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July 25 (Reuters) - TikTok is planning to launch in early August an e-commerce platform to sell China-made goods in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plan. TikTok did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The reported move comes at a time when TikTok is facing heightened scrutiny from U.S. officials over concerns about data security. The company is fighting to prevent a ban in the country after lawmakers introduced a bill that would grant the Biden administration authority to ban apps that pose security risks. (This story has been refiled to add source in the headline)Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: TikTok, Zaheer Kachwala, Shailesh Organizations: Wall Street, Biden, Thomson Locations: China, United States
Shopify could be at an inflection point as it shows an ability to thrive in the enterprise space, MoffettNathanson said. Analyst Michael Morton upgraded the e-commerce stock to outperform from market perform. Now, he said the company is "in the early stages of an enterprise inflection." Preliminary data shows the largest system integrators have used Shopify Plus agencies, while web traffic to the Plus login portal is outpacing competitors. With all of these points together, Morton said the company is showing the ability to be successful in the enterprise space.
Persons: MoffettNathanson, Michael Morton, Morton, It's, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Independent Locations: Friday's
BENGALURU, July 22 (Reuters) - Indian digital payments firm Paytm (PAYT.NS) reported a 39% rise in quarterly revenue, helped by soaring demand for loans. Operating profit came in at 840 million rupees, compared with an operating loss of 2.75 billion rupees, while the net loss narrowed to 3.57 billion rupees. Paytm defines operating profit as core profit before cost of employee stock-owning plans. It first reported an operating profit for the final three months of 2022 – nine months ahead of schedule. Quarterly expenses were up 15.9% at 28 billion rupees, with appraisals during the period driving up employee costs 21%.
Persons: Nandan Mandayam, Pooja Desai, Mike Harrison Organizations: Communications, Unified, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Bengaluru, Siddhi Nayak, Mumbai
Discover dabbles with two types of delinquency
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( John Foley | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - In the credit card business, delinquency means not paying on time. Discover Financial Services (DFS.N), a large U.S. credit card issuer, is dabbling with a bit of both, and it’s a double concern for shareholders. But it came alongside the revelation that regulators have proposed serving Discover with a punitive “consent order,” for other undisclosed shortcomings. Discover received a consent order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2020, as punishment for disobeying another order from 2015. Some 2.9% of Discover card loans were overdue at the end of June, back where they ended 2019.
Persons: Boss Roger Hochschild, , Wells Fargo, There’s, cardholders, Jonathan Guilford, Thomas Shum Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Discover Financial Services, Discover, Consumer Financial, Bank of America’s, JPMorgan, ” Reuters Graphics Reuters, Citigroup, Citi, Federal Reserve, Financial Services, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Thomson Locations: U.S
The move marks a revival of efforts by Alipay and WeChat Pay to accept foreign credit cards after they provided some limited access in late 2019. WeChat Pay is officially known as Weixin Pay in China. Alipay and WeChat Pay are dominant in digital payment services, accounting for a combined 91% market share. In 2019, Alipay and WeChat started allowing the use of foreign credit cards on their apps as Chinese regulators eased restrictions. A week later, an executive from Tencent said at a forum that the company would open wider its WeChat Pay system to international card organizations, such as Visa, starting in July.
Persons: Alipay, WeChat, ” Dennis Chang, Tencent, , Chen Qiru Organizations: Hong Kong CNN —, Mastercard, Ant Group, Visa, Club, Discover, World, Hangzhou, Alibaba, JCB, Greater China, , Tencent Financial Technology, , People’s Bank of Locations: Hong Kong, China, Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Tianjin, People’s Bank of China
TikTok struck a partnership with "buy now, pay later" service Atome to offer installment payments on its e-commerce marketplace in Malaysia, the latest in the company's e-commerce push into Southeast Asia. TikTok Shop will include Atome as a payment option, which would allow customers to spread deferred payments over three or six months. Atome is the BNPL arm of Singapore-based fintech firm Advance Intelligence Group, which is backed by major investors like SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Warburg Pincus. The partnership is expected to "drive growth" and "enable merchants and small businesses to offer their customers a convenient and flexible payment option," Jonathan Low, e-commerce lead of strategy and special projects at TikTok Shop, said in a statement on Friday. "By integrating Atome as a payment option on TikTok Shop, we're excited to help drive ecommerce growth and support brands of all sizes," said William Yang, head of commercial at Atome.
Persons: TikTok, Atome, Warburg Pincus, Jonathan Low, William Yang Organizations: Advance Intelligence Group, SoftBank Locations: Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Atome
Truist reiterates Amazon as buy Truist said it's bullish heading into Amazon earnings Aug. 3. Piper Sandler upgrades SL Green to overweight from neutral Piper Sandler said in its upgrade of SL Green that the real estate investment trust has "favorable tailwinds." Piper Sandler downgrades Discover to neutral from overweight Piper Sandler said in its downgrade of the credit card company that it sees too many negative catalysts. Piper Sandler downgrades Carvana to neutral from overweight Piper Sandler downgraded the online used-car company mainly on valuation. Sirius' stock price has more than doubled over the past month and increased 42% yesterday alone.
Persons: . Bank of America downgrades Herc, Herc, Underperform, KeyBanc, it's, Truist, Piper Sandler, Piper Sandler downgrades Carvana, JPMorgan downgrades Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Eli Lilly, Davidson, Davison, Oppenheimer, Baird, Wedbush, Goldman Sachs Organizations: . Bank of America, . Bank of America downgrades Herc Holdings, Bank of America, Hollywood, NA, Green, DFS, JPMorgan, Novo Nordisk, BMO, Consolidated Edison, of America, Deutsche Bank, Sirius, Nvidia, Microsoft Locations: 2Q23
This year, consumers are spending more on back-to-school supplies — and coughing up more to cover a particular kind of credit card fee at the same time. Total back-to-school spending is expected to reach a record $41.5 billion with another $94 billion in college shopping, according to the National Retail Federation. Swipe fees — also known as interchange fees — have more than doubled over the past decade and jumped $22 billion to a record $160.7 billion last year. When the National Retail Federation first started tracking swipe fees collected by Visa and Mastercard in 2001, they amounted to roughly $20 billion. "They've made themselves an involuntary equity partner with every Main Street business," he added.
Persons: Doug Kantor, , Kantor, They've Organizations: National Retail Federation, Visa, Mastercard, Merchants Payments Coalition, Finance, National Association of Convenience Stores, Bankers
TikTok is offering a slew of cash bonuses and rewards to creators that use its new shopping feature. The conversation centered around how to formalize the role of "TikTok Shop creator" as a new category of influencer, akin to a sports or food personality, Jayy said. "I'm thinking about marketing myself as a TikTok Shop creator," she said. In another instance, they were offered $1,000 in cash for generating at least $3,000 in Shop sales via a video. "Most of the people don't have the support or the knowledge to even be these TikTok Shop creators that TikTok wants them to be."
Persons: Sharon Jayy, Jayy, it's, TikTok, influencers, It's, Ross Hawthorne, Nadia Lynn Garcia, Maryam Malik, Lissette, Shayna Farnan, she's, Malik, Lauren Mabra, Mabra, Pinterest, Farnan Organizations: TikTok, Real Quick Media, Meta, Facebook, YouTube, Financial Times, TikTok Shop Locations: Culver City , California, China, London
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Temu, an e-commerce platform owned by PDD Holdings, is seen on a mobile phone displayed in front of its website, in this illustration picture taken April 26, 2023. Temu, owned by PDD Holdings, filed a lawsuit accusing Shein of violating U.S. antitrust laws on Friday. This marks the latest development in the increasingly competitive global fast-fashion market where the Chinese companies are vying for dominance. Temu’s complaint alleged Shein “forces manufacturers to sign loyalty oaths certifying that they will not do business with Temu.”A Shein spokesperson on Wednesday repeated its initial statement regarding the lawsuit. “We believe this lawsuit is without merit and we will vigorously defend ourselves,” the spokesperson said.
Persons: Florence Lo, Temu, Shein’s, Shein, Organizations: PDD Holdings, REUTERS, KONG, Reuters, Temu Locations: Temu’s, Shein, U.S
Hong Kong CNN —Temu has sued Shein in the United States, accusing its rival of violating antitrust laws by trying to monopolize suppliers and engaging in other allegedly illegal behavior. It follows another complaint from Shein, which sued Temu in December for allegedly mobilizing social media influencers to disparage Shein online. Shein has also “forced” exclusivity deals on clothing manufacturers to prevent them from working with Temu, the complaint states. A new ‘war’In its lawsuit filed last week, Temu claimed its recent entry into the United States had rattled Shein. It claimed that Temu had required them to make statements such as: “Shein is not the only cheap option for clothing!
Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Temu, Shein, Temu, Tomas Stevens, , Michael Felice, ” Temu, influencers, , Shein “, Felice Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Temu, Consumers, AP, PDD, CNN Locations: Hong Kong, United States, Massachusetts, Shein, Paris, China, Zara, Illinois
The National Retail Federation is predicting record spending , whether students are heading back to elementary school, high school or college. Bracing for higher prices as wages fall Baked into that outlook was an expectation held by the vast majority of respondents, 82%, that prices will be higher this year than in 2022. As in the KPMG survey, the gain largely reflected the perception that prices will be higher this year. In the JLL poll, Walmart , Target and Amazon were among the top three retailers parents planned to shop, by a wide margin. Stifel reiterated its price target of $163 for Walmart, saying, "We continue to see more upside than downside from current levels."
Persons: Paul Ashworth, Staples, Mark Astrachan, Astrachan, Stifel, Corey Tarlowe, Tarlowe Organizations: Prime, National Retail Federation, KPMG, Big, Capital Economics, Consumers, Walmart, Target, Old Navy, Kohl's, Macy's, Costco, Adobe Analytics, Jefferies, Amazon, Walmart U.S, Bed Locations: American
Shein alleged Temu infringed on its trademark and Temu alleged Shein violated antitrust laws. Now Temu is fighting back with its own lawsuit against Shein, filed last week. In Shein's lawsuit against Temu, the company alleged that Temu attempted a deliberate scheme to impersonate the Shein brand by creating fraudulent Twitter accounts. Shein also alleged that Temu contracted influencers to make disparaging comments about Shein. In Temu's lawsuit against Shein, the company alleged that Shein forced clothing manufacturers to sign agreements not to work for its rival.
Persons: Shein, Temu, Gen, they've, influencers Organizations: Service, Twitter, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Temu, Shein Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chinese, Singapore, China, Shein, Temu
Discover, a U.S. provider of digital banking and payment services, last traded at $105.63 after closing the regular session up 15 cents at $121.85. It said that from around mid-2007 it incorrectly classified certain credit card accounts into the highest merchant and merchant acquirer pricing tiers. It said however that the revenue impact of incorrect card product classification was not material to consolidated financial statements. For the second quarter the company reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.54 compared with Wall Street expectations for $3.67, according to data gathered by Refinitiv. It reported revenue, net of interest expense, of $3.88 billion compared with $3.2 billion in the year-ago quarter.
Persons: acquirers, Sinéad Carew, Josie Kao Organizations: Financial Services, Refinitiv, Discover, Thomson Locations: U.S
The conversation centered around how to formalize the role of "TikTok Shop creator" as a new category of influencer, akin to a sports or food personality, Jayy said. "I'm thinking about marketing myself as a TikTok Shop creator," she said. In another instance, they were offered $1,000 in cash for generating at least $3,000 in Shop sales via a video. On the right, a screenshot of what a creator sees on the backend when using TikTok Shop as an affiliate. "Most of the people don't have the support or the knowledge to even be these TikTok Shop creators that TikTok wants them to be."
Persons: Sharon Jayy, Jayy, it's, TikTok, influencers, It's, Ross Hawthorne, Nadia Lynn Garcia, Maryam Malik, Lissette, Shayna Farnan, she's, Malik, Lauren Mabra, Mabra, Pinterest, Farnan Organizations: TikTok, Real Quick Media, Meta, Facebook, YouTube, Financial Times, TikTok Shop Locations: Culver City , California, China, London
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added two European-based surveillance firms to its economic trade blacklist as part of the Biden administration's efforts to counter the misuse of commercial spyware. The department added Cytrox, a Hungary-based surveillance company and Greek firm Intellexa, another cyber-surveillance firm and two related entities in Ireland and Macedonia. Attempts to reach representatives from Cytrox and Intellexa were not immediately successful. The journalist's allegation came as the European Union (EU) was beginning to follow the United States in taking a harder look at spyware merchants and the use of powerful surveillance software. Reuters reported in 2020 that Intellexa was working with intelligence agencies in Southeast Asia and Europe.
Persons: Biden, Intellexa, Tal Dilian, Cytrox, Jarrett Renshaw, David Shepardson, Karen Freifeld, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing, Doina Chiacu, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: U.S . Commerce Department, Reuters, Intellexa, The Commerce Department, European Union, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Cytrox, Greece, United States, Southeast Asia, Europe
At VidCon, the annual conference for creators, industry professionals, and fans, YouTube Shopping made a splash. Michael Martin, YouTube Shopping general manager, and Bridget Dolan, managing director of YouTube Shopping partnerships, each spoke about the platform's new affiliate program. In 2021, YouTube began quietly testing shopping tools like product pins with a small group of creators. The feature looks similar to the in-app shopping tools on TikTok, with a "view products" button on the lower half of the video. Instagram, on the other hand, ended its native affiliate program in July 2022, and cut back on some features, like live shopping.
Persons: Michael Martin, Bridget Dolan, David Katz, who've, TikTok, Amanda Perelli YouTube's, Martin, it's, Jay Kent, Hume, Kent Organizations: YouTube, YouTube's, Coachella, Amazon Associates Locations: VidCon
Shopify has had talks to invest in Faire, two people familiar with the matter said. Faire is an online wholesale marketplace that integrates with Shopify. Shopify has held talks to make a strategic investment in Faire, the wholesale marketplace company, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Canadian e-commerce company has discussed taking a stake of about 5% in Faire as part of the deal, one of these people said. While Shopify is better known for catering to DTC brands, B2B e-commerce has become a larger focus for the Canadian e-commerce company in recent years.
Persons: Shopify Organizations: Shopify, B2B, Shopify Ventures, Triple, Dragoneer Investment, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures
Capital One’s debit card, available to kids ages eight and up, charges no monthly service or subscription fees; comes with no minimum balance requirements to open or maintain; and has no overdraft fees. Capital One Money Teen Checking Account Learn MoreWhat does the debit card offer? That’s a small sum, but more than most other free kid’s debit accounts offer. Parents who want to provide more of a guiding hand to their children would do better with a different card that boasts more comprehensive spending controls, such as those offered by our pick for Best Overall Debit Card for Kids, the Greenlight debit card, or our pick for Best Free Debit Card for Younger Kids, the Chase’s First Banking debit card. How we pickedTo pick Buy Side from WSJ’s Best Debit Cards for Kids, we looked at card options available to those under the age of 18, including prepaid debit cards, checking account-linked debit cards, secured credit cards and brokerage account-linked debit cards.
Persons: Kerri Anne Renzulli, they’ll, it’s Organizations: Capital, Teens, Best, Greenlight Locations: That’s
NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - Amazon shoppers snagged deals on food delivery, travel and healthcare during a two-day Prime Event that ended on Wednesday, highlighting the potential for growth in services at an e-retailing giant long focused on goods. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the shift to include services. Amazon offered a 28% discount for a one-year subscription to its One Medical service for U.S. Prime members who signed up before the Prime Day event ended. Experimenting with more Prime Day deals on services and discounted memberships could bolster Amazon's advertising services, Lipsman said. Investors expect ad revenue to reach $11.2 billion in the third quarter, which will include Prime Day data, according to Refinitiv data.
Persons: David Klink, we’re, Klink, Amazon's Grubhub, Grubhub, Andrew Lipsman, Lipsman, Arriana McLymore, Howard Goller Organizations: YORK, Adobe Analytics, Huntington National Bank, Walmart, Paramount, Priceline, Booking Holdings, Priceline's Hotel Express, Amazon, Intelligence, Merchants, Thomson
Rosenberg, 48, is a well-known figure in the world of Amazon third-party sellers. The case provides an unfiltered glimpse into the cottage industry of consultants and brokers that has flourished alongside the growth of Amazon's third-party marketplace. A former Amazon employee was sentenced last year to 10 months in prison, while a consultant who also sold products on Amazon is serving 20 months in prison. In one case, Rosenberg made 33 different PayPal payments worth $18,650 to an Amazon employee in Seattle in exchange for confidential information about third-party seller accounts. He later admitted he made false statements about the case and admitted to bribing Amazon employees in a public apology posted online.
Persons: Ephraim, Ed, Rosenberg, it's, scammers, Joe Nilsen, Sellers, Nilsen, Rosenberg's, Jacob Laufer Organizations: Facebook, Amazon, Street Journal, Prosecutors, Seattle, Bloomberg, CNBC Locations: Brooklyn, China, Seattle
The pressure to adapt is growing. But in the United States, some small-business owners do not understand the complexities of digital payments. “Smaller merchants, they don’t always have the knowledge and resources to know what to do,” said Ginger Siegel, who leads the North America small-business segment at Mastercard, which offers training to business owners like Ms. Otis of Comma Bookstore. Ms. Otis said she noticed an increase in sales when she began offering mobile payments, which made the checkout process faster. “As a retailer, you want to make the experience as efficient as possible,” she said.
Persons: , Ginger Siegel, Otis Organizations: Boku, Merchant Machine, North, Mastercard, Comma Locations: United States, Britain, London, North America
Bain’s Chindata buyout saga verges on absurd
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Antony Currie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
On first blush, that appears to be what Bain Capital (BCSF.N) is trying to do with Chinese data centre operator Chindata . But it’s a saga that’s starting to verge on the absurd. Bain took Chindata public on the Nasdaq in September 2020. Less than three years later, the U.S. leveraged buyout veteran offered $8 per American Depositary receipt, valuing the company at $2.9 billion. The company has yet to acknowledge the offer from China Merchants Capital.
Persons: Bain, Chindata, there’s, Bain’s, Robyn Mak, Thomas Shum Organizations: MELBOURNE, Reuters, Bain Capital, Nasdaq, U.S, Bloomberg, China Merchants Group, Chindata, Citi, Bain, China Merchants Capital, Thomson Locations: People’s Republic
Economic growth is likely to slow to 4.8% in the third quarter and 5.3% in the fourth, with full-year growth expected to reach 5.5%, the poll showed. China's central bank on Monday extended until the end of 2024 some policies which were unveiled in a November rescue package to shore up the real estate sector, including loan repayment extensions for developers. Analysts polled by Reuters expect the central bank to cut banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 25 basis points in the third quarter, while keeping benchmark lending rates steady. The central bank cut the RRR - the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves - in March. But the central bank is likely to be wary of cutting lending rates further.
Persons: it's, Zhang Yiping, Li Qiang, Devayani Sathyan, Susobhan Sarkar, Jing Wang, Kevin Yao, Kim Coghill Organizations: Beijing, Reuters, Gross, China Merchants Securities, stoke, Thomson Locations: China, BEIJING, Bengaluru, Shanghai
India's largest private lender HDFC Bank on Thursday said it has signed up over 100,000 customers and 170,000 merchants in pilot programs using the central bank digital currency, or CBDC. The lender also linked the CBDC, termed e-rupee, and United Payments Interface, or UPI, for merchants and customers, which would enable payments through both CBDC and UPI using a single Quick Response code, HDFC Bank said in a statement. The Reserve Bank of India has devised the e-rupee as a digital alternative to physical cash, using blockchain distributed-ledger technology. The central bank aims to reach a target of one million CBDC transactions per day by the end of this year from 5000 to 10,000 currently, Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Tuesday.
Persons: T Rabi Sankar Organizations: HDFC Bank, United, UPI, Reserve Bank of India
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