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Today In Payments Around The World: US Halts Tariffs On French Products; China Considers More Stringent Online Oversight

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In today’s top payments news around the world, the United States is halting tariffs on French products, while the Cyberspace Administration of China is considering a revamp of internet oversight regulations. The United States is scrapping an effort to place tariffs on $1.3

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India Is Now World’s Second Largest Smartphone Market

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India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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Uber of X: greenRush is The Uber of Cannabis

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After it became illegal in the United States through the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the business of selling cannabis went mostly underground. Now that cannabis is recreationally legal in eight states and medically legal in another 19 states, it may not be too much longer until it’s legal through the entire United States.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. Businesses were not only unhappy to be facing the problem, but many owners across regions and political affiliations also noted marked discontent with the invisibility of the issue.

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Use Cases And Business Opportunities Stemming From Open Banking (4/4)

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In the past three blog posts, we have described what is driving open banking, the history of Open Banking, and the current status of Open Banking in different regions. Therefore, providers like FinLeap Connect or fino in Germany and ClickSwitch in the United States are offering „bank account switching as a service” to banks.

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Use Cases And Business Opportunities Stemming From Open Banking (4/4)

Lars Markull

In the past three blog posts, we have described what is driving open banking, the history of Open Banking, and the current status of Open Banking in different regions. Therefore, providers like FinLeap Connect or fino in Germany and ClickSwitch in the United States are offering „bank account switching as a service” to banks.

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Beyond Direct Mail And Calls, The Challenge Of (Processing) Charitable Giving

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Online charitable giving, as well, presents its own set of issues. This is, of course, the time when the phone rings and people take donations , through a number of channels, as the fourth quarter offers up a rush for gift-giving before the end of the tax year. Within that $390 billion, online giving was up 10 percent last year.