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New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe

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Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales.

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Virus Is Impacting The Online Gambling Industry

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Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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Dubai Creating $870M Free Trading Zone For eCommerce

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Having previously identified the region’s growing eCommerce market and given the traction witnessed by clients (going) online due to the pandemic, we are on track for the scheduled opening by the end of 2020.”. DCC is the first eCommerce free zone to foster retail growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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Twitter, Other Tech Companies Caution Europe Over Internet Rules

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The legal framework for digital services has been largely unchanged in the region for about 20 years. That’s even as “repressive regimes around the world use draconian legal frameworks to stifle online freedoms.”. The letter acknowledges that concerns are growing on the continent “regarding the impact of digital technology.”

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India Is Now World’s Second Largest Smartphone Market

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India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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Greenfield Opportunity Looms In India For Online Financing

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Rohit Arora, cofounder and chief executive officer of Biz2Credit, told PYMNTS that, given the wide berth occupied by SMEs in India, across a plethora of verticals, the initial demand would most likely come from the regional big cities in the country and the small businesses within those cities — most likely entrenched in services and technology.

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Taking China’s eCommerce Lessons On The Road

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And while enthusiasm for expanding opportunities to access the Chinese market and its billion-plus consumers is as avid as it’s ever been — as evidenced by last week’s announcement of PayPal and UnionPay’s global payments partnership — the bigger commerce story has expanded beyond China in the last few years.

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