Search
Tiger Global and Lightspeed Lead $67 Million Funding Round in India’s OkCredit
13.9.2019
Over the past three decades or so, India has emerged as one of the biggest economies in the world. The advancements have fueled much of the country’s economic growth in the tech services sector, but over the past five years or so, a vibrant startup scene has evolved. From e-commerce payments...
Yahoo Japan Set to Buy Fashion E-Commerce Giant ‘ZoZo’
12.9.2019
While it is true that Yahoo has fallen way behind the tech giants of the day, its joint venture Yahoo Japan remains one of the world’s biggest internet companies in the world. At this point in time, Yahoo Japan is the most dominant internet company in the Asian country and continues to consolidate...
Alibaba Acquires NetEase for $2 Billion as Luxury Push Gathers Pace
6.9.2019
The e-commerce industry in China has grown at a truly remarkable pace over the last decade and the company that has decisively emerged as the biggest player in the industry is Alibaba. It is one of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world and due to the sheer size of the Chinese market,...
Dash Partners With IQ CashNow to Improve Geographical Coverage with More Merchants and ATMs
6.9.2019
The Digital currency for payments and e-commerce platform, Dash, announced in a tweet that, they have partnered with the Austrian based Crypto ATM service provider, IQ CashNow, adding over 1,000 Dash-accepting vendors and 250 new ATMs. These, additional Dash accepting merchants will be available...
Tech Companies in China Struggle in Their Efforts to Turnaround the Supermarket Industry
5.9.2019
The supermarket sector can be regarded as one of the bedrocks of most developed economies since a large portion of the population shops at one of those establishments at least once a week. However, the way in which the tech sector has managed to revolutionize a whole range of industries in...
Why the Birth of Bitcoin Can Be Traced Back to 1971
1.9.2019
The world economy is a complex system that has undergone many different phases in the past century. As strange as it may sound today, there have been times when banking crises were rare, pay was rising alongside productivity, and the U.S. dollar would buy a certain amount of pure gold. Despite...
Amazon in Discussions to Invest in Indonesian Ride-Hailing Company, Gojek
29.8.2019
Ever since Uber first burst into the scene with its ride-hailing service and expanded into different countries, many other ride-hailing services have come up in different parts of the world. Over the years, the Indonesian ride-hailing service Gojek has managed to grow into one of the nation’s most...
Bankovní vizitka: Ověření identity pomocí jednoho kliknutí slibuje zjednodušení fungování fintechu i e-commerce
26.8.2019
Když se řekne fintech, lidé si většinou vybaví služby jako Zonky a Twisto. V Česku vznikají i méně nápadné zajímavé služby, které stojí za pozornost. Jednou z nich je také Bankovní vizitka od startupu Wultra, který se věnuje vývoji produktů pro ochranu digitálního bankovnictví. Bankovní vizitka...
Amazon Set to Pick Up 49% Stake in Future Coupons and Minority Holding in Future Retail
23.8.2019
As far as e-commerce is concerned Amazon is at a different level altogether, and over the years, the company has aggressively expanded in new markets across the world. However, after it lost the battle in China to Alibaba, Amazon set its eyes on India and has spent billions of dollars in its quest...
Meziroční růst e-commerce v první polovině roku zpomalil, e-shopy se začínají připravovat na hlavní sezonu
23.8.2019
Češi v e-shopech nakupují čím dál, tím více a obliba e-commerce subjektů pořád stoupá. Potvrzují to i data – obrat českých e-shopů v první polovině letošního roku meziročně vzrostl o 6,5 miliardy korun (tedy o 13 procent) na celkových 58 miliard korun. Vyplývá to z agregovaných dat Heukreka.cz...
E-Commerce Giant Amazon Opens Its Biggest Campus in Hyderabad
22.8.2019
Amazon started more than two decades ago as an online bookstore but over the years the company managed to turn the e-commerce industry on its head to become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Nowadays it does billion of dollars in business and has huge operations all across the world....
Pilulka za první polrok utržila přes miliardu, letos cílí na 2,5 miliardy
22.8.2019
Skupina Pilulka, kterou založil a vede Martin Kasa, za první půlrok vykázala meziroční nárůst tržeb o 31 procent a o šedesát milionů tak přesáhla hranici jedné miliardy korun. Největší podíl tvoří internetová divize. „Růst v prvním pololetí byl zapříčiněn několika faktory. Lehce ale cíleně jsme...
Facebook Owned WhatsApp Looking to Launch Mobile Payment Service in Indonesia
21.8.2019
Over the past few years, it has become abundantly clear that mobile payments are going to be the next big thing in the world of Fintech and some of the biggest companies in the world are now trying to get into it in a big way. It needs to be kept in mind that mobile …
The post Facebook Owned...
Obrat majitele Zásilkovny za první pololetí vzrostl o 72 %, blíží se tak k cíli 1,3 miliardy tržeb za rok
21.8.2019
Skupina Packeta, do které patří mimo jiné i česká logistická firma Zásilkovna, dosáhla za prvních šest měsíců letošního roku tržby 425 milionů korun. Meziročně tak jde o nárůst o 72 procent. Počet samotných zásilek vzrostl o 70 procent na 7,5 milionu. Kromě toho pokračovalo i navyšování počtu...
Shopify All Set to Target E-Commerce Behemoth Amazon After Upstaging eBay
20.8.2019
When Amazon had started more than two decades ago as a small online book shop, eBay was the king of the e-commerce industry with its novel auctioning marketplace. Over the years, eBay grew, but eventually, it was Amazon which emerged as the winner. However, e-commerce company Shopify has emerged...
Let’s Build a JAMstack E-Commerce Store with Netlify Functions
20.8.2019
A lot of people are confused about what JAMstack is. The acronym stands for JavaScript, APIs, and Markup, but truly, JAMstack doesn’t have to include all three. What defines JAMstack is that it’s served without web servers. If you consider the history of computing, this type of abstraction isn’t...
‘Amazon of Japan’ Rakuten Launches Crypto Exchange Service
20.8.2019
Rakuten, the “Amazon of Japan,” announced the launch of its new crypto exchange platform Monday, August 19, offering spot trading of crypto assets via a dedicated smartphone app. The e-commerce giant has been crypto-friendly for a while now, experimenting and investing in crypto payment...
Prime Now to be Used by Amazon to Get into the Food and Grocery Delivery Space
20.8.2019
Over the course of the past two decades, Amazon has grown into one of the world’s most innovative e-commerce companies, and it has done so by taking risks that many other firms might find unappealing. The company started off selling books online, but now it is known as the ‘everything store.’ After...
Japan’s E-commerce Leader Rakuten Publicly Unveils Its Cryptocurrency Exchange
19.8.2019
Rakuten, Japan’s e-commerce giant, has publicly unveiled its digital currency exchange called Rakuten Wallet. The company made an official announcement on Monday in which it disclosed that the users could begin spot trading activity through a dedicated mobile application in three digital currencies...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Raises Its Holding in E-commerce Giant Amazon
15.8.2019
As everyone knows, Warren Buffett is the world’s greatest investors, having created tens of billions of dollars in wealth through his investments over the past several decades. Hence, when he discloses about the investments made by his company Berkshire Hathaway, then it is big news. Additionally...