Hacked Japanese crypto exchange Zaif has announced its business plan with Fisco to provide financial support for affected customers’ assets. Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has announced an official plan to provide financial support for affected customers’ assets, in an official notice posted today, October 10. As previously reported, the exchange suffered a security breach […]
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In May, Adobe bought open source commerce platform Magento, creating a Commerce Cloud. On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled how it is integrating Magento into its Experience Cloud. In Adobe’s sky, there are clouds that contain other clouds. So, the Experience Cloud contains the Marketing Cloud, the Analytics Cloud, the Advertising Cloud — and, with the acquisition, […]
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Microsoft, the software giant, is expected to win antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, the coding website. Reuters, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported on Monday (Oct. 8) that the European Union will approve the deal with no conditions. Marking its largest acquisition since it acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion, […]
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One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. This trend happens as activity around AR heats up, with major players in the digital economy apparently positioning themselves to profit as the retail-friendly tech move every closer to mainstream popularity. […]
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Crypto finance company Circle has acquired equity crowdfunding platform and broker-dealer SeedInvest. Cryptocurrency finance company Circle Internet Financial Ltd. has acquired equity crowdfunding platform and broker-dealer SeedInvest, according to an announcement published October 5. Exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed. New York-based SeedInvest was founded in 2012 as a startup investing platform. Since […]
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This week, Pandora launched analytics tools for advertisers to use on its audio platform. The move represents another step in the platform’s ascendancy to a major platform for advertisers. It’s about time. Prior to this week, the streaming audio platform offered minimal online analytics to its advertisers, relying on offline impact and incremental visitation lift […]
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The merger between social intelligence firms Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon — announced Thursday — will lead to a new platform that integrates social media listening and research about markets, brands and consumers. That’s according to Brandwatch CEO and co-founder Gilles Palmer. He acknowledged that both companies have essentially “solved the same problem” of helping brands […]
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Following its acquisition of JUMP Bikes, Uber is looking to create its own versions of scooter and bikes. The company is bringing recruiting, supply chain and other staff to southern China to work with scooter and bike manufacturers, Bloomberg reported. Rachel Holt, who heads up Uber’s New Mobility unit, said the ride-hailing company might launch […]
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Visa is expanding the testing of its B2B payments technology, B2B Connect, into Thailand, according to reports. The Nation reported that B2B Connect is now being piloted by Thailand’s largest bank Kasikornbank. “Visa is proud that we have representation from a Thai financial institution in the pilot program,” said Visa Thailand Country Manager Suripong Tantiyanon in […]
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Fiserv, the global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 25) that it has agreed to acquire the debit card processing, ATM managed services and MoneyPass surcharge-free network of Elan Financial Services, a unit of U.S. Bancorp. In a press release, Fiserv said the acquisition – in which it is paying about $690 million […]
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