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Enterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain

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Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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Alibaba eCommerce Rival Pinduoduo Secures $1B In Funding

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Chinese upstart eCommerce site Pinduoduo (PDD) is raising more than $1 billion to help compete with Chinese giants like Alibaba and JD.com, according to reports. The company puts a twist on the traditional eCommerce playbook by offering a social aspect – shoppers who team up with friends or family can get discounts by making group orders.

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Four Things To Know About Balancing UX And Security In eCommerce

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Oh, and security, too – but not at the expense of that frictionless user experience. Although some customers ( millennials : cough, cough) may value convenience above all else, that youthful sense of fiscal invincibility does not extend to their elders, who place a higher premium on transaction security. What do consumers want?

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Startup Riskified Seeks $200M To Fight eCommerce Fraud

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Fraud is becoming an increasingly more common problem in the eCommerce sector, and is estimated to cost merchants about $130 billion over the next five years. “At We know that a great shopping experience is the key to consistent and sustainable growth, so we built the ultimate frictionless eCommerce fraud prevention solution.”.

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Retail Ecommerce Ventures Calculates Its Next Moves

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Instead, a dialogue with Lopez, head of Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), spans multitudes of topics, from neuroscience to movies to books to chess and, yes, retail. He has secured a distribution channel into the mainstream market for many retail brands, and will do so for many more in the future. It paid $3.6

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Deep Dive: Safeguarding B2B eCommerce And The Corporate Customer Experience

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There is plenty of opportunity as B2B eCommerce is expected to reach $1.1 More than $1 trillion is expected to be spent on cybersecurity solutions worldwide between 2017 and 2021 as companies address the need for protections and make major investments in digital fraud-fighting techniques. False Positives and Data Security.

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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

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According to a report , the Chinese startup PingPong, a FinTech company, will invest €100 million ($113 million) in Luxembourg. Seen as one of the standard bearers of China’s thriving eCommerce space, PingPong also has the backing of CICC, one of China’s biggest investment banks. billion investment in Europe. “We