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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

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Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Ahn added that over the summer months, Samsung Pay will introduce a tool to help people better manage their financial lives. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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Special K, Other CPG Brands Step Up D2C Efforts

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20 for its Special K brand. The flavors were “inspired” by Twitter conversations the brand had with consumers. There is a gold mine in DTC if one is not solely occupied in selling goods, but in authentically understanding needs,” says Michael Forhez , global managing director of consumer markets at Oracle Industry Solutions Group. “If

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Facebook Teams With Surge For India VC Brand Incubator

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Facebook has connected with Sequoia Capital India’s Surge accelerator initiative to roll out the fourth version of the VC Brand Incubator program in India, Deal Street Asia reported. Before its Surge collaboration, the program worked with three VC firms through which it mentored over 70 brands through different growth stages and verticals.

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Will Giving Brands A Voice Boost Conversation Commerce?

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While the concept of a brand having a “voice” is not a terribly new idea, before this month it was more metaphorical and mostly a synonym for “style.” As of a few weeks ago, however, Amazon announced that Polly is now taking its offering up a level, and allowing brands the opportunity to customize text-to-speech voices for their Alexa skills.

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App Annie: 2019 Record Year For App Downloads

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Mobile data and analytics company App Annie released its annual report The State of Mobile in 2020 , offering a deep dive into the mobile ecosystem in 2019. Consumers downloaded a record 204 billion apps in 2019, a 45 percent increase since 2016 and up 6 percent year over year. In the U.S., 1 the App Store’s free apps list.

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Citi Teams With Grab On Co-Branded Credit Cards

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Citigroup is teaming up with Grab , the ride-hailing startup out of Singapore, to roll out co-branded credit cards. In May Citigroup launched a co-branded credit card with Paytm, the Indian digital payments company, and with Qantas a couple of years back.

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Walmart Will No Longer Carry Danskin Brand

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Walmart will no longer carry Danskin brand apparel products in its stores or on its website, according to New York Post reports from Tuesday (Oct. Danskin is a 135-year-old brand owned by parent company Iconix Brand Group and generating $15.5 The retailer will remove the products from its shelves in 15 months. . On Monday (Oct.

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