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Checkout wants to be Rapyd and Fast

TechCrunch

This time around we are not talking Roblox, we’re talking about ecommerce, and a number of rounds — big and small — that have been raised in the space. And sticking to the ecommerce theme, Rapyd raised $300 million at around a $2.5 million to help businesses improve their net margins. billion valuation.

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Egypt’s e-commerce platform Wasla nabs $9 million from retail finance provider Contact

TechCrunch

Contact Financial Holding, Egypt’s non-bank consumer finance provider, has invested $9 million in the country’s ecommerce super-app Wasla , setting the stage for the rollout of new online shopping capabilities, products and regional expansion. They’re very technologically advanced, and their adoption of ecommerce is quite good.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO

She spent time understanding the tech stack, the business challenges, and a comprehensive technology team split across infrastructure, product development, security, privacy and technical compliance. For example, she says that an iOS developer could learn eCommerce, or a web developer could study back-end infrastructure.

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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

TechCrunch

The B2B e-commerce industry has broad reach, encompassing everything from commerce infrastructure and payments technology to procurement and supply-chain solutions. But one area of the B2B e-commerce sector holds outsized promise: marketplaces.

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As EU’s VAT reform ramps up, marketplaces must focus on compliance to avoid tax risk

TechCrunch

Electronic interfaces, platforms and marketplaces form a key layer in the digital infrastructure behind e-commerce, serving as gatekeepers between consumers and producers of digital content or digitally sold products. These gatekeepers offer third-party companies access to a global market by providing their own infrastructure.

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Slope takes in first capital with visions of being ‘Stripe for global B2B payments’

TechCrunch

Prior to the global pandemic, suppliers were extending net terms of 30 days to pay, but at that scale, it is hard to build up credit for small businesses, Murata told TechCrunch. Then with the global pandemic, the pace at which business-to-business payment was moving online was accelerating,” Murata told TechCrunch. trillion by 2028.

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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

TechCrunch

Ben Altshuler is a partner at Matrix Partners who focuses on fintech and infrastructure investments. For its part, PayPal in the third quarter signed up 15 million net new active accounts (its highest ever). More posts by this contributor. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. Ben Altshuler. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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