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Amazon Buying Whole Foods For Almost $14B
 
Every once in a while the rumor mill gets one right. Amazon, as it turns out, will actually be acquiring/merging with Whole Foods sometime before the second half of this year. It's a big buy — $13.7 billion in cash — and may make a big difference to Amazon's brick-and-mortar and grocery ambitions.
 
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In Payments, Closed and Open, Global and Local
 

One month into his new gig as CEO of AEVI, Nelson Holzner tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that technology — strengthening the ever-evolving bond between merchants and acquirers and the customers they serve — can make payments global, local and flexible beyond the confines of hardware.  Read More...

 
  The Buyers Series
 
 
 
Chinese Consumers' Online Interactions
 

As China continues to lead in the e-commerce arena, it's important to look at theonline habitsof its consumers. In today's The Buyers series, we focus on the online social media and shopping patterns of the Chinese buyer.  Read More...

 
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NEW REPORT: How Airbnb Does Payments
 

In less than a decade, Airbnb has gone from startup to hospitality powerhouse, bringing in billions in travel rentals — and a fortune that has its foundation in payments. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™, powered by WePay, Kapil Mokhat, the company’s director of payments and partnerships, discusses why the company controls its own payments, and how that’s helped its expansion. Find that, plus the latest headlines and rankings of 58 players, including 7 new additions, inside the new Tracker.  Read More...

 
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