| China Puts Brake On Tech Handover Demands Might one leg of the trade war between China and the United States have fallen away? As the Associated Press reports, China will stop demands that overseas firms give the government access to their trade and tech secrets â a handover that, up until now, has served as a key to enter the much-coveted Chinese market. |
| FBI Probe, Oracle Suit Eye Amazon's Government Procurement Role Amazon is no stranger to working with the federal government, which recently secured clearance to procure goods from the online marketplace. The Department of Defense is using Amazon Web Services, too, to modernize operations. However, Amazon's government contracts are now the center of an FBI probe and legal action from Oracle, as rivals question their fairness. |
| | Cryptocurrency | | Crypto Goes After Intercompany B2B Payments The jury's still out on whether cryptocurrency is a viable tool for corporate payments â with the lack of crypto acceptance a major barrier to adoption. Now, some industry players are banking on the use case of global intercompany payments to promote crypto adoption in B2B transactions. Wirex Co-founder Dmitry Lazarichev tells PYMNTS that the key to traction is mixing in support for traditional payment tools and technologies, too. |
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