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Nan’an City and Shenzhen Bailu Club organized a visit for 20 billion-yuan-scale cross-border sellers to local industrial clusters, aiming to deepen integration between supply chains and cross-border e-commerce. By building a product-selection center, Nan’an is accelerating the expansion of products from its industrial clusters into global markets.
At its annual shareholders’ meeting, Walmart announced the completion of its leadership transition, with John Furner becoming CEO. Revenue exceeded $713 billion in fiscal 2026, while global ecommerce grew 24%. The company said it will continue investing in AI and omnichannel retail.
Amazon has confirmed that this year’s Prime Day will begin on June 23 and run for four days. With the AI shopping assistant Rufus becoming a key product-discovery driver, sellers should optimize listings early because AI indexing takes time.
Amazon has officially announced that this year’s Prime Day will begin on June 23 and run for four days. The event is earlier than in previous years, while its AI shopping assistant has become a core driver of product discovery. Sellers must complete Listing optimization and promotional planning within the next three weeks.
Walmart announced at its annual shareholders’ meeting that John Furner has formally become CEO. Company results showed strong global e-commerce growth of 24% and total revenue exceeding $713 billion. Walmart said it will continue increasing investment in AI to reinforce its global omnichannel retail position.
Pinterest and Amazon AWS have signed a long-term cloud services agreement worth $4 billion. Pinterest will use AWS custom chips and AI infrastructure to accelerate upgrades to its advertising suite and personalized search features as it responds to competition from platforms such as TikTok.
Walmart completed its leadership transition at its annual shareholders’ meeting, with John Furner formally taking over as CEO. Former CEO Doug McMillon will serve as a consultant for the next year to support a smooth transition. The personnel change marks a management adjustment during Walmart’s retail strategy transformation.
Bank of America announced that it will launch a cross-border real-time payment service next quarter to provide business customers with faster, more transparent, and lower-cost international fund transfers. The service will support high-frequency, low-value B2C payments, serving the collection needs of cross-border ecommerce sellers and payments in the gig economy.
PaidBy and Mastercard announced a strategic partnership to promote the global adoption of cross-border account-to-account (A2A) payments through open-banking technology. The partnership will allow consumers to pay in local currencies while providing merchants with simplified cross-border settlement and reconciliation services.
Bank of America announced that it will launch a cross-border real-time payments solution next quarter, supporting Swift and CashPro platforms. The service is designed to provide more transparent and lower-cost settlement for high-frequency cross-border payment use cases, including ecommerce sellers.
Walmart announced that its drone delivery service has completed more than 1 million deliveries, with an average delivery time of just 23 minutes. Walmart can now provide 30-minute rapid delivery to 60% of households in the United States.
TikTok plans to invest nearly $5 billion in Vietnam and establish a local legal entity to strengthen data management and compliance. The move marks TikTok’s shift from a cross-border model toward localized operations to further consolidate its leading position in Vietnam’s e-commerce market.
Nan’an and Shenzhen Bailu Club organized 20 billion-yuan-level cross-border sellers to visit Nan’an’s industrial cluster, connecting them with leading plumbing and bathroom, electronic information, and other supply chains through site visits and discussions.
Amazon will hold its annual Prime Day from June 23 to 26, earlier than usual, to capture summer demand. The four-day event comes as Amazon accelerates deployment of Proteus robots in European warehouses to improve logistics efficiency. Analysts expect Amazon’s U.S. e-commerce market share during the period to reach its highest level since 2019.
Bank of America announced plans to launch a cross-border real-time payments solution, enabling businesses to make instant fund transfers through Swift or the CashPro platform. The service is designed to address common cross-border payment challenges, including limited transparency, high costs and slow settlement, with applications such as ecommerce seller payouts.
Bank of America announced a new cross-border real-time payments capability aimed at addressing slow speeds and high costs in global payments. The solution will cover use cases including ecommerce marketplace seller payments and is expected to improve the efficiency and transparency of cross-border settlements, supporting global trade.
Bank of America announced plans to launch a cross-border real-time payment service next quarter, aiming to provide businesses and ecommerce platforms with more transparent, lower-cost settlement as global payment demand grows rapidly.
PaidBy and Mastercard have formed a strategic partnership to use open banking technology for cross-border account-to-account (A2A) payments, simplifying global merchant settlement and supporting multi-currency settlement.
AXS and NTT DATA signed a memorandum of understanding to connect bill-payment networks in Singapore and Malaysia, providing Southeast Asian users with a more seamless cross-border payment experience.
Amazon has begun offering its AI shopping assistant technology to external retailers, aiming to help brands quickly build AI-powered shopping guidance services. The move signals Amazon’s shift from a single platform toward becoming a retail technology provider.