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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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Growing the internet economy. In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. Stripe is focused on capturing a growing share of future payments volume in an increasingly internet-based economy. Virtual card issuance.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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But it’s clear that the company remains very focused on building financial services products that support its core strategic goal: increasing participation in the Amazon ecosystem. Customers received Amazon gift cards after using Amazon Pay at checkout from a specific list of participating merchants.

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13 Southeast Asian Fintechs Among CNBC’s Global Top 250 List

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The company provides flexible capital access to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with competitive interest rates and flexible options in loan tenors, payment models, and collateral participation. Akseleran connects small businesses in need of loans with groups of diverse lenders to secure necessary funding.

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Mastercard’s Head Of Innovation: How The Microsoft Partnership Will Boost Digital Commerce Globally

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It’s a merging of capabilities with three primary goals: 1) to build new commerce experiences; 2) to expand financial participation in the digital ecosystem globally; and 3) to drive startup innovation to push those goals forward worldwide. There’s often a dearth of information available to do that, Webster said.

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Piece By Piece: 14 Offsite Construction Companies Transforming The Building Industry

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From Marriott opening its first modular hotel, to tech giants like Alphabet investing in modular housing, to Japanese retailer Muji launching prefab micro-homes, offsite construction methods are gaining traction. Research Briefing: Construction and Infrastructure. Module recently received a seed round from Techstars in Q3’17.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

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Media discussion surrounding the topic has similarly surged, as news outlets have speculated whether the metaverse — and the emergence of full-fledged virtual economies, complete with property ownership, corporate offices, fashion seasons, and more — is poised to become the next big thing in tech, or if it’s hugely overhyped.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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The company has developed a number of additional features for Teams, including a “raise your hand” feature to indicate when a meeting participant wishes to speak; support for offline access; and an integration with RealWear industrial headsets. These entry points give cyberoffenders more room to find susceptible targets.

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