UK Hit By Retail Crisis As 140K Jobs Lost, 16K Stores Shutter

UK Hit By Retail Crisis As 140K Jobs Lost, 16K Stores Shutter
UK Hit By Retail Crisis As 140K Jobs Lost, 16K Stores Shutter
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

U.K.’s high streets have been hit with the hardest times in a quarter of a century with the closure of 16,000 stores this year and...

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i2c Teams With Wirex To Introduce Multicurrency Travelcard To APAC Customers
i2c Teams With Wirex To Introduce Multicurrency Travelcard To APAC Customers
December 30, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Digital banking and payments firm i2c is partnering with borderless digital payments platform Wirex to introduce a multicurrency travelcard for customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC)...

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PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With MercadoLibre Integration
PayPal Deepens LATAM Reach With MercadoLibre Integration
December 30, 2019  |  eCommerce

Today (Dec. 30), PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman announces a tie-up with Latin American eCommerce conglomerate Mercado Libre, which sees PayPal and Mercado Libre’s...

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Samsung To Launch ‘Artificial Human’ Called Neon
Samsung To Launch ‘Artificial Human’ Called Neon
December 30, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Samsung disclosed that it will introduce an “artificial human” called Neon at CES 2020 on Jan. 7 that is totally different than its artificial intelligence...

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Google Search Debuts ‘Watchlist’ For TV, Movie Tracking
Google Search Debuts ‘Watchlist’ For TV, Movie Tracking
December 30, 2019  |  Google

Those looking for a way to keep up with what movies they want to watch will have a new Google tool to do so, according...

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JPMC Co-CEO Sees Big Tech As ‘Real Competitors’ In 2020
JPMC Co-CEO Sees Big Tech As ‘Real Competitors’ In 2020
December 27, 2019  |  Economy

Daniel Pinto, the co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC in an interview that 2020 will likely see sturdy economic growth of...

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Premium Malls Strained By Online Competitors
Premium Malls Strained By Online Competitors
December 26, 2019  |  Retail

Top-tier malls in the country, once thought to be impervious to the changing retail landscape, have been struggling lately, according to a report by The...

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China To Widen Scope Of Blockchain Cross-Border Platform
China To Widen Scope Of Blockchain Cross-Border Platform
December 26, 2019  |  Blockchain

China is in the midst of planning to build out its blockchain cross-border pilot platform, according to Lu Lei, the deputy head of the State...

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More Automakers Clamoring For Amazon Alexa
More Automakers Clamoring For Amazon Alexa
December 26, 2019  |  Amazon

As demand for connectivity in vehicles grows, automakers are clamoring to put Amazon Alexa behind the wheel — or at least in the passenger seat,...

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