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FedEx Makes Major Foray Into eCommerce By Buying ShopRunner

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Once the FedEx acquisition closes, ShopRunner will operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Services, which provides a range of back-office functions, including IT, communications, technical support, billing and sales and marketing. Customers receive free two-day shipping, free returns, member-exclusive discounts and seamless checkout.

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Revolutionizing the Way We Pay: The Top Payment Industry Trends You Need to Know in 2023

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In fact, according to The Business Research Company’s 2022 Payment Security Global Market Report , the payment security market is expected to reach $43 billion by 2026. All of Instagram’s shopping features allow users to add items from multiple vendors into an Instagram-operated cart. billion of economic output.

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Driving Payments Innovation With Installments And Automation

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Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) can make their operations run smoother by tapping into automated processes, electronic invoices and accounts receivable (AR) tools for digital payments. percent: Expected CAGR of the eInvoicing market from 2017 to 2026. $16: 16: Minimum amount it costs to manually process a paper invoice.

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Virtual Kitchen Nets $20M To Assist Restaurants With Delivery

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The company helps restaurants to deliver food to expecting customers without the costlier parts of operating a dining room or whole store at the same time, which has become necessary amid the pandemic. billion by 2026, CNBC reported. Virtual Kitchen works to provide technology for others to set up commercial kitchens for food delivery.

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Google Cloud, Nokia Join Forces On Cloud-Native 5G Products

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The companies plan to develop solutions that combine Nokia’s 5G operations and networking capabilities with Google Cloud’s AI, ML and analytics technologies. By 2026, Ericsson expects over 3.5 billion consumers to use 5G, about 40 percent of the market share. 14) press release.

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mPOS At 37,000 Feet

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With the global mobile point of sale (mPOS) market projected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.8 percent from 2017 to 2026, many solution providers are looking to use partnerships as a boost to snag a bigger share of the growing market. In the January mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS charts the latest developments.

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Virtual Assistants Join The Corporate Finance Team

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Artificial intelligence adoption continues to grow in the corporate world, and as businesses look to broaden margins, save money and drive strategic operations, the finance department is a prime target for AI-powered solutions. Polaris Market Research says intelligent virtual assistant technology is expected to be a $21.5

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