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Speed Dating: Invoice-to-Cash In The Digital Age

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The ubiquity of new technology has reset customer expectations, creating a new standard for speed of service and user experience. Thanks to Netflix, which was quick to adopt this new technology, customers expect an intuitive user interface and around-the-clock availability with zero tolerance for errors. contact-form-7].

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Are Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?

PYMNTS

Near field communication (NFC) technology was developed by Sony and NXP Semiconductors in 2002 and QR Codes were developed the Denso Wave company in 1994. Alipay reports its recent expansion into the Japanese market has seen a six-fold surge in retail adoption with more than 300,000 merchants there now accepting the mobile payment app.

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Retail’s Adapt-Or-Die Moment: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Commerce

CB Insights

Retail is under pressure to crack the AI code. After all, corporations in every industry are scrambling to adapt and integrate artificial intelligence into their products — and retail is no exception. 15-Min Flash briefing: Can AI Save Physical retail? Using CB Insights data, we dug into the changing retail landscape.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

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Later, the retail giant sold its entire e-commerce operations in China to JD.com. That was when he approached Capital Today, pitched his vision of a “full-service online retailer,” with a focus on logistics, and asked for $2M. Kramlich and NEA saw this when they flew over to China for due diligence in 2002.

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