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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Apple announced today (Nov. and Australia in early 2018.”. and Australia in early 2018.”. 17) that it’s delaying the launch of its HomePod voice-activated smart speaker until early next year. “We We’ll start shipping in the U.S., We’ll start shipping in the U.S., Apple did not give a reason for the delay.

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In the lending space, the number of peer-to-peer borrower accounts reached 30 million in 2021, rising at a CAGR of 50% between 2018 and 2022. Total loan disbursement totaled US$17 billion in 2022, growing at an annual rate of 140% between 2018 and 2022. year-over-year (YoY), reaching 10.3 million investors in December 2022 from 7.48

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Crypto payment services provider BitPay has unveiled a new mass payout offering, BitPay Send, which lets entities of different sizes make payments to workers, clients, affiliates, suppliers, contractors and others with digital currency, according to a Thursday (Nov. 12) announcement. Bitcoin last exceeded the $16,000 price point on Jan.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Big technology firms in China are suffering as regulatory issues continue, triggering falling share prices, according to a CNBC report on Wednesday (Nov. The State Administration for Market Regulation — China’s regulator — said on Tuesday (Nov. Last Monday (Nov. Hong Kong shares of Alibaba dropped 9.8 percent. “The

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A Russian cybercriminal was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a sophisticated Botnet conspiracy that caused estimated losses totaling more than $100 million, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement on Tuesday (Nov. Hacks have skyrocketed 67 percent since 2014 and 11 percent since 2018, data shows.

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PSD2 was implemented in the UK on 13 January 2018 and paved the way for open banking in the UK. Nearly 400 million successful payments since 2018. There are now over 11.7 million active users of open banking-enabled products in the UK, and over 22.1 The number of users has shown strong growth over the last seven years, with: 11.7

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Amazon said on Thursday (Nov. Amazon’s prior official update was in April of 2018, when it reported more than 100 million members in the program. 12) that it is expanding its Key In-Garage Delivery service to Prime members in more than 4,000 cities across the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Reports said the filing, dated Nov. But even as more technology giants forge ahead with their blockchain plans for 2018 and beyond, scrutiny over the technology and the projects that rely on it is increasing. 9 with the U.S. Scrutiny Heightens.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

That would bring Walmart a solid return on its $16 billion investment in 2018 for a 77 percent stake in Flipkart. India’s religious holiday begins Nov. The deal was the largest foreign direct investment in India. Flipkart is preparing for a busy Diwali holiday and has hired 70,000 people ahead of the anticipated rush.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

A recent data breach exposed the personal data of more than 1 million prepaid T-Mobile customers, reports said on Friday (Nov. In August 2018, T-Mobile told customers in a blog post that a cyber-attack exposed the personal information of about 3 percent of its users. The company found that in 2018, breaches cost a company $1.23

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Individual investors in Hong Kong have rushed to purchase into the initial public offering (IPO), as they wager that Ant Group will spike in value following its public debut on Thursday (Nov. billion into Ant in the summer of 2018 as part of its third round of funding. Those investors' orders went 389 times above the 2.5

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

PayPal and Square’s Cash App digital currency buying spree has reportedly triggered a bitcoin rally, according to a Benzinga report on Monday (Nov. Robinhood started trading in digital currency in 2018, while Square has been involved since 2019. itBit is run by Paxos, which is PayPal partner. .

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JUNE 23, 2020

Lawyers for the firm reportedly contended that the Binance trademark has been registered in the country as of Nov. 21, 2018, but that the florist registered the domain name on Oct. Binance has been in dispute with the florist as of the middle of April. 27 of last year.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Shares of Slack were up 4 percent in midday trading Monday (Nov. 3 billion, and MuleSoft in 2018 for $6.5 Slack’s current market cap is around $24 billion, the report said. The deal announcement would come on the same day Slack is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report. 30), whiles shares of Salesforce were down 4 percent.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from the Federal Reserve released on Monday (Nov. Research for the report was collected at listening sessions between July 2018 and January 2019 at regional Fed banks nationwide. Earlier this month, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As stocks rallied Thursday (Nov. ET), reported CoinDesk , its highest level since January of 2018, and continued to rise throughout the day, hitting $15,237.78 5), bitcoin followed suit, rising to over $15,000, signaling a continued confidence in the cryptocurrency. The stock hit $15,017.05 at 10:50 a.m. (ET), at 5:01 p.m.,

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Nike announced that it is parting ways with Amazon and will no longer sell its products on the eCommerce marketplace, ending a pilot program that began in 2017, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Nov. The sneaker and sports apparel company said it is going forge new retail partnerships and concentrate on its direct business.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Postal Service and the FBI is bringing digital fingerprinting services to more than 100 post offices, according to a Federal News Network report on Monday (Nov. In 2018, the Postal Service piloted the FBI partership program at two post offices in Washington, D.C. billion in revenue.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association – announced Thursday (Nov. billion in the third quarter of 2018, a 6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2018, a 6.2 1) that automated clearing house (ACH) payments totaled more than 5.6 percent increase from the third quarter of last year. NACHA also said that 1.5

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

A source told Reuters on Sunday (Nov. Amazon China held less than 1 percent of China’s total eCommerce market as of June 2018, according to market research institute eMarketer (in Chinese). 24) that Amazon is opening a store on the Chinese eCommerce site Pinduoduo. .

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The bitcoin bust continued Monday (Nov. The price of bitcoin peaked at nearly $20,000 a few days before Christmas last year, then fell sharply through the first half of 2018 before hitting that $6,000 floor in June. 19), with the price of the cryptocurrency falling to $4,905 by mid-afternoon, a decline of at least 12 percent.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Dell Technologies got slapped with a lawsuit by activist investor Carl Icahn Thursday (Nov. We believe this is a threat blatantly deployed in an attempt to coerce DVMT stockholders to vote in favor of the merger, or else risk the unknown consequences of the forced IPO conversion,” Icahn said on Thursday (Nov. 1), according to Reuters.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The drives contained data for about 29,000 Facebook employees who worked at the company in 2018. The initial break-in happened on Nov. 17, and the information came to light on Nov. While Facebook has had some notable instances of stolen user data, the company said this particular breach only involved employees. “We

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In an announcement on Monday (Nov. WEX previously emphasized its commitment to the commercial payments portion of its operations when it released its Q3 2018 earnings data last month, pointing to M&A and strategic partnerships as a key driver of expansion and growth.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For example, Target revealed plans on Friday (Nov. After wrapping up its month-long “Black Friday Now” sale, the retailer announced that Cyber Week will run from Sunday (Nov. And new this year, Target is offering another way for guests to save even more through two digital “flash sales” on Cyber Monday (Nov. It is also 27.1

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. Mobile payments in China are expected to almost double, reaching $450 billion annually by 2023, a 2018 report from Morgan Stanley indicates. The deal values Paytm’s parent company, One97 Communications , at $16 billion. Other investors include Discovery Capital and T.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Spotlight — a new Snapchat tool to compete with TikTok and Instagram (IG) Reels — is making available at least $1 million every day to attract viral creators, Snapchat said in a statement on Monday (Nov. and TikTok in 2018. . Spotlight content is moderated and doesn’t allow for public comments,” the company said.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

NCPI, which operates the country’s popular UPI (Unified Payments Interface) system, said on Thursday (Nov. WhatsApp, which launched a pilot payments app in 2018 featuring a million users across India, will now be able to add up to 20 million users.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Snap, the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, announced Monday (Nov. But that user base is down 1 percent from the second quarter of 2018, and that decline comes as the company is still trying to get past a backlash from the Snapchat redesign earlier this year. Snap also posted a Q3 loss of about $325.1

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

consumers on Nov. percent more than those who shopped online on Black Friday in 2018, demonstrating the continuation of a much longer and broader transition that has been driving more consumers to shop online with each passing year. percent decrease in the share who did so in 2018. This is what we learned. It is also 27.1

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

Moreover, Adobe projects that voice-assisted retail will prove to be a big hit during the 2018 holiday shopping season — and that consumers already devoted to the technology will buy even more gear for themselves and others. #3: The 2018 holiday shopping season has been more than kind so far to PayPal. 23) and Cyber Monday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Logisly, a logistics startup headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, notched $6 million in a Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, according to a report in Tech Asia on Tuesday (Nov. million since launching in 2018. The business-to-business logistics platform uses an algorithm to connect shippers with trucking companies.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Apple stocks fell 5 percent on Monday (Nov. ” While Lumentum’s annual filing for the 2018 fiscal year listed Apple as its largest customer, the company didn’t even mention the tech giant by name in its latest report. 12) morning after one of its suppliers slashed its outlook.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

China’s Alibaba broke sales records during the 24-hour shopping event known as Singles Day, CNBC reported on Monday (Nov. The gross merchandise value (GMV), which shows Alibaba’s sales across all its eCommerce platforms, blew past 2018’s record of nearly $30.5 In 2018, Singles Day sales at Alibaba surpassed U.S.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

International markets opened Wednesday (Nov. Bitcoin Black Friday is just what it sounds like — an event where bitcoin merchants list deals and coupons on Black Friday, falling on Nov. The ticket machines are scheduled to start selling bitcoin on Nov. 9) morning on a down note: Stocks in London dropped 4.3 25 this year.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing on Friday (Nov. by sales and was the most downloaded shopping app worldwide in 2018. Silicon Valley global eCommerce unicorn Wish has filed for a $1 billion initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq, according to a U.S. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Wish is the third-biggest eCommerce marketplace in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Visa , the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 8) of the introduction of three commercially available wearable payment devices for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Cost per pin is KRW5,000, plus embedded prepaid amounts valued at KRW30,000 or KRW50,000.

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