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Video store
Shopify will partner with TikTok to provide an added advertising venue for Shopify's merchant network, which will support purchases via clicking on ads.
TikTok's video sharing app is popular in North America, particularly among young people, making it a target for e-commerce companies that wish to use the app as a venue for marketing and purchases.
But TikTok is also embroiled in a political controversy as the
Cashing out
The U.K. postal service plans to shut about 600 ATMs over the next 18 months, or almost a third of its network of 2,000, drawing more attention to the decline of cash access in the country.
The post office is taking over a network of ATMs that are operated by the Bank of Ireland, which will no longer manage postal ATMs, according to
The decline of ATMs in the U.K., which is driven by the uptake of digital payments and the
In the cards
The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added Visa and Mastercard for direct payments on the exchange, avoiding the use of a third party to process transactions.
The Seychelles-based Huobi contends this will simplify the know-your-customer process by bringing it closer to the exchange, reports
It's the second move Huobi has made in recent weeks to improve transaction processing. Earlier in October it partnered with Banxa, which supported traditional currency deposits through the U.K.'s Faster Payments Scheme and the Single Euro Payments Area.
Fast Cash
Corporate card company Brex has deployed an instant payouts feature, which allows merchant clients to advance sales directly into their Brex Cash Account.
The company hopes to provide a liquidity boost for sellers who use large e-commerce platforms, and often have to wait for several days for the cash to reach their account.
Brex has also updated its e-commerce incentive marketing program, and is offering points on digital ad spending, rideshare and other business categories sellers frequently use.
From the web
REUTERS | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Australia's Afterpay Ltd said on Wednesday underlying sales in the first-quarter more than doubled, helped by strong growth in the United States where the buy-now-pay-later firm added nearly 1 million new customers over three months.
REUTERS | Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday opened up its Swedish website, offering customers more than 150 million products across 30 categories, marking its first entry in the Nordics.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
While working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch during the Great Recession, Margaret Hartigan realized that most people don’t really understand how investing works.
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