China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February
China unveiled broad regulations Wednesday that ban major platforms such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. from coercing online merchants …
China issues new rules letting online merchants set their own prices across platforms for goods and services they sell, effective April 10, 2026, for five years
China issues new rules letting online merchants set their own prices across platforms for goods and services they sell, effective April 10, 2026, for five years
China issued rules for governing pricing-related practices of internet platform operators to safeguard the interests of consumers and merchants …
Israel-based Chargeflow, whose AI tech automates chargeback disputes for online merchants, raised a $25M Series A led by Viola Growth, and a $10M debt round
Fintech startup secures equity and debt funding as e-commerce fraud grows to $100B a year. — Fintech company Chargeflow …
India's RBI grants Paytm “in-principle” approval to operate as a payment services provider for online merchants, after China's Ant Group sold its entire stake
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Tel Aviv-based Justt, which helps automate chargeback disputes for online merchants, emerges from stealth with $70M across seed, A, and B rounds
Justt, a Tel Aviv-based chargeback mitigation startup, is emerging out of stealth today with $70 million in total funding.
Amazon says it has closed 3,000 seller accounts backed by about 600 Chinese brands for review fraud
The closures did not negatively impact the overall growth of Chinese online merchants on Amazon, according to a senior company executive Amazon kicked off an extensive clean-up campaign in May …
CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon's claim of merely connecting buyers and sellers
merchants — and can't hide behind their connecting-the-world technology to shield them from responsibility for distributing unsafe goods.” https://www.latimes.com/... Glenn Fleishman / @glennf : Maybe...
Some SMB owners who advertise heavily online say Facebook is speaking the truth about how iOS privacy changes might disproportionately affect such businesses
With big changes coming to iPhones, small online merchants are bracing for lost sales. ‘Why is Apple now the decider?’
PayPal says it has started letting US customers use cryptocurrency holdings to pay millions of its online merchants globally
LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc will announce later on Tuesday that it has started allowing U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay …