This Week In Payments: Feeding The Hunger For Innovation, Sometimes Literally
This Week In Payments: Feeding The Hunger For Innovation, Sometimes Literally
January 10, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

The payments and commerce ecosystem got busy getting busy this week as the first full week of 2020 kicked off the press releases began raining...

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Fiserv: Why Gas Is Just The Start Of What Alexa Will Pay For
Fiserv: Why Gas Is Just The Start Of What Alexa Will Pay For
January 10, 2020  |  Voice Activation

While there were many attention-grabbing announcements coming out of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), among the more eye-opening was the joint announcement by ExxonMobil,...

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How Mom-and-Pops Can Survive Retail’s Apocalypse
How Mom-and-Pops Can Survive Retail’s Apocalypse
January 10, 2020  |  Retail

Serving the needs of Americas millions of micro-merchants and mom-and-pop shops is one of those business plans that always sounds much easier in theory than...

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Why An API May Be The Ticket To Solving Public Transit’s Cash Flow Jam
Why An API May Be The Ticket To Solving Public Transit’s Cash Flow Jam
January 10, 2020  |  Intelligence of Things

There will be approximately 25 billion Intelligence of Things (IoT)-enabled devices in use by the end of 2021, and many of these devices will find...

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Equinox Seeks Cash Infusion To Build Out Digital Platform
Equinox Seeks Cash Infusion To Build Out Digital Platform
January 10, 2020  |  Investments

Luxury fitness company Equinox seeks additional financial support as it maneuvers to expand its online platform. The SoulCycle majority owner is currently in “advanced conversations”...

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China VCs Challenged By Increased Competition, Cautious Investors
China VCs Challenged By Increased Competition, Cautious Investors
January 10, 2020  |  Investments

Foreign venture capital (VC) is not doing well in China, according to reports, amid the pulling out of Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, and changing...

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Travelex Attack Forces Shutdown Of Samsung Pay’s Cross-Border Transfers
Travelex Attack Forces Shutdown Of Samsung Pay’s Cross-Border Transfers
January 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A New Year’s Eve ransomware attack on Travelex continued to affect global businesses and customers today, including multiple Samsung Pay users, according to reports. A...

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AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
AGI Firm Soul Machine Snags $40M To Advance Human-Machine Connections
January 09, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous animation platform Soul Machines has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Temasek, with new participation from Lakestar and Salesforce...

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Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
Hillbilly Elegy’s J.D. Vance Raises $93M To Fund Science, Tech Startups
January 09, 2020  |  Investments

Bestselling author J.D. Vance, who penned the popular memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” has started a VC fund called Narya Capital, according to a report Thursday (Jan....

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