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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

Technology is restructuring how money moves. Depending on who you want to believe, it’s estimated that since late-2014 more than 50% of all online purchases are made from mobile devices. From a historical standpoint, Apple Pay, was announced in 2014. This is the beginning of cryptocurrencies.?. 1998: PayPal is founded.?.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

Blockchain is the name of the technology powering bitcoin. The marketplace generates a block and displays the ‘proof of work’, whereby the seller receives the order to ship the product. The seller receives payment and then ships the product to the customer which again generates a block and ‘proof of work’ in the marketplace.

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ecommerce in Nigeria – tips for success

Payoneer

Only Revenue Generated in Nigeria was Evaluated The rapid growth of ecommerce websites in Nigeria Source: Revenue and projected revenue in billions of USD from 2014 – 2026 In Nigeria, the smartphone segment is expected to generate a revenue of US$9.39 The store rankings include all revenue-generating stores in Nigeria.

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Crypto-Commerce: Banking on Blockchain for B2B Payments

GetElastic

After significant hype with the rise of cryptocurrencies, there was a ‘Blockchain winter.’ The predictions for rapid adoption by 2020 never materialized; however, the underlying technology, Blockchain, still holds promise, especially in the B2B payments space. Blockchain’s foundation is distributed ledger technology ?(DLT).

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Pagecloud vs Shopify: Which is Best for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

Shopify Pros and Cons Pagecloud was initially founded in 2014, and launched officially in 2015. You can create memberships, sell one-off services, book appointments with customers, and ship products to locations around the world. Up to 77% shipping discounts are also available from some partners. Further reading ?

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5 Ecommerce Trends for 2018 & How to Capitalise on Them

Ecommerce Platforms

million units of smart speakers have been sold by Amazon since their launch in 2014. Half a million units of Google Home were shipped in 2016 alone. I agree- there's been a lot of hype around AR and Augmented Reality ever since the technology was introduced to the market a few years back.