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RFG settles unconscionable conduct case brought by ACCC

Inside Retail

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said: “We are pleased that RFG has agreed to make payments to certain impacted franchisees. We initially took this action because we were concerned with the alleged conduct and the impact on a number of small business operators. Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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RFG settles unconscionable conduct case brought by ACCC

Inside Retail

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said: “We are pleased that RFG has agreed to make payments to certain impacted franchisees. We initially took this action because we were concerned with the alleged conduct and the impact on a number of small business operators. Michel’s marketing fund. Waiving historical debts.

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Consumers and Merchants Should Look Before They Leap into BNPL Services

Retail TouchPoints

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015.

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The Next Generation of Shoppers Needs a Next-Generation Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

They want shopping to be fast and fun — less of a process. That’s why Synchrony partnered with payments startup Skipify, which enables purchases instantly across email, text, social and other channels. Visiting a website, choosing a product, reviewing a “shopping cart,” typing in credit card details, etc.

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Services Spotlight: How Kickfurther Helped Finance Poop Like a Champion’s Inventory

Rangeme

Kickfurther is the world’s first inventory financing platform that enables businesses selling through any combination of direct-to-consumer, online, wholesale, or retail channels to raise working capital. Relaxed payment obligations – After receiving funding from Kickfurther, payment obligations only begin once you achieve sales.

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Signifyd Raises an Additional $205 Million, Eyes Further Expansion in Latin America

Retail TouchPoints

Signifyd has received $205 million in Series E growth equity financing that values the company at $1.34 The funding will be used to expand the Signifyd Commerce Protection Platform and identity graph globally across digital shopping and payments.

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Startups spring from ashes of Big Tech purge

Inside Retail

Days later he was back working, seeking investment for his own company Nulink, a blockchain-based payment company, and sent pitches to startup accelerator Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency fund. “As counterintuitive as it may sound, this layoff left me in a really good position,” the 24-year-old said.