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Oracle Reportedly Aims To Outbid Microsoft For TikTok
Oracle Reportedly Aims To Outbid Microsoft For TikTok
August 18, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft Corp. is not the only company interested in buying TikTok’s U.S. operations. The Financial Times (FT) reports Oracle Corp., the Redwood City, Calif.-based computer...

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New Report: Slow Loan-Approval Processes Drive SMBs To FinTechs
New Report: Slow Loan-Approval Processes Drive SMBs To FinTechs
August 18, 2020  |  Payments Powering the Platform Economy

The global eCommerce market is a juggernaut, containing up to 24 million sellers and 2 billion digital buyers, with sales expected to reach $4.13 trillion...

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Samsung Launches Digital Multi-Account ‘Pay Card’
Samsung Launches Digital Multi-Account ‘Pay Card’
August 18, 2020  |  Digital Payments

For consumers juggling various credit card balances and accounts, why not designate one new card, this one digital, to manage it all? That’s the pitch...

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Report: Some UK Merchants Remain Reluctant To Embrace SCA
Report: Some UK Merchants Remain Reluctant To Embrace SCA
August 18, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Most markets including the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States have seen a jump in online transaction volume as consumers react to...

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Got Yachts? How The Industry Is Staying Afloat In A Pandemic
Got Yachts? How The Industry Is Staying Afloat In A Pandemic
August 18, 2020  |  Retail

Pandemic and global recession aside, it’s a great time to be in the yacht business. Seriously. According to the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), new...

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How Work From Home Has Changed The Future Of Commercial Real Estate
How Work From Home Has Changed The Future Of Commercial Real Estate
August 18, 2020  |  Real Estate

We’ll all work from home. Forever. Or maybe temporarily. Sanjay Rishi, America’s CEO, Corporate Solutions, at JLL, told Karen Webster in an interview that in...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: US Unsure When It Might Sue Google, But Private Suit Claims Instagram Collected Users’ Biometric Data
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: US Unsure When It Might Sue Google, But Private Suit Claims...
August 17, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and politicians the world over....

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DOJ Wavers On Timeline For Possible Google Antitrust Lawsuit
DOJ Wavers On Timeline For Possible Google Antitrust Lawsuit
August 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Some Department of Justice (DOJ) staffers don’t agree with Attorney General William Barr’s decision to level a swift antitrust case against Google parent Alphabet, The...

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Google May Get Boost In Fortnite Suit From Apple’s Policies
Google May Get Boost In Fortnite Suit From Apple’s Policies
August 17, 2020  |  Legal

Google‘s less strict app-store policies give the search giant a better chance of beating game company Epic‘s lawsuit than fellow tech giant Apple has of...

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