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Alibaba And Tencent Duke It Out Over Financial Services
Alibaba And Tencent Duke It Out Over Financial Services
October 02, 2014  |  International

Alibaba and Tencent are engaged in a struggle to control the internet, both in China and possibly worldwide.  Their latest battlefield will apparently be financial...

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Q3 2014 Strongest IPO Market In Years (With Or Without Alibaba)
Q3 2014 Strongest IPO Market In Years (With Or Without Alibaba)
October 02, 2014  |  Europe

The three months through September were still the busiest for IPOs in four years and would have been even if Alibaba had never set foot...

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Turns Out That Payday-Loan Customers Are Pretty Savvy Borrowers
Turns Out That Payday-Loan Customers Are Pretty Savvy Borrowers
October 02, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Conventional wisdom might lead one to conclude that payday lending is a scourge upon the Earth and an institution dedicated wholly to feasting on the...

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Moody’s Not Thrilled About eBay’s $7.5B PayPal Debt Inheritance
Moody’s Not Thrilled About eBay’s $7.5B PayPal Debt Inheritance
October 02, 2014  |  News

Not everyone thinks the eBay-PayPal no-fault divorce is the greatest thing to happen to the exchange of goods and services since the replacement of the...

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Bank of America EMV Debit Cards Coming Soon
Bank of America EMV Debit Cards Coming Soon
October 02, 2014  |  News

Bank of American announced Wednesday (Oct. 1) that all consumer and small business debit cards will now have an EMV security chip included. The majority of...

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Uber Gives Business Travel Service Some Gas In 41 Countries
Uber Gives Business Travel Service Some Gas In 41 Countries
October 02, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Next up on Uber’s hit list: the world’s corporate car services. The  transportation startup announced the global rollout of “Uber for Business” Wednesday (Oct. 1)  and...

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Houzz Picks Up $165 Million In New Funding
Houzz Picks Up $165 Million In New Funding
October 02, 2014  |  News

As the home décor site Houzz pushes hard for an E-Commerce expansion, it might be able to wallpaper with Benjies now that it’s picked up...

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Diapers.com Founder Trying To Raise $600 Million To Fight Amazon
Diapers.com Founder Trying To Raise $600 Million To Fight Amazon
October 02, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Can a startup based on supply chain logistics seriously take on Amazon and make a dent? Marc Lore, co-founder of Diapers.com parent company Quidsi, apparently...

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