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Lidl's global holiday campaign was created by BBDO Germany and its chief creative officer, South African-born Jonathan Deeb and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper (Image supplied)

BBDO Germany's 6 minute brand film for Lidl's global holiday campaign

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Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cuts

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2024

Global e-commerce transactions predicted to hit $8tn by 2027

Global e-commerce transactions predicted to hit $8tn by 2027

22 May 2023

Nearly 70% of consumer payments to be instant by 2027

9 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied

Buy now pay later spend to soar, fuelled by macro-economic pressures

26 Oct 2022

'Buy now pay later' users to exceed 900 million by 2027

8 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Emma Shand, the new managing director and chief executive officer of EML Payments.

EML Payments announces new MD and CEO appointment

11 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

Top 10 global consumer trends revealed for 2022 - Euromonitor

17 Jan 2022

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Global e-commerce payment transactions to surpass $7.5tn by 2026

17 Jan 2022

Subscription economy to hit $275bn in 2022: Where's the growth coming from?

11 Jan 2022

B2B cross-border transaction value to exceed $42,7tn in 2026

31 Aug 2021

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How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

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'Buy now pay later' spend predicted to reach $995bn in 2026

14 Jun 2021

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

POS transaction values predicted to exceed $17.3tn globally by 2026

18 May 2021

Amazon India office, Bengaluru

Amazon debuts Smart Stores in India

6 Jul 2020

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

Global e-retail transaction values to exceed $4tn by 2024

24 Mar 2020

SA's 2Engage plans for further growth in Africa and abroad

SA's 2Engage plans for further growth in Africa and abroad

12 Feb 2020

Mindset matters more than income when it comes to consumer prosperity - Nielsen

Mindset matters more than income when it comes to consumer prosperity - Nielsen

11 Mar 2019

Mastercard to use Messenger to help SMEs leverage digital payments in Africa, Asia

Mastercard to use Messenger to help SMEs leverage digital payments in Africa, Asia

1 Mar 2018

Microsoft says it pays Chinese taxes after cryptic media report

Microsoft says it pays Chinese taxes after cryptic media report

28 Nov 2014

Japan Display, which makes screen for Apple and Samsung, has slumped to just over a third of its listing price amid dire warnings of huge losses in the coming financial year. Image:

Japan Display warns of enormous losses

17 Oct 2014

Lenovo's smartphone shipments grew by 39% year-on-year as it made strong inroads into the smartphone market. Image:

Lenovo's profits rise by 23% to $214m

15 Aug 2014

Sales of the PS4 have boosted Sony's first quarter profits to $261m. Image:

Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales

1 Aug 2014

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal wants to see Africa as a major market but its operations there lost $137m in the June quater. Image: Wikipedia

India's Bharti makes $184m in three months

31 Jul 2014

MtGox's Chief Executive has refused to travel to the USA, fearing further prosecution after the exchange failed and investors lost million before the company went bankrupt. Image:

Angry investors demand Bitcoin answers from MtGox

24 Jul 2014

Line, Japan's major messaging app with 400m users is likely to list in Tokyo later this year with an initial value of $9.8bn. Image:

Japan's Line messaging app worth $9.8bn ahead of listing

16 Jul 2014

IATA's Tony Tyler says that airline profits are improving but and airline only makes about US$6 per passenger carried. Image:

IATA predicts airline profits of US$18bn this year

3 Jun 2014

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Chief Executive of Malaysia Airlines admits that there have been hundreds of cancellatiions on its flights sinceMH370 disappeared. Image:

Loss of MH370 has huge impact on Malaysia Airlines profits

16 May 2014

MtGox's Mark Karpeles has handed control of the failed exchange over to administrator Nobuaki Kobayashi. Image:

MtGox bust, placed under administration

17 Apr 2014

Denial-of-service attacks crippled MtGox in the days leading up to its bankruptcy proceedings. Image:

MtGox faced 150,000 attacks per second says report

11 Mar 2014

Autumn Radtke, chief executive of First Meta, Singapore's Bitcoin exchange, has been found dead. Image:

Bitcoin exchange CEO found dead in Singapore

7 Mar 2014

Hackers managing to break into Flexcoin and steal US$600,000. Image: Chanpipat

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes

6 Mar 2014

A shop selling Bitcoins has opened in Hong Kong. Image: AA+W

'World's first' Bitcoin shop opens in Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014

A huge theft at MtGox is being probed after the Japanese exchange was closed. Image:

Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft

27 Feb 2014

Bitcoin's credibility has been damaged after the MtGox website inexplicably disappeared. Image:

Bitcoin website vanishes amid huge theft claim

26 Feb 2014

New Delhi skyline. (Image: , via Wikimedia Commons)

Top India Bitcoin operator halts trade after bank warning

30 Dec 2013

Bitcoin, a virtual currency, has seen values soar and fall. It is not underpinned by any asset other than trading by owners. Image: ]

Chinese investors seek to mine Bitcoin's volatility

11 Dec 2013

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'Nigerian' scams increase in Syria

31 Oct 2013

Dubai property bounces but stirs fears of new bubble

Dubai property bounces but stirs fears of new bubble

11 Oct 2013

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