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JANUARY 8, 2020

This collaboration will expand UnionPay’s market penetration and further a Chinese government initiative for same-sector partnership. The collaboration will let consumers of UnionPay’s popular QuickPass app make financial payments utilizing the same technology (QR codes) that Tencent’s WeChat Pay platform also uses.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Commerce is increasingly crossing borders and currencies, digitally, affording firms of all sizes, and across all verticals, opportunities to tap into new markets. Comparing this industry between five years ago and now, there’s a lot of technology that makes it easier to do business,” said Wong. Wong pointed to the U.K.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets. Despite lending £6.7

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JULY 10, 2020

The legal cannabis market’s financial services challenges are, by now, well-known. Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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MAY 26, 2020

The purchase allows Checkout access to Australia’s $33 billion eCommerce market and expands the company’s reach in the Asia Pacific region of the globe. Checkout Founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz said Australia is a key market for the firm’s business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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JUNE 8, 2020

“I look forward to working with the Paytronix team to bring its industry-leading innovation, including contactless ordering for table service … to markets around the globe,” said Porter. Paytronix clearly delivers value to the market by enabling operators to drive incremental sales and deliver safer environments for staff and guests.”.

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MARCH 20, 2018

According to Reuters , Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the plans for a global testing bed for new financial technology apps. With that in mind, last month the EU’s executive was set to propose a draft law aimed at boosting the FinTech market throughout the region.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For starters, a customer may carry large balances but not generate franchise value if those balances are all in high-paying money market accounts or are highly volatile. Finding this intersection is the key to the efficient use of sales and marketing resources. We ranked the Top 20 Deposit-Rich Industries ( HERE ).

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B. Keep an eye on the initial banks working on these projects. Digital Engagement Had Great Attendance and Extracurriculars.

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APRIL 30, 2018

National and regional interests have helped to determine the shape of financial regulations in recent years, but politicians and regulators have acknowledged the need to consider the global nature of markets when constructing them. It could be good news for financial technology providers.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 22, 2023

Part of this ROE value is driven by an average beta of 9 for a TM customer compared to an average beta of 50-60 for a money market or other interest-bearing deposit account. If they do market, it is to every commercial customer in the footprint, which often results in suboptimal marketing results.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

14) it launched a chip card technology licensing cooperation with seven members of the Asian Payment Network (APN). In a press release , UnionPay said this marks a new breakthrough in the “Going Global” of China’s financial technology standards. UnionPay announced Friday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A new report by business banking market research and analysis firm East & Partners suggests corporations aren’t opposed to changing banks as a direct result of new FinTech solutions businesses want to use. Researchers announced East & Partners’ new report, “Financial Technology and the Corporate,” on Monday (Nov.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

“The acquisition — our sixth investment in Asia Pacific since 2017 (following venture investments in Grab, Jirnexu, C88 Financial Technologies, BankBazaar.com and CompareAsiaGroup ) — demonstrates our ongoing commitment to investing in this region and using our advanced data and analytics expertise to remove complexity from the lending process.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. Called “Thrive with Grab,” the strategy is designed to tap into the region’s vast market.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China feeling the most pain. The region is drawing interest from global investors who are pouring into FinTechs. It has a valuation of $2.7

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Creation of the new unit would be part of a much larger overhaul of the financial technology company and subject to approval by Chinese authorities, who pulled the plug on the company’s massive initial public offering late last year, according to Bloomberg. China TransInfo Technology Corp. and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

is already a hotbed of FinTech startups, but the government is getting behind it in a bigger way, committing to invest £500,000 a year into financial technology companies. government is also gearing up to launch a network of regional FinTech envoys as an effort to enhance the country’s status as a leader in FinTech.

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MAY 3, 2019

Only through continued collaboration and fundamental research will it be possible for this technology to mature and for policy-makers to fully understand its potential,” Scott Hendry, Bank of Canada senior special director of financial technology, said in a press release about Jasper-Ubin project3.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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APRIL 16, 2019

The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets. Deputy Managing Director of MAS Jacqueline Loh said the relationship demonstrates a FinTech that may extend to other countries in the ASEAN region. The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

In looking ahead at the near-term emergence of FinTech markets, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration said in its “ 2016 Top Markets Report Financial Technology ” that Asia will hold sway over other regions. Payment services, with … 17.6 percent, insurance services at 7.7

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Digital financial technology company Wirecard and online travel agency Ctrip are rolling out multi-currency Visa cards to Ctrip customers in China, Wirecard said in an announcement. The card will support currencies from Australia, Japan and the U.S., ”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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Let's Talk Payments

JULY 26, 2016

Over the years of growth and development of the financial technology market (and alternative financing, in particular), the eyes of the professional community have usually been fixed on two regions.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

blockchain banking payment technology company, said Wednesday (Jan. Ripple said the XRP/euro and XRP/dollar currency pairs will be available to trade to all customers and regions that are supported by Bitstamp. Ripple, the U.S. 11) its digital currency, dubbed XRP, will begin trading on Bitstamp, the Europe-based bitcoin exchange.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. banks by market value.”. Thanks for elevating the pressing need for bankers to think more like marketers. The Smarter Bank Technology Award.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At best—its originator and Visa’s SVP and global head of innovation and go-to-market, Shiv Singh, told Karen Webster—back in 2015, it was a mini project, a toe in the water to engage an entirely new audience for Visa: the developer. Before Visa’s Everywhere Initiative was both an initiative and everywhere, it wasn’t even a project.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Dubai is considered to be a hotbed for financial technology and innovation, not just in the Middle East but globally. Recently, there has also been a surge in technology startups that are disrupting the market, from retailers like Souq.com to payment providers like Beam Wallet and even Uber-like locals Careem.”.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. The fear of non-payment, in particular, tends to be the smaller merchants’ worst nightmare.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

banking industry a significant head-start in adopting new technologies, progress has been slowed through legislative and licensing hold-ups. ” Alfred noted that Singapore’s flourishing FinTech space can stand to benefit from the challenges being faced in other global markets. “While Silicon Valley offers the U.S.

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JUNE 27, 2019

And while the continual drumbeat of announcements from various players looking to find new and inventive ways to apply distributed ledger technology to various parts of Brazil’s financial services industry has something of a tendency to stand out, digital payments and banking news in general has been coming quick and constant.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Nearly a quarter of survey respondents said they were doing business in each of the 10 key markets identified by the survey, with the vast majority operating in North America. Globalization.

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MAY 20, 2015

It’s not just the technology industry that is constantly evolving – many other industries must also remain adaptable to the changing landscape of the American consumer. Then the marketers must promote that message to both existing and potential customers. One such industry is banking.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

30, the company announced an expansion of its partnership with Argentinian eCommerce company MercadoLibre (known as the “eBay of Latin America”), as it positions itself to take more of Latin America’s market share. Africa’s Quiet Cashless Payments Revolution. Trackers and Reports. Where Consumers Will Eat On New Year’s Eve.

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