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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations
Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations
August 28, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

It was supposed to be a strong year for lending across the board, after a stumpy 2017, which saw numbers in both consumer and commercial...

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Google’s Tez Rebrands To Google Pay, Expands Beyond India
Google’s Tez Rebrands To Google Pay, Expands Beyond India
August 28, 2018  |  Google

Google’s Indian digital payment app Tez is getting an overhaul as the company plans an expansion into other areas of Asia. Get the Full Story...

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Very Good Security Raises $8.5M In Round Of Funding
Very Good Security Raises $8.5M In Round Of Funding
August 28, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Very Good Security (VGS), a startup working to protect data, told TechCrunch on Tuesday (August 28) that it raised $8.5 million in a venture round of fundraising....

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Today In Data: The Power Of Pricing
Today In Data: The Power Of Pricing
August 28, 2018  |  Today In Data

The conventional wisdom in retail is that pricing is almost everything: Lob a discount, and the consumers will come. But recent research indicates that actually,...

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Retail Chains Enjoy Brighter Prospects In Q2
Retail Chains Enjoy Brighter Prospects In Q2
August 28, 2018  |  Earnings

Conventional wisdom insists that malls and other brick-and-mortar merchants are a doomed species of retail, given the increasing dominance of Amazon and the growing tendencies...

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Rakuten Reveals Its Plan To Take On Amazon
Rakuten Reveals Its Plan To Take On Amazon
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

Japanese eCommerce firm Rakuten is thinking big these days, according to recent reports, sharing ambitious goals of taking on wireless technology provider SoftBank by launching a...

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Auto Relocation, Sharing Economy Style
Auto Relocation, Sharing Economy Style
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces seek to make car relocation more accessible as they tackle the challenge of moving vehicles across the country. Consumers might put out...

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Lesara’s Agile Approach To Fashion Retail
Lesara’s Agile Approach To Fashion Retail
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

Berlin-based fashion retailer Lesara prides itself on thinking differently about apparel and being on trend. It doesn’t send its designers to Fashion Week and it...

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Startup AutoX Unveils Self-Driving Grocery Delivery
Startup AutoX Unveils Self-Driving Grocery Delivery
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

To help consumers order fresh produce to their doors, AutoX is rolling out a pilot for self-driving grocery delivery and a mobile store in California....

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