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Bitcoin Daily: BitOoda Notches $7M Seed Round; Cypriot Regulator Cautions Against Four Brands

PYMNTS

On another note, The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission cautioned against four FX brands that were blacklisted after they reportedly facilitated digital currency and FX trading without having the permission to do so in the nation, Finance Magnates reported.

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Retail Branding Comes Off The Back Burner

PYMNTS

For retailers, especially those deemed non-essential and struggling with revenue, branding may be on the back burner right now. Big mistake, say several branding experts. And who you were was your brand. “A Your brand attributes are the ones you fall back on when you have to make difficult decisions. “A

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Chinese Regulators Propose New Antitrust Rules For Payments Sector

PYMNTS

Payment companies that already possess state licenses will be given one year to comply with the new regulations. Chinese regulators have since ordered Ant to restructure its business and have launched an antitrust probe into its sibling company, Alibaba , Bloomberg added.

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Antitrust Regulators Investigate Proposed Dairy Megamerger

PYMNTS

Regulators are looking into a possible merger between Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and its potential antitrust implications for the industry, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. DFA has a number of milk-bottling plants as well as consumer dairy brands.

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Walmart Divests Of Shoes.com, Bare Necessities Brands As Part Of Digital Streamlining

PYMNTS

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand. government regulators.”.

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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

PYMNTS

With athleisure brands like Lululemon doing better than expected numbers on the strength of “lockdown chic”— running shoes and yoga pants — trendlines continue to point to permanent digital shifts in how we do fitness. As PYMNTS reported in early July, the ongoing consumer lockdown led connected-bike company Peloton to register $524.6

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A brand new Clearing Bank for Britain

Chris Skinner

That’s not a very healthy or competitive marketplace and Nick was discussing this with the regulators three years ago and just asked the question: what’s to stop a new clearing bank being created?

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