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IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served

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The volume is the highest seen since 2014. Capital is flowing and investors’ pulses are quickening, it seems. Juniper Research finds that chatbots can save billions of dollars annually in the retail, banking and healthcare industries. Chatbots and the bottom line: Talk about money where the mouth is — kinda.

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Fidelity Invests In Snapchat — Holds Valuation Constant

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Snapchat’s inability to raise funds at a higher valuation than a year ago, as WSJ goes on to point out, may be an indicator that Wall Street investors have grown cautious about the social media platform’s trajectory. But Snapchat isn’t alone in this stagnation. Snapchat has raised more than $1.2 and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

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China’s Recommerce Market Heats Up

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Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. Recommerce Bigger Than Ride Sharing In China.

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Libra, MoneyGram-Ripple Deal And Fraud Prevention Top Week’s News

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In the latest edition of the PYMNTS weekender, coverage includes the latest about PayPal and Google’s views about bank charters, a deep, analytical dive into Facebook’s new payments idea, a look at the new rise of pet retail and other stories you might have missed or simply want to review. Why Pets Are Pulling Retail Innovation’s Leash.

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Coachella’s Contextual Commerce: The Good, The Bad And The Flower Crown Ugly

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Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. A 2014 Eventbrite study found that while music festivals are obviously a source of massive social media activity, comparatively little of it occurs while the festivals are going on.

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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

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The announcement comes as, since 2014, more than 163 million women have launched businesses across the globe, at a rate that outpaces that of businesses launched by men. These entrepreneurs would like to sharpen their social media skills to broaden reach and grow their firms. To that end, Visa said on Tuesday (Jan.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 1 to 5

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Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.