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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

PYMNTS

Amazon and the city of New York managed to pull off one of history’s more spectacular break-ups this week, with the Valentine’s Day announcement that the city and the nation’s largest eCommerce firm would not be joining forces to build half of Amazon’s HQ2 in Long Island City. As noted by Kathryn S. How can anyone be surprised?”

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The Geopolitics of PSD2

Bank Innovation

rehabilitation and growth has lagged behind the rest of the world, youth unemployment in the region continues to grow, political unrest is destabilising the continent, the progressive socio-economic pledge of Europe is being challenged and vitally, Europe has failed to develop any new corporate global powers for the digital age.

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After A Century, Barclays Steps Back From Africa Operations

PYMNTS

The decision to pare back operations in Africa — where the company will sell off much of its 62 percent ownership in publicly traded Barclays Africa — represents what The New York Times said was a step back from one of the key pillars of Barclays’ long-term strategy, right in lockstep with credit cards and investment banking.

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Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?

PYMNTS

or the emotional deflation that results from trying to figure out the molecular origins of the morning’s particular platform odor (We still love you, New York City). What about low-income consumers who depend on trains and busses but do not have the proper smartphones or chip cards? Contactless Reality. transit systems.

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Hacker Tracker: Call Center Scams, Password Reuse Dangers

PYMNTS

According a report from the New York Times highlighting the scams , the Federal Trade Commission was recently alerted to a scam in which everyone in a particular call center was impersonating Internal Revenue Service officials. The victim would send the iTunes card codes to the scammers, which gave them access to the money.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. CAP COM and SEFCU in New York come to together to create an $8 billion cooperative organization. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. So which merger was the best in 2021?

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Atlas reduces barriers to new business creation. Fraud prevention tools.

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