Japanese tech giant SoftBank is leading a $120 million investment round in home insurance startup Lemonade. According to Bloomberg Technology, New York-based Lemonade uses artificial intelligence and bots to minimize paperwork and speed up the claims process for renters and homeowners. The company raised $60...
Flywire, a provider of international payments and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers announced news on Tuesday (August 8) that it is seeing strong growth in the Japanese education market. In a press release, Flywire said that since launching its payments processing service...
Retail is undergoing a transitional time and merchants are starting to implement more innovative ways of attracting consumers. One of the latest companies looking to take a new approach to reaching consumers in a more convenient fashion is Japan-based clothing retailer Uniqlo with the launch...
PayRange Inc., creator of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company (SMCC) to expand its technology to millions of Japanese vending machines. While Japan has among the most advanced vending machine...
April 23, 2018
The last Apple Watch-only store is closing its doors on May 13. According to Engadget, the store, located inside Shinjuku, Tokyo’s Isetan department store, is one of three pop-ups the company opened when it launched the smartwatch in 2015. Apple shut down the other two pop-ups in London and Paris early last year. In the […]
December 20, 2017
Japanese tech giant SoftBank is leading a $120 million investment round in home insurance startup Lemonade. According to Bloomberg Technology, New York-based Lemonade uses artificial intelligence and bots to minimize...
August 09, 2017
Flywire, a provider of international payments and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers announced news on Tuesday (August 8) that it is seeing strong growth in the Japanese...
August 03, 2017
Retail is undergoing a transitional time and merchants are starting to implement more innovative ways of attracting consumers. One of the latest companies looking to take a new approach to...
