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Weebly Unveils New Features For Mobile App
Mobile Applications // August 31, 2018

In an update to its standalone product, Weebly unveiled multiple eCommerce features for its mobile app. The rollout comes as Weebly seeks to make the mobile phone a “new back office,” according to reports. “This is what our customers were requesting,” Weebly CEO David Rusenko told a...

Where In The World Is Alipay?
International // September 04, 2017

Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe and North America now supported and South America being the only major exception (besides Antarctica, though we hear the tourism scene there is...

India’s Alt-Lenders Prove Some VCs Still Interested
B2B Payments // August 25, 2017

The alternative lending sphere has fallen out of favor with venture capitalists, according to CNBC reports this week. BlueVine CEO Eyal Lifshitz told the publication that there has been a shift in how alt-lenders get financed, with backers now looking more closely at the “viability...

Microsoft Accelerator Chooses All-B2B Cohort
B2B Payments // August 25, 2017

Microsoft Accelerator, which launched in 2012, has so far accelerated 129 startups across 10 cohorts. For its 11th group of startups, however, Microsoft Accelerator has placed the focus on B2B. Reports in YourStory on Thursday (Aug. 24) said the accelerator’s latest batch includes 14 B2B startups,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Where In The World Is Alipay?

September 04, 2017
Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe and North America now supported and South America being the only major exception (besides Antarctica, though we hear the tourism scene there is heating up, so who knows — it could be next!). […]

India’s Alt-Lenders Prove Some VCs Still Interested

August 25, 2017
The alternative lending sphere has fallen out of favor with venture capitalists, according to CNBC reports this week. BlueVine CEO Eyal Lifshitz told the publication that there has been a...

Quick Reads
Shopify Cuts 20% of Staff After Sale of Logistics Unit

May 04, 2023
Shopify is letting go more than 2,000 workers amid a renewed focus on eCommerce. The company announced Thursday (May 4) that it was reducing the size of its operations by 20% as it sells its logistics unit to Flexport. In a memo to employees, CEO Tobias Lütke said that “this means some of you will leave Shopify today. I recognize […]

Weebly Unveils New Features For Mobile App

August 31, 2018
In an update to its standalone product, Weebly unveiled multiple eCommerce features for its mobile app. The rollout comes as Weebly seeks to make the mobile phone a “new back office,”...