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APRIL 12, 2019

It was a good day for Jumia Technologies on Friday (April 12) — and that’s a good signal about the future prospects of eCommerce in Africa, home to some 1.3 The debut of Jumia on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid a growing eCommerce and mobile payment landscape in the world’s second largest continent by both area and population.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The Financial Times , citing Takis Georgakopoulos, the head of JPMorgan’s new wholesale payments unit, reported the goal is to increase its market share during the next few years by increasing business with foreign multinationals as well as in the eCommerce market.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Highlighting the increasing interest in this startup space is this week's B2B venture capital roundup, which recaps the final two weeks of 2020 in B2B FinTech investments. There were several notable rounds, including high-value deals for supply chain management, B2B eCommerce and small business banking. million investment, Tech.eu

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

MercadoLibre , which operates platforms for buying and selling goods across Central and South America, is eyeing an investment in Brazil next year that would be even bigger than its $716 million investment this year, Bloomberg reported. million on a peak day last year. “We

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Today, Western Union announces that it has expanded its real-time global payments capabilities to include real-time account-to-account transfers to an account or a mobile wallet for select banks or digital wallet providers in 17 countries. The Power Of Relationships.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Yet, venture capitalists revealed revamped interest in the B2B eCommerce and procurement spheres, exploring technologies like blockchain to enhance supply chains and the buyer-supplier relationship. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest in B2B investments. with automated accounting software. Chronicled.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

merchants are lagging behind other countries when it comes to cross-border eCommerce. eCommerce ready to take on the world?”, based online merchants are behind when it comes to taking advantage of global eCommerce growth, as most are not offering enough or any local payment methods to international markets. that has to change.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The solution allows for an in-the-moment B2B eCommerce experience natively in Salesforce Commerce Cloud, according to a Wednesday (Oct. The effort between SAP Concur and Brex is at the apex of the deep investment in Brex’s new application programming interface (API) infrastructure. 7) announcement.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Because the company takes a percentage of each sale from its third party sellers, as well as additional logistics fees via the Fulfilled by Amazon service, the operations now amount to twice as much in revenue for Amazon as its own eCommerce services in which Amazon sources and sells products directly. Willingness To Pay.

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JUNE 15, 2020

the eCommerce mega platform, to expand its third-party marketplace for a bigger share of the COVID-19 online shopping surge. For years, building an eCommerce marketplace customers trust has been a priority for our business,” he said in a statement. Retail giant Walmart is collaborating with Shopify Inc., While the U.S.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

It was a busy week for B2B venture capitalists who spread their wealth amongst a wide range of B2B FinTechs, with investments totaling more than $164 million. India-based B2B eCommerce company SOLV secured an investment from SC Ventures , the companies announced this week, although they did not reveal the value of the funding.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

[A recent] survey of 7,000 North American and European consumers indicated that 92 percent expect digital retail experiences to be fast, frictionless and secure, and 73 percent believe account creation or online transactions should happen instantly.”. That doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for error, customer experience-wise.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In an effort to boost revenue after disappointing Q4 earnings, Office Depot is turning its attention to business-to-business (B2B) and eCommerce, according to reports. The Business Solutions Division and CompuCom account for about 60 percent of Office Depot’s total sales, the article said. “In

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MAY 9, 2019

Operational pain points are often not addressed until they have to be addressed, then, because of that neglect, they suddenly require all sorts of investments in terms of time and money. So it is with accounts payable (AP), as Chen Amit, CEO of Tipalti , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. The Limitations Of Manual Labor.

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MAY 29, 2020

The department store chain earned a respectable first quarter as announced Thursday (May 28) through a mix of shrewd inventory management, financial reorganization and eCommerce strength. He led with his strong card: eCommerce. “We Most stores have only been open for less than two weeks and are located in our smaller markets.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But getting funds settled more quickly into their accounts can make all the difference in giving them the cash cushions they need to expand, weather economic shocks and even get their suppliers paid in a timely manner. The settlement wait can be several days in length, with even longer lag times over a holiday weekend.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Deskera has secured an investment of more than $60 million from Jungle Ventures and other backers in support of its small business (SMB) cloud-based solutions, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), inventory management and customer relationship management (CRM) tools. According to The Business Times on Tuesday (Nov.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

eCommerce spiked because consumers demanded it and drove it. Adore Me, for example, was a thriving eCommerce brand before the pandemic. It’s a challenging business model when compared to agile world of an eCommerce pure play. Q3 increase in eCommerce sales: Walmart, 79 percent; Target, 154 percent. D2C Explodes.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

"The Amazon experience" is now a worn-out catchphrase in the world of B2B eCommerce. But B2B eCommerce is not the same beast as B2C. You must think, 'How can we make our buyers' jobs easier through eCommerce?'" B2B payments aren't the only shift that the pandemic has initiated in the world of B2B eCommerce. noted King.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

While the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is often viewed as the hub of key back-office processes, from accounting to inventory management, the technology has historically been out of reach for small businesses with limited resources. The Logistics-Accounting Connection. Surging Volumes.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

There is plenty of opportunity as B2B eCommerce is expected to reach $1.1 More than $1 trillion is expected to be spent on cybersecurity solutions worldwide between 2017 and 2021 as companies address the need for protections and make major investments in digital fraud-fighting techniques. The Sizable Online Fraud Threat.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

By beating Barclays in the deal, Goldman now has access to the over 1 million cardholders who account for roughly $8.5 In their pitches to GM, both Goldman and Barclays promoted the idea of cars as eCommerce portals, a notion supported by auto makers and card networks like Visa and Mastercard.

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MAY 28, 2020

Digital-fraud-protection company Kount said Thursday (May 28) that Mercator Advisory Group has named it the best eCommerce Fraud Detection Solution from among more than 40 products ranked.

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JULY 26, 2020

UPI allows customers to make inexpensive, real-time transfers across bank accounts and to pay for everything from groceries to online services. billion, bringing bank accounts to hundreds of millions of residents for the first time. UPI has attracted investments from Google, Walmart-owned eCommerce startup Flipkart and others.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Latin American eCommerce giant MercadoLibre has sold $1.1 Founded in 1999, based in Argentina and registered in the United States, MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform and digital payment solution that operates across Latin America. billion in bonds to expand its fleet of electric-powered delivery vehicles.

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JUNE 11, 2020

The pandemic-driven digital shift means that eCommerce buyers will need some help assembling their purchases. has catered to the eCommerce boom similarly to how TaskRabbit helps consumers assemble furniture and other home goods. Now, Banhidy and his team have generated demand from top auto manufacturers and retailers, leading to a $4.5

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

As the year winds down – and holiday shopping picks up – clarity is emerging about which retail investments might pay off in the new decade, and which merchants might be in trouble. Even so, some of the most recent earnings from the retail sector indicate that some investments in emerging areas of commerce are paying off.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Africa as next great eCommerce frontier? There’s also a technology boom, which comes as the continent, in Nazir’s words, “leapfrogged over the landline and over the computer, and straight to the smartphone and, now, into mobile money over bank accounts. Consider the fact that eCommerce generated $16.5

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The Census will release its Q2 eCommerce sales results today, but we’ve been using our own methodology to forecast eCommerce sales for some time, given the lag in Census reporting. PepsiCo said its Q2 eCommerce sales doubled quarter over quarter. percent and quarter-over-quarter growth of 1.6 General Mills reported that its U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. In fact, the 75 largest online retail marketplaces in the world were responsible for nearly half of all global eCommerce sales in 2017. States can now tax sales by companies that do not have a physical presence within the state.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Bitcoin, through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites, according to reports. Moon previously allowed about 250 beta users to use crypto on eCommerce sites by connecting them through exchange accounts like Coinbase.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

QSRs that keep up with the digital curve — via not only wise investments, but buy-ins from franchise owners, and proper focus on back-end tasks such as security — stand to make significant revenue gains. Investment Risk. In fact, missteps in digital fraud prevention can, as Stuppy said, “put the entire digital investment at risk.”

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JANUARY 28, 2020

And in the world of retail, those choices — about where to invest — are becoming harder and colder for some executives as they try to figure out where commerce is going in the next few years, and what is worth putting fresh money into. Hard, cold choices are usually involved. The Wall Street Journal recently drove home the point. “The

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JUNE 25, 2020

Amazon has launched a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit, which it wants to use to combat fake listings on its eCommerce site. million possible bad actor accounts before they were able to even offer a single product for sale, the release says, and there were over 6 billion suspected bad listings last year. Amazon boasts that it has blocked 2.5

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JUNE 10, 2020

News emerged Wednesday (June 10) that the unit isn’t taking any more applications for savings accounts because demand has been so high that the volume is pushing against U.K. However, British consumers can still open Marcus one-year fixed-rate accounts. Well, Goldman recently cut the rate on its high-yield savings accounts to about 1.3

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JUNE 19, 2020

Yann Ranchere , partner at Anthemis Venture Investing Group, joined Karen Webster for the latest episode of This Week In Payments to talk about all of the latest developments. As a result, many firms have remained as sort of the entry-level checking-account substitute that they began as, he said. Digital First’ Takes Center Stage.

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