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Why Goodwill Regions Are Tapping Into Digital Marketplaces

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To bring their merchandise in front of millions of shoppers through eCommerce, several Goodwill regions are teaming with mobile marketplace OfferUp. With the tie-up, the items are listed under handles for regional Goodwill locations. Price Comparison Shopping.

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Motion Pay Teams With UnionPay; uBUCK Inks Letter With Datable

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for a loyalty offering, and cash transactions are still popular in Vietnam when compared to other countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. In Asia, cash transactions are still very popular in Vietnam in comparison to other ASEAN countries due to its low banking penetration, VN Express reported.

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Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin

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By comparison, 2019 saw 9,200 stores closed as brands like Payless ShoeSource, Fred’s, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, Forever 21 , Charming Charlie, Sears, Kmart, A.C. The emergent form of coronavirus that originated in China’s Wuhan region continues to spread and pick up fatalities. So what did we learn this week?

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What do two million accounts tell us about the impact of Covid-19 on small businesses?

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Given that SMEs are more likely to operate in in sectors like hospitality and arts and recreation, Covid-19 has hit them particularly hard. Beyond national accounts aggregates and small-scale surveys, data on how SMEs have performed through the Covid-19 crisis have been sparse. Data for the US shows a similar picture.

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Mastercard Bets On Biometric Cards To Advance Inclusion

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In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. In the U.S.

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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That sounds like a large number, though it is difficult to make an apples-to-apples comparison with cards issued by others, since as a general rule banks do not break out performance by individual cards. From an operational and risk perspective, we’ve handled the inflows smoothly, and without comprising our credit underwriting standards.”.

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P2P Payments Find Fresh Fuel As The 2020s Loom

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Early Warning, the network operator of Zelle, also said that in the second quarter of 2019, “$44 billion was sent through the Zelle network on 171 million transactions.”. We continue to see double-digit increases in new customer wins each month, demonstrating continued demand for Zelle from national and regional banks and credit unions.”.

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