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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. And each January, we ranked all previous recipients into a master list.

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Walmart May Be Looking To Sell Off Its Japanese Business

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Japan is the latest nation that Walmart has backed out of in the last 12 months, as its international priorities are shifting. Walmart is far from the first brand to fail to ignite in a Japanese retail segment, which is highly fragmented and generally unprofitable — and, i n some segments, actively shrinking.

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Should Facebook Buy eBay?

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That garage is now a private museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground.

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COVID-19 And The Medical Commerce Boom

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This is a bloodbath, but it’s not when you panic,” the president and founder of Blue Line Capital and Blue Line Futures told CNBC’s Trading Nation. The trend in the market had already been pointing toward additional wearables adoption, particularly among fitness brands. This is when you go shopping.”.

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Super Bowl Countdown Brings New Online Gambling Action From Barstool

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29), has Penn National Gaming Inc. spending some $163 million to buy a stake in Barstool Sports, founded in 2003 and described by the news source as a “controversial sports and pop-culture blog.” Penn National will be Barstool Sports’ exclusive gaming partner for as long as 40 years. Branding Power — and New Apps on the Way.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

CB Insights

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Theranos was founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, then an undergraduate student at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand. The rise and fall of Theranos. The rise and fall of Pets.com. Takeaways & lessons.

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