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Flywire And Volvo Give Cross-Border Car Leasing Wheels
 
Leasing a car for a college student can be a challenge under ideal domestic circumstances — but it’s a huge hassle for international students. But Volvo — in partnership with Flywire — wants to take that pain away by solving a huge cross-border receiveables management friction today — Flywire’s EVP and GM Jeff Althaus told Karen Webster — that opens the door to a host of new solutions going forward.
 
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For Amazon, the Whole Foods Market acquisition is just part of its grand, 20-year grocery experiment that started with an investment in the early online grocery service HomeGrocer in the 1990s. CFO Brian Olsavsky said on the company's Q2 earnings call that "there'll be no one solution" when it comes to grocery, so the eCommerce giant is keeping all possibilities open. That includes its ongoing work with AmazonFresh, Prime Now, and Amazon Go (currently in beta).  Read More...

 
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Moving out of the pan and into the fryer for consumers, cyberattacks seem to be inevitable for today's tech savvy economy. In today's The Buyers edition, we explore recent cyberattacks and what it may take to win back the trust of consumersRead More...

 
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