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November 04, 2024
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PayPal Launches in China; Will Support Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border Payments // September 26, 2024

PayPal launched its PayPal Complete Payments platform in China, saying the solution will streamline payment and receivables processes for businesses of all sizes and support their cross-border transactions. Chinese businesses can use the platform to build trust with their customers and offer a variety of...

Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts
Acquisitions // April 09, 2024

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a messaging app that Automattic acquired in 2023, Automattic said in a Tuesday (April 9) blog post. “We began investing in messaging...

WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments
Commercial Payments // October 12, 2023

Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities to merchants using the WooCommerce platform. The partnership brings Veem’s B2B extension to the WooCommerce...

Sezzle and WooCommerce Expand BNPL Partnership
Buy Now Pay Later // September 19, 2023

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Sezzle and open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce expanded their partnership. The collaboration aims to provide WooCommerce merchants with an easier integration process for Sezzle’s BNPL solution, offering customers more payment options, the companies said in a Tuesday (Sept. 19) press...

Interviews & Exclusives
Social Commerce Takes a Giant Step as Entertainment Melds With Entrepreneurship

June 10, 2022
As social commerce evolves into a serious contender, eCommerce and social media platforms are partnering to create new online experiences where entertainment triggers a sale. It’s a natural alliance now as it was in the newspaper days, when perusing that day’s edition was an exercise in pre-digital discoverability, seeing ads for things we didn’t know […]

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PayPal Launches in China; Will Support Cross-Border Payments

September 26, 2024
PayPal launched its PayPal Complete Payments platform in China, saying the solution will streamline payment and receivables processes for businesses of all sizes and support their cross-border transactions. Chinese businesses can use the platform to build trust with their customers and offer a variety of payment options, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 26) […]

Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts

April 09, 2024
Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a messaging app that Automattic acquired...

WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments

October 12, 2023
Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities...

Sezzle and WooCommerce Expand BNPL Partnership

September 19, 2023
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Sezzle and open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce expanded their partnership. The collaboration aims to provide WooCommerce merchants with an easier integration process for Sezzle’s BNPL...