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JD.com Continues To Automate Logistics With $55M Stake

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JD.Com, the Chinese Amazon-like online marketplace, has invested further into its logistics network with a 376 million yuan (about $55 million) investment in Jiangsu Xinning Modern Logistics for a 10 percent stake, according to a report by TechCrunch. The China-listed logistics company offers supply chain services for consumer electronics.

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M-Pesa’s Quiet Mobile Revolution 10 Years In

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According to “the father of mPesa,” Michael Joseph , when the idea first appeared on his desk in 2006, M-Pesa was really about something quite different than what it has since grown into — originally it was designed for the microfinance industry for the disbursement and repayment of microfinance loans.

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WTF USA EMV CVM POS PIN SNAFU

Tomorrow's Transactions

In the UK, we had chip and PIN day ( St.Valentine’s Day 2006 ) and that, pretty much, was that. However, until such time, we should probably make an effort to improve the user experience (UX) for the typical consumer and make cards work better for the merchants. From The Great EMV Fake-Out: No Chip For You! Krebs on Security.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

At the time of acquisition, it had 700,000 users and had processed about $12 billion in transactions since its launch in 2013. The key to Level Money’s user experience is that it gets people to offer actionable information about their personal finances their first time using the product. So incentives are aligned.

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The Netbanker Blog is Moving to Finovate.com

Fintech Labs Insights

Initially, it was a password-protected service exclusively for our Online Banking Report subscribers. But in 2006, we followed global trends by opening it to anyone free of charge. I will continue to focus on the user experience at financial institutions while also tracking fintech startup activity (like this ).

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

The Pivot : We came up with a fresh take on the plethora of AR-style apps that create visual effects based on face detection and tracking… [Poor user experience] had a big impact on our retention metrics. Markafoni was an online shopping destination for Turkish consumers, specialising in clothing and fashion accessories.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

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In 2006, amidst high user growth and revenue numbers, several firms took part in Facebook’s Series B: Founders Fund, Interpublic Group, Meritech Capital Partners, and Greylock Partners backed the $27.5M In 2006, Mason told Lefkofsky about his idea for a crowd-sourced voting site called The Point. Source: Statista).

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