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Brazil’s Big Blockchain Bounce (And Other Digital Payments Advances)

PYMNTS

Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). Nubank’s $10B Regional Expansion . Founded in 2013, Nubank currently claims 8.5 But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal …. While Nubank is far from a household name in the U.S.,

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

PYMNTS

One of the first neobanks in the region, Nubank , traces its genesis back to 2013, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars to expand across several financing rounds. In addition, passporting can help companies expand services across nations. In terms of technology, APIs help facilitate access to that data.

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Asia Closes In On UK In Forex Market Dominance

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percent, reports by Financial Times said late last week — that’s down from 41 percent in 2013. That’s up from just 15 percent in 2013. According to the publication, the shift underscores “the growing importance of the Asian region and of China in particular in global trade.” China Rises. ’s $2.4

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How Can Regional and Mid-Tier Banks Catch Up to the Big Banks in Mobile?

Tech and Finance

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Or at least they should be. The 2016 U.S. Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study from J.D.

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Deep Dive: Smoothing X-Border Subscription Payment Pains

PYMNTS

Merchants’ financial institutions (FIs) or payment processors are no doubt well aware that adhering to today’s stricter anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, tax evasion laws and economic sanctions — while simultaneously combatting cyber fraud — all add to these transactions’ complexity and expense.

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China and India lead global cashless growth

Banking 2020

per cent recorded in 2013. Many nations around the world, both developed and emerging, have enjoyed strong growth in non-cash payments in the past few years, with Germany, the UK, Belgium and France all contributing to an increase of 5.1 The ‘Emerging Asia’ region as a whole saw growth of 21.6 per cent in 2013.

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. Because the nation's balance sheet and income statement is not improving. That yielded 291 total institutions, broken down by region. And I have never heard a regulator say the phrase "over capitalized". Where are we and where have we been? Trends are telling.

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