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Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
May 24, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kenya’s Safaricom has announced that it is partnering with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to the M-Pesa mobile financial services platform. Last year...

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Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
April 24, 2019  |  Facebook

More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and...

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From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Almost five years ago (on Dec. 19, 2013), Target was breached. Roughly 40 million consumer credit cards were hacked, and the public outcry of shock...

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Shoclef And Making Stylists The Star Of The Retail Show
Shoclef And Making Stylists The Star Of The Retail Show
September 27, 2018  |  Retail

There is no shortage of app and eCommerce platforms out there looking to match up consumers with personal shoppers. As a well-established part of high-end...

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Strava’s Journey From Fitness App To Fitness Ecosystem
Strava’s Journey From Fitness App To Fitness Ecosystem
September 12, 2018  |  Social Commerce

In some ways, Strava is a very much like any social media platform, albeit with a slightly narrower focus than most. Founded as an online...

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How Adventure Commerce Is Finding New Adrenaline Through Social
How Adventure Commerce Is Finding New Adrenaline Through Social
September 10, 2018  |  Retail

Tour operators who offer a wildlife adventure or a skydiving experience may face a common challenge: How can they market their activities to the right...

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Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated
May 07, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Finding one’s soulmate isn’t easy. In fact, physicist, NASA roboticist and “What If” author Randall Munroe says that, scientifically speaking, it’s impossible. The math behind his...

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Should Facebook Buy eBay?
Should Facebook Buy eBay?
August 21, 2017  |  Facebook

People talk a lot about the tech giants that got their start in garages. Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the GOOG in friend Susan...

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017
The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017
August 14, 2017  |  Innovation

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Startups are piling onto Facebook, claiming that they...

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