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Merchant Education Key to Buy Now Pay Later Adoption in the UK

Merchant Education Key to Buy Now Pay Later Adoption in the UK
Merchant Education Key to Buy Now Pay Later Adoption in the UK
November 19, 2021  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has exploded in the wake of the pandemic as consumers embrace the freedom it gives them to make multiple interest-free...

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IRS Seizes $3.5B in Crypto in FY 2021
IRS Seizes $3.5B in Crypto in FY 2021
November 19, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seized $3.5 billion in cryptocurrencies during the fiscal year 2021, accounting for 93% of the assets seized during the year....

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Study: Nearly Half of US Consumers Are Already Holiday Shopping
Study: Nearly Half of US Consumers Are Already Holiday Shopping
November 19, 2021  |  Retail

Santa has yet to ride down 34th Street in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the turkey has yet to be carved, but nearly 50%...

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Buy2Sell Expanding B2B in Vietnam with $28M Investment
Buy2Sell Expanding B2B in Vietnam with $28M Investment
November 19, 2021  |  International

Vietnamese B2B eCommerce platform Buy2Sell on Friday (Nov. 19) announced its sales in the first half of the year have tripled year-over-year to $24.5 million,...

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Indian Startup Mensa Brands Becomes Unicorn in Six Months
Indian Startup Mensa Brands Becomes Unicorn in Six Months
November 19, 2021  |  Investments

The founder of Indian direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand aggregator Mensa Brands on Thursday (Nov. 19) told CNBC that it has become a unicorn — a private...

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Digital Identity Firm GBG Acquires Acuant For $736M
Digital Identity Firm GBG Acquires Acuant For $736M
November 19, 2021  |  Digital Identity

The digital identity firm GBG has reached an agreement to acquire the identify verification provider Acuant in a cash-free, debt-free $736 million deal that brings...

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LendingClub Backs US Truth in Lending Bill to Extend Transparency
LendingClub Backs US Truth in Lending Bill to Extend Transparency
November 19, 2021  |  Politics

LendingClub is backing the Small Business Lending Disclosure Act, a bill introduced in the U.S. House and Senate this week that calls for extending the...

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Missing, Inaccurate Procurement Data Costs B2B Firms $600B a Year
Missing, Inaccurate Procurement Data Costs B2B Firms $600B a Year
November 19, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The widespread shift to remote work is fundamentally changing the procurement process. Historically, businesses have managed B2B payments in centralized offices, where employees could easily...

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This Week in Payments: Merchants Consider Crypto, Consumers Return to Stores and Fraudsters Target Shoppers
This Week in Payments: Merchants Consider Crypto, Consumers Return to Stores and Fraudsters Target Shoppers
November 19, 2021  |  Payment Methods

It was another big week for cryptocurrency — with news about regulation, crypto-native wallets and a huge new potential for expanded merchant acceptance of crypto....

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