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Crypto-Commerce: Banking on Blockchain for B2B Payments

GetElastic

Editor's Note: This post was originally published July 29th, 2019 and has been updated for relevancy. The predictions for rapid adoption by 2020 never materialized; however, the underlying technology, Blockchain, still holds promise, especially in the B2B payments space. How Blockchain for B2B Payments Works. Transactions are ?

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

ESW

What about payments, though? While brands and retailers can accept crypto payments today, that doesn’t mean it’s viable. Maintaining the Value of Crypto Remains a Big Problem Bitcoin is as volatile as ever in 2019, writes CNN’s Paul R. of all Bitcoin transactions in the first four months of 2019 came from retailers.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Essentially, ecommerce (or electronic commerce) is the buying and selling of goods (or services) on the internet. From mobile shopping to online payment encryption and beyond, ecommerce encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for both online buyers and sellers. 1998 PayPal launches as an online payment system.

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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

Credit cards started our weaning process. There were early efforts at digital payments using a mobile wallet. Despite the early hiccups of SMS payment and WAP payments that did not catch on, cashless transactions crept in regardless. In China, these have become a defacto standard payment methods.