IKEA Goes Online In Second Indian Market
IKEA Goes Online In Second Indian Market
January 21, 2020  |  Retail

Swedish furniture company IKEA now has a second online-only store in India, this one in Pune. The store follows an earlier, similar model that opened...

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Subaru CEO Says Electric Vehicle Demand Is Lagging
Subaru CEO Says Electric Vehicle Demand Is Lagging
January 21, 2020  |  Innovation

Americans don’t seem to be showing much interest in electric vehicles, according to Subaru CEO Tomomi Nakamura, cited by The Wall Street Journal. Nakamura expressed...

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Proposed UK Bill Aims To Crack Down On Late Payments
Proposed UK Bill Aims To Crack Down On Late Payments
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Labor peer Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn, a member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament, has introduced a bill to combat late payments and...

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Alphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
Alphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
January 20, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft President Brad Smith doesn’t agree with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s backing of the EU’s call for a temporary ban on facial recognition technology,...

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Home Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4
Home Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4
January 20, 2020  |  Economy

The home repair and remodeling market has been declining in the last year, but some recent indicators in the economy show that the industry could...

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Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
January 20, 2020  |  Investments

Supplier discovery platform scoutbee has raised $60 million in a series B funding round led by Atomico, with Lakestar, Next47, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, 42CAP and...

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Why Merchants Should Look For Payments Orchestration
Why Merchants Should Look For Payments Orchestration
January 20, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

FinTechs are helping merchants coordinate all of the different components that a payment entails with payments orchestration. Modo CEO Bruce Parker told PYMNTS that the term...

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DBS Introduces QR Code Product For B2B Payments 
DBS Introduces QR Code Product For B2B Payments 
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Singapore-based financial services company DBS has launched an industry-first, QR code-based solution for B2B payments and collections, the company announced on Monday (Jan. 20). The...

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FLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
FLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit against Georgia fuel card firm FLEETCOR, alleging that it bilked customers out of millions of dollars...

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