According to a source familiar with the matter at hand, online retail giant is set to face antitrust charges from the European Commission over its usage of merchant data, said EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager. The European Commission has been investigating the online retailer’s dual role, of that of a marketplace for merchants as well…
In a statement the U.S. Justice Department stated, it had seized more than $1 billion worth of bitcoin associated with the underground online marketplace Silk Road. The Justice Department is seeking the forfeiture of the bitcoins, which had been in the possession of an unnamed hacker who had stolen them from the “notorious” website. The…
In a statement, the European Commission said, it is investigating how Facebook collects and monetizes its data. The development signals the opening of a second front, on top of an existing investigation, into Facebook’s marketplace. As part of preliminary investigations into both Facebook and Google, the EU executive said, it had sent out questionnaires to…
The move will increase competition against peers such as Alibaba Group Holding and Sea Ltd. In a significant development that sees Amazon.com Inc upping its competition against rivals such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Lazada and Sea Ltd’s Shopee, the U.S. e-commerce giant stated it has launched a bigger local store and marketplace in Singapore.…
Since it first fund raiser in 2006, 83North has invested in 70 companies and made 15 exits, three of which were in unicorns – startups that have been valued at more than $1 billion. On Monday, 83North, a London-based venture capital firm stated, it had raised $300 million for a new fund targeting European and…
In recent years, Huawei has shot up surprising fast into the global smartphone business. A U.S. ban citing theft of intellectual property and being a threat to U.S. national security has however crippled its sales outside China. On September 18 Huawei Technologies plans to launch its new Mate 30 line of smartphones in Munich, said…
Amazon has come under scrutiny over its dual role as a marketplace for merchants as well as their competitor. In a significant development, antitrust regulators in the European Union are increasing their scrutiny on Amazon over its usage of merchants’ data. The development underscores increasing regulatory scrutiny over how tech companies exploit customers’ information. Facebook,…
This is likely to pave the way for traditional investors to hold more digital asset securities. In a significant development, midst enquiries requesting clarity on holding digital assets with regard to federal securities law, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a notice on broker-dealer custody of digital asset securities. As per the…
Softbank Group has spread its investment across major players in India’s burgeoning e-commerce market, including in home-grown Flipkart, Snapdeal and Paytm E-Commerce. As per a regulatory filing, as part of a funding round that values India’s Paytm E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd at $1.9 billion, Japan’s SoftBank Group will invest $400 million with exsiting investor Alibaba also…
A car’s dashboard is now becoming the new marketplace and will compete with your smartphone, tablet and laptop for your taps and clicks. On Tuesday, General Motors stated it will equip its newer cars with e-commerce technology built-in to its dashboard. As a result, drivers of its future product line will have the ability to…
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