platforms
EU’s Vestager Looks To Curb Power Of Fast-Growing Tech Platforms
December 01, 2020  |  Regulation

European Union competition watchdogs are looking to not only rein in today’s Big Tech online platforms, but also create rules that would prevent new companies...

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Amazon Sellers Cash In With $4.8 Billion Holiday Sales Worldwide
Amazon Sellers Cash In With $4.8 Billion Holiday Sales Worldwide
December 01, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon merchants rang up over $4.8 billion in global sales Black Friday through Cyber Monday, a 60 percent increase over 2019 sales for the same...

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Cutting Through The Cross-Border Payments Confusion
Cutting Through The Cross-Border Payments Confusion
December 01, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

The world doesn’t lack for stories about cross-border payments gone wrong. As North Lane Technologies CEO Seth Brennan told Karen Webster in a recent conversation,...

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Kount, Snowflake Team To Offer Customer Data Insights
Kount, Snowflake Team To Offer Customer Data Insights
December 01, 2020  |  Data

Kount, which works in digital fraud protection and identity trust, announced today (Dec. 1) that it is working with data cloud provider Snowflake to provide...

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Airbnb Sees $3.4 Trillion Addressable Travel Market Amid Increased IPO Expectations
Airbnb Sees $3.4 Trillion Addressable Travel Market Amid Increased IPO Expectations
November 30, 2020  |  IPO

Airbnb, which is reportedly seeking a significantly higher valuation than originally expected for its initial public offering (IPO), wrote in a recent filing that the company has...

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Today In Payments: Singapore Non-Banks Access Real-Time Payments; Airbnb, DoorDash Seek Higher IPO Valuations
Today In Payments: Singapore Non-Banks Access Real-Time Payments; Airbnb, DoorDash Seek Higher IPO Valuations
November 30, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, non-bank lenders in Singapore will soon have access to digital payments platforms PayNow and FAST, and Airbnb and DoorDash are seeking...

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Salesforce Expected To Announce Slack Acquisition Deal Tuesday
Salesforce Expected To Announce Slack Acquisition Deal Tuesday
November 30, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Market watchers are expecting Salesforce to announce a deal to buy business communication platform Slack after market close on Tuesday (Dec. 1), according to CNBC. Get...

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Biden Names Two Women To Round Out Economics Team
Biden Names Two Women To Round Out Economics Team
November 30, 2020  |  Politics

President-elect Joe Biden rounded out his economics team on Monday (Nov. 30) by appointing two women to top posts. He also officially named Janet Yellen,...

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Buy Now Pay Later Comes To Professional Services
Buy Now Pay Later Comes To Professional Services
November 30, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Good solid professional advice is a valuable commodity that every business needs at some point — so valuable, in fact, that it’s often quite expensive. But...

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