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Cyber Monday Rings Up $10.8 Billion In Record Sales
Cyber Monday Rings Up $10.8 Billion In Record Sales
December 01, 2020  |  eCommerce

Cyber Monday consumers rang up $10.8 billion in sales for the holiday, smashing records for the biggest online shopping day ever, according to new data...

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Buy Now Pay Later Comes To Professional Services
Buy Now Pay Later Comes To Professional Services
November 30, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Good solid professional advice is a valuable commodity that every business needs at some point — so valuable, in fact, that it’s often quite expensive. But...

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Visa, NFL Team Up For Cashless Super Bowl
Visa, NFL Team Up For Cashless Super Bowl
November 19, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Visa will be working with the National Football League (NFL) on fully digital, cashless payments for the Super Bowl, a press release says. Visa also...

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Amazon Pharmacy Launches With Two-Day Prescription Delivery
Amazon Pharmacy Launches With Two-Day Prescription Delivery
November 17, 2020  |  Healthcare

Amazon is going all-in with its pharmacy vertical, launching a separate storefront with two-day prescription delivery for Prime members. “As more and more people look...

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Amazon, Walmart Benefit As More Than 1 Million Food Stamp Shoppers Buy Online
Amazon, Walmart Benefit As More Than 1 Million Food Stamp Shoppers Buy Online
November 11, 2020  |  Retail

As online shopping becomes the norm, Amazon is courting food stamp shoppers, according to a report by Bloomberg. The eCommerce giant, along with Walmart and...

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Goldman Sachs: Biden Victory, Vaccine Prospects Point To ‘V-Shaped’ Recovery
Goldman Sachs: Biden Victory, Vaccine Prospects Point To ‘V-Shaped’ Recovery
November 09, 2020  |  Economy

The combination of the Joe Biden presidential victory and the prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine points to a rebounding global economy, according to a CNBC...

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US Business Leaders Hope For Pandemic Relief, More Global Cooperation
US Business Leaders Hope For Pandemic Relief, More Global Cooperation
November 08, 2020  |  Economy

Several powerful business interests, including representatives from J.P. Morgan Chase, Microsoft and the travel industry, are publicly urging a peaceful transition of power after the...

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Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies Flirt With Mainstream Commercial, Consumer Commerce
Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies Flirt With Mainstream Commercial, Consumer Commerce
November 04, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

From Wild West … to new frontier in commerce? Bit by bit — but more than bitcoin by bitcoin — cryptos are inching into the...

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Zelle Says P2P Payments Top 1 Billion Transactions
Zelle Says P2P Payments Top 1 Billion Transactions
November 02, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Digital payments network Zelle surpassed the one-billion transaction mark over the past year, with the coronavirus crisis leading to a boost in demand, according to...

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