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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

PROS , which provides artificial intelligence-powered solutions, will be expanding its strategic collaboration with Adobe to include Magneto Commerce , an eCommerce platform, with the goal of helping companies launch eCommerce solutions. PROS Vice President Global Alliances and Partners John Connolly Jr.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a quest to dominate online food shopping in China, Alibaba invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group , Alibaba said in a statement on Monday (Oct. Alibaba is also planning to buy out the rest of the company and will make a general offer to shareholders. 19) CNN report.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

And those three years have given rise to a slew of new companies capitalizing on that initiative all over the world, as well as established companies making their mark. PayDirect is higher-converting, primarily because it just has a much better UX (user experience) than online card payments or bank transfers,” he explained.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Corporate buyers are quickly shifting their purchasing habits online, and seeking more efficient experiences from product sourcing through to checkout. But this migration wasn't merely about digitizing what had previously been analog and manual sales and purchasing tactics for distributors, manufacturers and other B2B companies.

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APRIL 10, 2020

In an effort to provide independent truck drivers and small fleets with discounts and access to a service network, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will now provide carriers that belong to Convoy’s Digital Freight Network with access to its Commercial Total Solution.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. Ball said he doesn’t think that online shopping will “ever replace bricks and mortar.”. “At

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. The company, which was founded in 1996, is seeking financial damages and to bar Ocado from making and selling the products and importing them to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

A new website called FactorForYou has launched that is something of an online dating service for small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners who want to turn accounts receivable (AR) into cash and the owners of factoring companies that make such transactions happen, according to a press release. It is a true win-win for all involved.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

TSYS , a payment processing company, has suffered a ransomware attack and had some data posted online, according to a report from Krebs on Security. However, TSYS said the malware didn't jeopardize card data and that the attack had only targeted the company's administrative wing. "We This matter is immaterial to the company.”.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

We’re all consumers of media, of content, of subscriptions — and we do it all online, which means we pay for it all online. Merchants can change on a dime, really, and go out and make an adjustment to how they're going to conduct eCommerce and accept payments either online or in the physical space," said Evans.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Zara’s parent company, Inditex SA , said it would continue its plan to expand online as it reported positive first-half results. The full online catalog will be operational by 2020. Inditex also noted that it will be rolling out in-store pickup of online orders to all 96 countries where it operates a physical store.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. The benefits of using digital B2B payments solutions extend far beyond their ability to support a decentralized workforce. RLJ Financial On Managing B2B Spend With Virtual Cards.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO Lukas Pham said online marketplaces address several pain points. “At The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe.

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JULY 19, 2019

Online payment system Jollypay has received a license to operate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and it’s one of the first foreign companies to do so, according to a release. . It was started in 2017 to aid in the company’s creation of a payment and services endeavor. .

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JUNE 22, 2020

How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood To Restaurant Operations. Details gleaned online — including menus and reviews — carry a lot of weight when consumers are deciding where to dine. That focus has only grown amid the takeout- and delivery-only operational shifts due to COVID-19-related social-distancing efforts.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. Big online eCommerce, gig economy or other merchants “tend to have a lot of different payment services that they use,” he told PYMNTS in an interview.

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JANUARY 3, 2021

MGM Resorts International is trying to acquire Entain , the British parent of major online-gambling player Ladbrokes , the Wall Street Journal reports. The Journal said the cash and stock offer for the company, which is valued at about $9 billion, follows a $10 billion cash-only offer that Lanbrokes rejected.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. DraftKings signed a multiyear deal in 2019 to be an authorized NBA betting operator. It’s been said that “gamblers find things to gamble on.”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

ALDI said it plans to expand its “click-and-collect” online grocery pickup service to 15 stores across the country, the Financial Times reports. We have to make sure that whatever we do fits with our low-cost model,” Giles Hurley, head of ALDI’s operations in the U.K. While the grocery company had originally laid out plans to spend $1.28

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MAY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a noted effect on how several industries can operate and interact with their customers during this time including retail stores, movie theaters and casinos. There is one sticking point online casinos need to fix, however, and that is the speed at which consumers receive their winnings.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – German online lender Kreditech is making its way to India, Bank Innovation has learned. Kreditech’s entry into the Indian market comes because of payment processor PayU’s involvement in the company […].

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Paytronix Systems and Oracle are rolling out a new initiative that will enable restaurants and retailers that use Oracle’s cloud-based point of sales system to offer online ordering and contactless delivery. Newton, Massachusetts-based Paytronix on Tuesday (Oct.

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JUNE 4, 2020

The eCommerce company is in the early stages of exploring a deal to take a $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel , India’s third-largest telecom operator, Reuters reported , citing three sources with knowledge of the talks. based tech companies in Reliance Jo, Bharti’s corporate rival. Amazon has already laid out $6.5

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JULY 30, 2020

By any metrics, the company’s earnings were off the charts, and they hardly came as a result of cost-cutting. The company almost doubled its revenue and profit numbers while spending more than $9 billion on capital improvement projects. Among those numbers: Operating cash flow increased 42 percent to $51.2 billion for Q2 2019.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is highlighting companies’ needs to reduce accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes’ costs as well as to support daily expenditures for remote workforces. Firms with remote employees have to improvise to keep their payments operations running smoothly. Reshaping Business Payments .

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MAY 27, 2020

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. “It does seem absolutely logical, up until the point that you start calculating costs.”

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JULY 27, 2020

Cross-border trade and payments have gotten far easier in recent years, and that’s a beautiful thing for recovering companies seeking new territories and customers. Noting that some countries are able to operate more normally now than the U.S., The world economy won’t wait for the U.S. to recover.”.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

And that opened up an entirely new playing field for online gaming establishments now free to operate in any state that would allow them. But now gaming and sports betting is moving online and regulators are just now trying to figure out how to manage it.”. Or Michigan, which starts online gambling Friday, Jan.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2017

Online styling company Stitch Fix is in preliminary discussions with bankers regarding an initial public offering, according to Fortune. Founded in 2011, the company offers a subscription service of regular fashion “fixes,” or curated boxes of clothing compiled by both human stylists and data analytics.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS looks at some of those numbers, finding cybercriminals both within and outside of the enterprise don't discriminate across borders as attacks hit companies in New Zealand, the U.K. The targeted company, Eight Mile Farms Limited, is reportedly suing the individual to recoup the funds with interest.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. California-based automaker Tesla is one company that has witnessed the merits of offering 2FA for its car owners.

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APRIL 25, 2019

PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. The funding is the largest round to date for the company, bringing Happy Returns’ total raise to $25 million. Some of the brands working with the company include Rothy’s, Untuckit, Everlane and Eloquii.

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MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Ratelt operates as a real-time customer experience management platform, according to reports. The company has expanded from Australia to southeast Asia and clients include Lego, Metro, Pandora and others. The company’s platform connects retailers and suppliers across groceries and supply chains, among other sectors.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. Leaders at Overstock said the new GSA initiative would help them with their retail operation.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The startup Flutterwave , which picked up $35 million last year in venture funding, has launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. The company said it would focus on making it easier for African businesses to make payments to other companies, both on the continent and elsewhere.

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