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Mumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card

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India’s One Nation One Card will be test-piloted with Mumbai bus operator BEST in November, NFCWorld reported on Tuesday (Aug. The national transit card system uses a bank-issued card that will run on India’s RuPay payments network, the news outlet said. Bagde said the central government will foot the bill for the Mumbai pilot project.

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France To Allow Small Nonessential Retail To Reopen; Germany, Spain Plan May 4 reopening

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Philippe also said per the report that limitations would remain for train travel of long distances and that Paris metro service would be bolstered to let individuals get to their jobs while still following social distancing. The HDE, which is a national organization of retailers, had panned the decision only to let smaller shops open again.

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Vacancy Rate At Shopping Centers Hit 10.2 Percent In First Quarter

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Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. As the retail sector continues to undergo restructuring, a number of retail real estate markets face more vacancies and falling rents. percent to 9.3

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Hainan Golden Raises $141M In Funding Round Led By Tencent

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Founded that same year as a subsidiary of Tencent, Hainan Golden provides solutions to businesses — including catering, hospitality, retail and property management, with clients such as Didi Chuxing, China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile and FedEx. billion in 2022. billion.

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Why Rural Shoppers Need Digital Innovation Too

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Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on). But what every big digital upgrade of the last decade or so has in common is an urban home base.

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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“The combination of American Apparel’s real-time, local inventory paired with Postmates’ superior delivery technology and national footprint is changing the way customers can access their favorite brands,” Luedorf said in a statement.

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Banco BASE Taps Volante For Payments; Azimo Receives Dutch Central Bank License

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Volante said in the announcement that “Banco Base expects to expand the VolPay implementation to cover domestic bulk MXN payments, and digital retail payments.” Its move comes amid the advent of opening banking, a quickly changing market and the drive to offer merchant services and digital P2P. Outside the U.K.,

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