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JULY 1, 2020

Fitness and wellness platforms are expanding their offerings as Americans continue working from their residences and gym facilities have limited operations because of the pandemic. 2012: Year of Gympass’ launch in Brazil. 82.8%: Share of Americans who are willing to work out online post-pandemic. All this, Today in Data.

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JULY 3, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. The Hassell Law Group represented Ava Bird in a 2012 personal injury case for three months. A colleague disagreed.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The new centers are operating in Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Brasilia, the country’s capital, and increase the number of Amazon logistics hubs in Brazil to eight. . Although lockdown measures are easing, online sales are still booming.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

.” Microsoft revealed that the flaw was discovered by Google ‘s Threat Analysis Team, and it affects older Internet Explorer browser versions — including Windows 7 and 10, and Windows Server 2012; 2016 and 2019 versions of Explorer 11; Explorer 10 for Windows Server 2012; and Explorer 9 for Windows Server 2008.

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MAY 7, 2020

“Due to a confluence of events over the past few months, Deliv will unfortunately be winding down our operations over the next 90 days,” she wrote. Valued at $190 million two years ago, Deliv has raised $85 million in venture capital since its founding in 2012, according to PitchBook Data Inc. percent from 35.5

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APRIL 24, 2019

Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced that it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Free credit reporting company Credit Karma reported more than $500 million in revenue in 2016 — a 50% increase compared to the prior year — hitting 70 million members since the launch of its flagship product — credit monitoring — in 2012, the company announced this week. What’s the secret to its success?

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

A mega-merger between Grab Holdings and Gojek is getting closer to being realized in what would be the biggest tie-up of online firms in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Dec. The two entities could also operate independently under their own brand names for an undetermined amount of time, the sources said.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The new license from the nation’s central bank will let it have independence in making and directly operating financial services there, along with accessing new kinds of financing. SumUp has been active in Ireland as of 2012 and has introduced digital payments to thousands of companies.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Even merchants with significant online sales often seek a brick-and-mortar presence to counteract rising delivery costs. The initial gut reaction is that it’s all going online, but sometimes, it’s cheaper to use the store as a distribution channel,” Conor Flynn, chief executive officer at Kimco Realty Corp, told the WSJ. “The

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Partnering with Plaid, Mazooma will maximize conversion for our merchant clients by making it even faster and easier for players to fund their accounts," Mazooma Chief Operating Officer Dave Roe said in the announcement. Plaid, founded in 2012 in Silicon Valley, was acquired by Visa earlier this year. . 10) press release.

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MARCH 20, 2020

payments platform Ebury and Portuguese bank Crédito Agrícola (CA) have forged a partnership to allow the bank to work with more customers online and in a wider range of currencies, Ebury announced Thursday (March 19). Ebury was formed in 2012 by partners Salvador Garcia and Juan Lobato.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The company started selling made-to-order sofas online in 2012 and later opened seven brick-and-mortar shops around the United States where consumers could view furnishings and meet with design consultants. Interior Define is one such company that exemplifies these trends, as highlighted in our case study. About The Playbook.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

"Combining Facturama's regional expertise with FreshBooks’ online payments and scaling expertise will accelerate our ability to better serve Mexico’s growing small business and startup market.". Ramirez López and Arochi started Facturama in 2012, and the company was selected as a 500 Startups portfolio firm in 2013.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Over half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures per Federal Reserve research. for $4 billion.

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MAY 8, 2018

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Daraz , Pakistan’s most popular online shopping destination, thus expanding its empire into South Asia. Daraz was founded by Rocket Internet in 2012 and has since expanded across five South Asian markets, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and, of course, its home country of Pakistan.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4 When Amazon was just about selling books online, its competition was the physical bookstore. Investors put $2.65 billion more. Then there’s Amazon.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lendify reportedly locked in $115 million in funding from Insight Investment, which had supported the online lender with a 1.5 SoftBank is among the largest investors in Grab, which has grown from a ridesharing upstart in 2012 to a multi-faceted tech firm that was last worth $14 billion.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Careem Now will be separate from Careem’s ride-hailing operation and have its own app and call center. Careem has operated in 120 cities and 15 Middle East countries since its 2012 launch. Careem has been after food delivery since February, when it acquired an online restaurant listing platform.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Other online marketplaces include Sky.Garden, Kilimall, MallforAfrica, My Big Order, Masoko, Ubuy, Shopit, Cheki, MamaMikes and Electro Hub. Jumia , which was founded by two Frenchmen in 2012, operates in 11 African countries, from Morocco to Nigeria and Kenya, and has been referred to as Africa’s version of Amazon.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Since 2012, it has been the fastest growing technology in banking. That’s the word out of Digital Banking 2016 here, where bankers outnumber entrepreneurs (but not vendors). The mobile banking app traces its roots to SMS banking back in 1999. But it comes with Read More.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Data from Coresight shows that 9,300 stores shuttered in 2019, the most since 2012, the first year the information was tracked, FT said. Online Brands. As traditional mall merchants go under, however, some online brands are expanding into brick-and-mortar locations. Overall retail sales from Nov. 24 were up 3.4

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AUGUST 4, 2019

Founded in 2012, Mumbai-based Fynd helps offline retailers sell their products to consumers directly through its online store, as well as allows them to connect with eCommerce platforms including Amazon India and Flipkart. Indian company Reliance Industries revealed that is acquiring a 87.6 percent stake in Fynd for 2.95

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Headquartered in New York City and founded in 2012, Mediaocean manages every aspect of the advertising workflow, and handles $150 billion in global media spend. It combines blockchain, advertising and payment technologies to enforce transparency in online advertising.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

A number of prominent voices in Europe — among them Germany’s finance minister — have called for a parallel payments system that would operate, presumably, beyond the scope of U.S. In 2012, SWIFT cut off access to Iranian banks in 2012, upon sanctions levied by the Obama administration. political influence.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses — announced news that it’s going on tour. Founded in 2012, Emailage it is now hitting its major growth area and has entered expansion mode.

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MARCH 13, 2019

Founded in 2012, Jumia also became the first African unicorn startup in 2016 after a $326 funding round that included Goldman Sachs, AXA and MTN. Jumia currently operates in 14 African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Egypt. Its data shows that the company processed more than 13 million packages last year.

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MARCH 14, 2019

The move also would seem to be a bit like Pepsi offering to help Coca Cola by letting them have slots in their vending machines, given that Google operates Android and Apple has iOS. enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act , a 1990 federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability, and which is commonly known as the ADA.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Imran Khan, who spent three years at Snap as chief strategy officer, has created a new retail company, Verishop , which aims to “bring joy back to online shopping, and do it at scale with the ease of online purchasing and fast delivery we’ve all come to expect.” High-End Retail.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The company already operates the Whole Foods Market chain. An Amazon Go grocery store initiative has been underway since 2012, and some $1 billion in salaries have gone to people working on the project, the source said. The first Amazon Go opened last January at the online retailer’s Seattle headquarters. grocery industry.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Nordstrom, the department store operator, announced it would hire around 11,400 part-time workers for the holiday shopping season that officially kicks off on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The move on the part of Nordstrom to staff more workers to support online sales seems to be a trend among brick-and-mortar retailers.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Honey was founded in 2012 as a way for people to easily find savings while shopping online. PayPal said it shares a common goal with Honey : to help simplify and personalize the online shopping experience, while increasing sales and engagement for merchants. Other Platforms. Amazon Focus.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world. Domino’s Supreme Court Decision Spotlights Online Web Accessibility . The company launched in 2012. Supreme Court decided on Monday (Oct.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Yes, I know that for many of you, especially in California, this is old news and standard operating procedure – but hear me out. The card networks left it up to the states to decide whether or not to allow its operating merchants to do so. A 2012 survey presented by the U.K.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, famed investor Carl Icahn is betting that mall operators will find it increasingly harder to pay their debts. The index and the securities, the report said, are in turn tied to loans made in 2012. Black Friday, of course, looms as the beginning of a litmus test of the argument.

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