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CB Insights
APRIL 21, 2021
Global payments giant Mastercard has acquired Ekata , a digital identity and security platform provider, in a $850M deal. Ekata: Seattle-based Ekata uses information collected from various sources to provide unique scores, data attributes, and risk indicators to aid companies with identity verification. Who are the parties to the deal?
PYMNTS
JUNE 19, 2020
Security Save Of The Week: Blocking The Biggest DDoS Attack Attempt Ever . Experts are predicting the promotion — dubbed the “Big Style Sale” — might be just the lifeline that apparel brands desperately need to reach radically diminished customer bases. On June 22, shoppers will reportedly have the big Amazon sale to look forward to.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 5, 2019
Meal kit service Munchery has filed for bankruptcy and still owes $3 million in unfulfilled customer gift cards and another $3 million to its vendors and suppliers. That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. million in senior secured debt, as well as convertible debt of approximately $23 million.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2020
with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year. Shoppers enter the store using a credit card. And, as of reports two weeks ago, cashierless tech is breaking out of the small footprint, convenience store-esque locations that are Amazon Go stores.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits.
CB Insights
APRIL 10, 2019
The biometric software behind facial recognition applications can identify facial structures, contours, and expressions, making it a no-brainer for security and identification purposes. Facial recognition, along with AR, is also making brands data rich — especially beauty brands. But the tools have the ability to improve.
CB Insights
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Unmanned retail can: Set up points of sale in new places: As shopping malls struggle and brick-and-mortar foot traffic declines, brands don’t want to wait for shoppers to come to stores. However, RFID tags could provide extra security for unmanned retailers of higher-priced goods. Key players to watch. Theoretically, (i.e.,
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