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PayPal Purchases Cryptocurrency Security Provider Curv

Retail TouchPoints

PayPal Holdings will acquire Curv , a Tel-Aviv based provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. During our conversations with Curv’s team, we’ve been impressed by their technical talent, entrepreneurial spirit and the thinking behind the technology they’ve built in the last few years.”.

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Tech Trends Shaping Retail: From AI to Blockchain

365 Retail

Innovations in retail technology are driving growth and redefining the shopping experience. As retail sectors evolve, technology continues to play a pivotal role in shaping business strategies and enhancing customer satisfaction. Stay tuned as we explore the key technologies that are setting new standards in the retail industry.

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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

Get ready for a technology retouch. We’re all used to traditional payment methods, and fully digitized payment solutions have not yet become mainstream. However, even if you’re not yet set up for in-store crypto payments, you can still integrate a digital currency option into your ecommerce or click-and-collect offering.

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Future of Ecommerce: How Technology Will Change in 20 Years

Blue Acorn

Only time will truly tell us what technology will be in play in the year 2037, but until then it doesn’t hurt to get a little imaginative about some of the possibilities. While virtual reality and augmented reality are budding technologies now, will they become a vital component in the future? Something Security. Probably not.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Blockchain is the name of the technology powering bitcoin.

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The 19 Ecommerce Growth Challenges of 2018, Outlined by Amazon’s Annual Report

BigCommerce

From changes in technology to pending legislative issues, these are the top items to keep an eye on in 2018 and beyond. Technology: The speed at which technology advances (and thus, users adapt their habits) poses a certain amount of risk for a business that can’t be flexible or agile enough to adapt to those changes quickly.

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Trends Analysis: Why Cryptocurrency May Still Be Important for eCommerce

ESW

There’s a bigger discussion about what crypto — and the blockchain technology behind it — can do for the entire eCommerce sector. Digital currencies like Bitcoin are helping both private users and online merchants to experience a whole new world of monetary exchange with complete ease,” eCommerce consultant Darshit Parmar writes.