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BNPL Firm Afterpay Debuts Ads
BNPL Firm Afterpay Debuts Ads
August 24, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay on Tuesday (Aug. 24) announced the launch of Afterpay Ads. The new advertising solution allows brands to place...

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Shopping App Provider Ranking Entangled In Mobile Merchandising Mystery
Shopping App Provider Ranking Entangled In Mobile Merchandising Mystery
August 16, 2021  |  eCommerce

We don’t normally “go there” in this space, but it’s just too tempting. Often marveling at the resilience of the somewhat mysterious SHEIN shopping app...

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QIA Backs Airtel Africa’s Mobile Commerce Unit With $200M 
QIA Backs Airtel Africa’s Mobile Commerce Unit With $200M 
July 30, 2021  |  Mobile

Telecoms operator Airtel Africa notched a $200 million investment for its Airtel Mobile Commerce unit from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), MarketWatch and other news...

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Vodafone Considers Spinning Off M-Pesa Money Service
Vodafone Considers Spinning Off M-Pesa Money Service
July 23, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Vodafone could spin off its popular African mobile money service M-Pesa, the company’s CEO told Bloomberg News on Friday (July 23). M-Pesa, which offers peer-to-peer...

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Snapcommerce Grabs $85 Million For AI-Driven Mobile Commerce
Snapcommerce Grabs $85 Million For AI-Driven Mobile Commerce
March 04, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Snapcommerce, the message-driven mobile commerce platform for the price-conscious, has come off a funding round with $85 million, a press release says. With the new...

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Mastercard Launches Pilot Program Using Smartphones As POS Devices
Mastercard Launches Pilot Program Using Smartphones As POS Devices
January 11, 2021  |  Mobile Commerce

Mastercard is testing a cloud-based setup that will “enable contactless payments acceptance via a mobile phone.” This Cloud Tap on Phone will mean that “any...

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No Place Like Home: Connected Home Becomes Commerce Command Center
No Place Like Home: Connected Home Becomes Commerce Command Center
December 24, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

‘Tis the season for predictions — the most dangerous time of the year for potential prognosticators looking to offer the world a sneak peek as...

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Super Apps Gain Ground (And Investments) Globally
Super Apps Gain Ground (And Investments) Globally
September 30, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Super apps – and, from some of the biggest names in commerce, super enthusiasm. And: super amounts of capital being committed to craft consumer-focused ecosystems. The...

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Movile CEO On Building Latin America’s Mobile-Commerce Ecosystem
Movile CEO On Building Latin America’s Mobile-Commerce Ecosystem
July 27, 2020  |  Mobile Commerce

That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue —...

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