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Visa, Careem Team To Support Digital Payments Growth In Middle East, N. Africa

Visa, Careem Team To Support Digital Payments Growth In Middle East, N. Africa
Visa, Careem Team To Support Digital Payments Growth In Middle East, N. Africa
June 30, 2020  |  VISA

Careem, the Dubai-based ride hailing company, has entered into a partnership with Visa to expand digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Uber Eyes Postmates Buy
Uber Eyes Postmates Buy
June 30, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Uber Technologies may have lost out on a bid to buy Grubhub this month, but that hasn’t stopped the global ride-hailing company from setting its...

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Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
June 26, 2020  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon will pay more than $1.2 billion to acquire Zoox, the Foster City, Calif., self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported.  Get the Full Story...

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Uber Rival Bolt Sidesteps Layoffs Despite Losses
Uber Rival Bolt Sidesteps Layoffs Despite Losses
May 12, 2020  |  Ridesharing

The Estonia-based rideshare unicorn Bolt — Uber’s main competitor in Europe — said it isn’t laying off any workers despite a 75 percent drop in...

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Uber’s And Lyft’s Divergent Journeys Through The Pandemic
Uber’s And Lyft’s Divergent Journeys Through The Pandemic
May 08, 2020  |  Ridesharing

To get a sense of how the pandemic can affect companies differently – even competitors in the same vertical, jockeying for position, for mindshare, for...

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Lack Of Travelers Puts The Hurt On Hertz
Lack Of Travelers Puts The Hurt On Hertz
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

As if you needed more evidence that the stay at home, all digital world was shattering the “old” economy, or that online platforms have provided...

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India Reopens Some Areas To Nonessential eCommerce, Ride-Hailing
India Reopens Some Areas To Nonessential eCommerce, Ride-Hailing
May 04, 2020  |  International

India’s Ministry of Home Affairs has given the green light to Amazon, Flipkart, Ola, Uber and others to resume their services in some parts of...

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Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
April 23, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

On-demand ride-hailing startup Gojek – Indonesia’s most successful unicorn – has purchased the point-of-sale (POS) and payments aggregator Moka for about $130 million. The acquisition...

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Grab CEO: Diversification, Liquidity Will Drive Business Survival
Grab CEO: Diversification, Liquidity Will Drive Business Survival
April 16, 2020  |  Ridesharing

The chief executive officer for Singapore’s ride-hailing unicorn Grab said business is off, but the platform’s diversified services and liquidity will help drive it through...

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