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APRIL 12, 2017

Harland Clarke, a payment and marketing services firm, has acquired RetailMeNot for $630 million in equity. per share in cash for the online coupon site, about 50 percent higher than the stock’s closing price of $7.75 billion in 2013. billion in 2013. In 2013, RetailMeNot went public, raising $191 million in its IPO.

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JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to keep this requirement top of mind as they compete against other FIs in newer markets, however. It is thus imperative that those seeking to expand into new markets adjust their fraud protection strategies to better fit local customer needs. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market. operations.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Drizly, the alcohol delivery platform startup, is testing the ability for customers to buy online and pick up their spirits in a store. Drizly isn’t a company that operates its own stores, but rather it works with liquor stores in 27 markets around the United States that give Drizly their inventory and pricing lists.

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JULY 21, 2017

Working cooperatively, American and European authorities reported yesterday (July 20) that they have shut down two of the largest online black markets — AlphaBay and Hansa Market. The fall of AlphaBay pushed many eclectic shoppers to Hansa Market — the dark web Walmart to AlphaBay’s evil Amazon.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

According to a Reuters news report, the move will enable Amazon to expand its reach in Mexico and to compete with Walmart de Mexico , also known as Walmex, along with other retailers pushing Mexican consumers to shop online. “It Amazon debuted its Mexico-based site two years ago and is now the country’s third-largest online retailer.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

billion in new funding, expanding to new markets and getting into new areas — most recently, coworking spaces. Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. market share as this new decade looms. properties.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Sequoia Capital has agreed to invest around 6 billion euros in Auto1 Group before the online car trading platform's initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported Monday (Sept. DN Capital was one of the early backers of Auto1, investing in the company in 2013, just a year after the company founded, Bloomberg noted.

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JULY 22, 2019

Founded in Chicago in 2013, Reverb has been focused on making musical instruments affordable. In fact, the company gave me the confidence to launch Reverb when I saw the need for a musician’s marketplace in 2013. Together, we’ll continue to create a destination online where the music industry connects over the perfect piece of gear.”.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Small business lending platform Kabbage is making plans to acquire Orchard Platform Markets, a provider of lending data and services. Founded in 2013, New York-based Orchard initially provided Wall Street firms with data on the marketplace lending sector. There’s no word on how much Kabbage will pay, and nothing has been finalized.

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JUNE 18, 2020

In the latest of a string of outages as of the beginning of March, Robinhood Markets Inc. The company noted in a separate tweet that its systems had been completely brought back online and its web platforms were working. “We said it has fixed a challenge that led to a “major outage” on its platform Thursday (June 18).

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in 2013, it seemed like a distant dream, The Fed itself announced a 10-year time horizon. It looks like this faster payments thing is going to happen after all. When the Federal Reserve floated the idea of faster payments in the U.S. But over the past week, proposals have been Read More.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

Alternative finance players, including online loan marketplaces and crowdfunding portals, are also gaining traction, while friends and family still remain a popular source for SMB owners, too. The bond market, on the other hand, isn’t the most likely of places for an entrepreneur to seek financing.

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JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. But what hurts a business (especially a small one) more than an October snowstorm is when online fraudsters use CNP transactions to steal their services. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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Word of mouth has moved online. According to Nielsen data from 2013, about 82 percent of users visit Yelp with the intent to make a purchase from a local business, and about 89 percent of those make said purchase within a week of their search. Additionally, check out our AICPA guest post on other ways to protect yourself online.

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MAY 18, 2018

This week, on May 17, debit-based cannabis payments solution CanPay announced its eCommerce integration , enabling customers to pay for cannabis products online via direct link to their checking account. Online, it’s easy for underwriters to see what a business is really selling.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

From 2000 to 2013 (the last time period there is data for), prices on the things that most poor people buy disproportionately, such as food and sundries, and pay, such as rent and utilities, have risen steadily for 139 of 168 months, according to the Chicago Federal Reserve. SNAP online . Things actually do cost more. .

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The tax will cover all online applications, including video, audio streaming, images, education and others. In 2013, they opened 214 new stores in the country. There are 3,400 total Walmart stores in Mexico, representing the company’s largest market outside of the U.S. The law will apply to all services, even B2B transactions.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Stalf would not divulge financials or share market demographics, but noted growth at N26 was strongest in Germany, France and Austria, with Italy and Spain poised to show similar expansion. Founded in 2013, N26 has raised a total of $683 million in financing. In 2019, N26 began operating in the United States. Nicolas Kopp, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

There were fewer discounts on toys for online shoppers, despite an average of 15-18 percent price cuts into Cyber Monday. The shopping time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is six fewer days this year, the shortest since 2013. Spin Master Entertainment’s Paw Patrol animated series, which first launched in 2013, is also still a hit.

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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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DECEMBER 1, 2017

A fact that people like Tim Gunn and Brian Beitler, chief marketing officer of Lane Bryant , says is true on paper, but overlooks the reality of plus-size women’s fashion. As of 2013, the suddenly struggling mall brand decided to cut ties to invest money into more profitable channels. But The Limited didn’t want it. As it turn out, $1.4

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MARCH 11, 2020

The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been moving into the energy drinks market, CNBC reported. percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 Energy drinks comprise 92 percent of the total energy market. The market is forecasted to reach a $427 billion value in 2020. billion deal. rose by 29.8

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

To match the scale of the Nike effort, marketing and tech updates are important. In the retail arena, sporting goods online and offline have been decimated over the past two years by the D2C efforts of the Nikes of the world, as well as deep discounts from Target, Walmart and Amazon. percent of the market in 2018, up from 14.3

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MAY 16, 2016

As the online economy booms, many are rushing to make predictions about continued growth, The Economic Times reports. Others, including the Confederation of Indian Industry and reporting firm Deloitte, predict the online retail sector in India will reach $1 trillion by 2020. The retail sector in the region grew by 209 percent from $4.4

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The online-only challenger bank offers self-employed freelancers or subcontractors subscription benefits via N26 Business Smart. Co-founded in 2013 by Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal, the Berlin-headquartered neobank has more than five million customers in 25 markets. . Value d at $3.5

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Lotte, a South Korean conglomerate, is shutting down its Vietnamese online marketplace, lotte.vn, which allows merchants to connect with buyers, according to Deal Street Asia. Lotte started its eCommerce arm in 2016, allocating $25 million with an eye toward gaining 20 percent market share within three years.

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APRIL 20, 2016

The report estimates that the overall value of global counterfeit goods at $461 billion in 2013. The report only deals with physical counterfeiting, and therefore it does not consider online piracy. .” The hardest hit brands originate in the U.S. and EU, particularly France and Italy, and the biggest winners are organized crime.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

British bank Standard Chartered and payments firm Assembly Payments have established a joint venture in Singapore to bring payment solutions to its $29 trillion global eCommerce market, the companies announced on Tuesday (Feb. Westpac-backed FinTech Assembly Payments was founded in 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. .

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The move means that the company will end its JV that has been in place since 2013 with Yoox Net-A-Porter, which as the newswire stated helps third-party brands develop sites. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. The legacy players held their market share by providing digital services deemed “good enough” to retain customers loath to switch banks. Looking for small business resources?

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APRIL 21, 2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced late last week that Prosper , the online lender, has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for misleading retail and other investors via statements it made. The SEC contends Mattes overstates revenue at Jumio in 2013 and 2014 and then sold shares he owned in the private, secondary market.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

For its part, Acima has been playing — and growing — in the lease to own (LTO) market since 2013. In 2013, the company started with revenues of $97 million. billion stock and cash transaction would immediately add to earnings and also double the scope of its target market. “In Its revenues are pegged to top $1.25

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JULY 15, 2019

Mark Gjonaj, the head of the city council’s Committee on Small Business, said the “time may have come” for the attorney general to look back into a 2013 settlement that let Grubhub acquire Seamless. This large market size could give it some leverage that other companies don’t have. “If

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MARCH 4, 2020

After its systems went down as the markets bounced back from the most unfavorable week as of the financial crisis in 2008, the Robinhood trading app vowed to offer compensation for users. Pacific Time, while the cut in the Fed Reserve rate started to move the markets to lose the increases. The app is now reportedly up and running.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

He came from the brand marketing side of the house at Clairol to the retail side and became CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue from 2006 to 2013. percent overall and 31 percent online. percent online. And now, because everything is ubiquitous in terms of online, it's awful hard to compete. This is very different.”.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

“Retail consumers increasingly expect convenience in every area of life, and banks today want to meet that demand, not just in terms of online and mobile banking, but also their banks’ available range of products.”. Raisin , which is backed by PayPal, was founded in Berlin in 2013 and has raised about $200 million in funding from investors.

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