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JULY 1, 2020

COVID-19 showed up unbidden, unwanted and unexpected, frustrating the best-laid plans of companies, financial institutions (FIs) and more with little warning. So, many of the investments that we made early on in the company – and really our company strategy – paid off and were validated.”. Adapting to Changing Consumer Needs.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Social payments methods like Venmo and Cash App continue to grow in popularity, and the data is there to prove it, creating an opportunity to give customers what they want: 24/7 access to cashless, P2P and mobile transactions. Customers needed to be able to send money on these networks,” says DJ Seeterlin, chief information officer at $1.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The Bentonville crew recently announced that it is acquiring “select assets” of JoyRun , a company that bills itself as a peer-to-peer delivery service. Buyers can easily view, pay, and track their orders, and can chat with others about potential JoyRuns,” the company said in its 2017 funding release. AWS Outage.

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JULY 23, 2019

Vietnam is introducing a social network similar to Facebook after the Communist-ruled government asked domestic tech companies to create substitutions. The social media company has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment to feature music content, and aims to reach three million users in 2019 and 20 million by January 2021. .

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction. Amazon Mulls Registering Services as Separate Entities in India. The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation.

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MARCH 13, 2019

The company said it was searching for a “forward-looking leader” who would work in the company’s research and development division. You will codify the vision for the research project and share that vision with potential stakeholders at other media organizations,” the post said.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In today’s top news, PayPal announced third-quarter earnings and new BNPL services, and Ant Group’s IPO has been suspended. It was another quarter of record-breaking results for PayPal, which saw both record transactions and new customer enrollments in Q3. Pinterest Gains Advertisers as It Competes With Other Social Networks.

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MARCH 1, 2019

The social media giant has even spoken with crypto exchanges about selling the coin to consumers, telling them that it hopes to have a product out in the first half of the year. All the companies are using significant resources to develop their coins.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Access is limited, and companies like CoreLogic and Autobureau have whole business models around making the information easily obtainable. Credit card networks like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have created a whole layer of value by extracting this data.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The China division of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is teaming up with blockchain project Qtum , Coindesk reported. AWS China head of territory business development Simon Wang told Coindesk that “Qtum [is] now an AWS technology partner and one of the partner network members.” The government worked with U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Headlines in recent weeks have centered on the efforts by Ripple and messaging service SWIFT to improve cross-border money transfer activities. million in funding as part of a first round, led by a consortium including Barclays , MIT Media Lab and others. The remittance company is focusing on sending funds and making the leap from U.S.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Mortgage services provider ICE acquired mortgage services provider Black Knight bringing together the two largest providers in the space.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

As Rahul Pangam , vice president of risk strategy at PayPal’s fraud prevention company Simility , told Karen Webster in an interview, “fraudsters are fraudsters — and sometimes they get new avenues to do what they do. Many of us are buying goods or services (streaming media, for example), that were not on the radar before.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But as earnings season nears its inevitable end, the puzzle pieces (in the form of companies’ individual reports for the period that ended in September) are forming a mosaic. And, the card companies show that, at least for now, the consumer wants to spend. This week marks the culmination of an election season like no other.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

That was Facebook’s contribution to the pandemic crisis yesterday as the social media giant rolled out two new shopping services for small business — Facebook Shops and Instagram Shop. The transaction can be handled without leaving the app or through a redirect to the business website. Both services are free.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Last week, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against ACTIVE Network LLC (“Active”), an online event registration company, in a Texas federal district court alleging that the company is deceiving customers into joining its fee-based membership club, “Active Advantage.” consumers allegedly redeemed only $8.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

As it turns out, finding the right context — a moment when a customer is perfectly primed to buy a good or service, if only someone would give them an easy way to do it — is not as easy as simply declaring something a good context for commerce. Instead of opening an app, just open a chat window for commerce transacting.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The trouble for businesses is that with this increase in digital transaction volumes comes the need to better manage payments processing. Every time a business adds a new payment service provider (PSP) or currency or expands into a new market, it must optimize its payment flows for cost and efficiency and rethink its payments strategies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

He declined further comment on the Facebook- Jio transaction on Wednesday (June 17). . Gupta told the news service that regulators are also considering whether new parameters should be included in its assessment since some M&As escape the threshold for scrutiny even if potential harm is clear. billion people.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The media landscape in the last 10 years has changed quickly and dramatically, but it’s not only consumers driving and adjusting to this paradigm shift. In the back office, financial management strategies are shifting for industry players as subscription services and advertising strategies evolve to keep up with the pace of change.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

Kenya’s Safaricom has launched a new Bonga platform, which is described as a “conversational and transactional social network.”. The move will also leverage its M-Pesa mobile money product as a social network. And Bonga Biashara will build on the use of social networks for commerce.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2020

Many are using digital banking services for the first time, though, meaning they may be unaware of personal security best practices. Phone scams in which fraudsters pose as representatives from victims’ banks and ask for their security information are also growing more popular, according to card network Visa and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

China Construction Bank ’s vice president has revealed that the bank has added new abilities to its trade finance blockchain platform, including cross-chain and inter-bank transactions. billion transactions between exporters, banks and non-bank financial institutions. Since its launch last year, the platform has processed over $53.5

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JUNE 4, 2020

The Financial Times reported that many parents are still waiting to get refunds for canceled school trips after the country’s largest cashless payments service for schools was inundated with requests. ParentPay is an ePayment platform that serves more than three million parents and 11,000 school districts in Great Britain, and transacts 1.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The new combined company “will compete for consumers at all price points, and customers including prepaid and Lifeline will have access to the same 5G network and services,” a report from Zachs Equity Research said of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Coverage includes Network International ’s rollout of Google Pay acceptance in the United Arab Emirates. company Home Leisure Direct has created a pool table that takes contactless payments. As a result, many different types of “devices or media” can be connected to a rider’s account.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Churn can also impact SaaS providers that offer access to cloud-based eCommerce, marketing, graphic design and other software services (such as Adobe Creative Cloud, FreshBooks and Mailchimp). . So what can companies do to counter this issue?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

So how can banks offer customers both a secure and simplified experience while offering their services online? The company’s solutions work to connect “more than 70 banks from 16 countries” to data on more than 30 million consumers. Even social media giants are looking to use bank data to offer new and improved services.

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JULY 15, 2019

Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX ’s former CEO, Gerald Cotten, allegedly embezzled approximately $195 million of clients’ money, for example, and his recent death left the company without the passwords required to access most of its customers’ holdings. Internal Insights.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

Nazir detailed the vast opportunity that lies before FinTech firms such as Emergent that are making headway into providing financial services in Africa: 54 countries, home to 1.3 There exists a lack of infrastructure across roads, power sources or even telecom networks, he said. Vast Opportunity — And Tailwinds, Too. billion people.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Blockchain is one of the hottest movements in the financial services industry, but people continue to question where it exists on the hype cycle at every major conference I attend. Natalie Dyenson, Dole Food Company, Inc. Early adopters have built blockchain networks to re-wire their existing processes and transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The world’s biggest social media platforms are cracking down like never before. Companies are getting much better at fraud detection and prevention, partly in response to its rapid spread. Such is “bundle ID spoofing” that makes false apps look real to ad networks. Digital fraudsters aren’t taking this lightly. billion of that.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. Factors such as the growth in portable navigation devices, web-mapping services and smartphone applications are contributing to the market growth. billion by 2027. billion by 2027.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Traditionally, online retailers receive and process credit card information upon each transaction. Considering a company could have thousands — or even millions — of subscribers, this volume of credit cards could become a target for fraud. That’s why many companies are trying new models. But not all subscribers stay subscribed.

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PopularBank

APRIL 18, 2024

Under the guise of a legitimate company and often accompanied by a persuasive message that stresses urgency, the fraudsters elicit sensitive personal and financial information. Smishing Comprised of the acronym SMS (short message service) and the term phishing, smishing uses texting as the target for fraudulent communications.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Some bitcoin companies see this period as a time to push the adoption of bitcoin in a country that has a large unbanked population at 21 percent. Indian bitcoin company Unocoin has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Series A round, the largest amount raised for a digital currency company in India.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Panelists included Ngina Shulman, owner at Lotus Media ; Ryan Alovis , CEO at LensDirect ; Nick Nicholas , owner and technical director at Genesis Water Technologies ; and Tina Wells , CEO and founder at RLVNT Media. If we have a product or service, we’re marketers.”.

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