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(NetworkNewsWire) Jaguar Animal Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX), a company in the business of developing and commercializing gastrointestinal products for companion animals, horses, and production animals, recently had its company outlook updated by Aegis Capital Corp.

(NetworkNewsWire) A leading provider of marketing and sales solutions designed to help online merchants connect with users, with a focus on the fast-growing online-to-offline (O2O) market and social media integration, China's Moxian, Inc.

(NetworkNewsWire) Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE), through subsidiary Unified Payments, announced its entry into an agreement with ReservHotel, a leading provider of travel distribution and booking solutions for hotels worldwide.

Early Wednesday, Social Reality, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRAX), an Internet advertising and platform technology company focused on the development and commercialization of tools to automate the digital advertising market, announced its entry into a securities purchase agreement that's expected to generate gross proceeds of $4 million. These proceeds, derived from a collection of fundamental institutional investors, will be used to satisfy the company's outstanding notes stemming from its financing agreement with Victory Park Management, LLC, as well as its senior secured debt. The offering was scheduled to close on or about January 4, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

One of the biggest problems facing ecommerce - online fashion retailers, in particular - is high return rates due to the fact that purchased products aren't always a good fit. This can apply to all kinds of items, but clothing leads the way with more than 50 percent of online purchases being returned to the vendor due to sizing or quality issues. Israel-based company My Size, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYSZ) is intent on solving this problem once and for all via an innovative suite of high-precision measurement applications that can be used in a variety of markets.

Before the opening bell, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE) announced its entry into a strategic partnership with E2Exchange Ltd. ("E2E") through which the company will provide access to its global multi-channel payment services offering to E2E members. Additionally, Oleg Firer, chief executive officer of Net Element, will serve as a member of E2E's advisory board moving forward.

Mobile payments have been increasingly adopted since the launch of this new technology back in 2015. By the end of 2016, mobile payments are expected to reach up to $180 billion, and, according to a report entitled 'Mobile Payments Convergence: Opportunities at the Intersection of In-person, Online and P2P Payments' (http://nnw.fm/obqQ9), the number of people using mobile wallets in the last 30 days has grown from 12% to nearly one in four people in 2016, approximately 40 million people in the U.S. Experts expect this type of payment to reach a huge $410.5 billion by the end of 2020. So what is shaping the future of mobile payments for 2017?

As one of the fastest-growing technology-driven companies enabling mobile payments and value-added transactional services, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE) is steadily carving out more and more of the global commerce pie. The South-Florida company currently has its sights set on certain key objectives: to empower smart payments through all channels of interaction between merchants and consumers, to establish multiple monetization channels for merchants and to add convenience and speed to everyday commerce. With subsidiaries like PayOnline under its umbrella, it is tactically positioned for substantial growth in the U.S. and in select emerging economies.

Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOXC), a China-based company in the business of providing social media-based marketing and promotion platforms to merchants to help them grow their business, continues to show a thorough understanding of China's online-to-offline (O2O) and social media market demographics. Although it is hard to establish where China's O2O market stands, O2O in China covers all kinds of services that are offered by brick-and-mortar establishments.

Rennova Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNVA, RNVAX), a vertically integrated public holding company serving the health care sector, focuses on offering comprehensive single-source solutions to health care providers ranging from diagnostic laboratory testing to technology solutions, revenue cycle management and financial and billing services. With a declared goal of creating efficient, innovative and empowering solutions, the company is dedicated to putting the needs of health care providers and their patients at the center of everything it does.