We know artificial intelligence and robots are taking over many functions of business including payments, banking, investment advice and much more. Welcome to the next big shopping trend – daigou – or Chinese ex-pats buying consumer goods in countries abroad for friends, families and customers ...
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A new research study shows that more than half of Square merchants would accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services. The survey of 100 US merchants by Nomura Instinet showed 60% are open to taking bitcoin payments instead of dollars. “This result is surprising, especially ...
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According to government research, fewer than one-third of Mexicans own a credit card. With such a large un-banked population, Amazon saw an opportunity to grow its e-commerce business by launching its own debit card called Amazon Rechargeable. Amazon Rechargeable “Clients that don’t have a credit ...
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A new Uphold partnership will simplify and speed up the payroll process for employers paying employees and freelancers, and freelancers invoicing clients around the world. The partnership brings together Uphold with Bitwage, an international payroll processing service, and digital currency Dash in a new cryptocurrency payroll ...
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Just in time for your weekend reading, we've got a global e-commerce and mobile payments news roundup. ...
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OC&C Strategy Consultants predicts voice shopping in the US and UK will reach $40 billion by 2022. ...
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The Bank of Amazon? According to new research, it may not be as far-fetched as you think. ...
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Here’s a Walmart e-commerce and payments news roundup to wrap up your week. Despite e-commerce sales up 23% in Q4 2017 and 16% in 2017 overall, analysts were expecting even bigger results from the company’s acquisitions and investments in e-commerce. Walmart is innovating on a ...
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We’ve got a roundup of the latest mobile payments news, innovations and developments from key markets around the globe to wrap up your weekly reading. Mobile Payments in US to Reach $3 Trillion Within Two Years The biggest number here is a comparative: in 2015, ...
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With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 underway in Barcelona through March 1, we’ve got highlights of McAfee CEO Christopher Young’s keynote presentation. Young offers an inspiring message about using quality management to solve security problems. He opened with a look back in security history ...
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