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AUGUST 3, 2018

remains the top trading partner for the market. According to WorldFirst, SMBs remain confident in their plans for international operations, with 29 percent expecting revenue growth from overseas in the coming quarter. SMBs are engaging in heavy trade with Europe, though the U.S. “Over 1.8

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Amazon first launched in Australia on December 5th, though it spent much of the year that preceded that preparing for its market debut. The problem, said Evan Lucas, chief market strategist at InvestSMART, is time. Amazon is forecasting a powerful fall season in terms of sales for its global operations and posted $2.5

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JULY 30, 2018

The market reaction to the news underscored that view: Grubhub’s stock price surged by a staggering 25 percent, analysts said, on the news of the acquisition. But getting that infrastructure into place is a time-consuming process all on its own, and is just the beginning of the omnichannel journey for the restaurant operator.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

They reflect “steady engagement metrics from our customers, during a period when operational stability took priority over product innovation,” CEO Brad Dickerson said Thursday during the company’s post-earnings conference call. Marketing expenses, meanwhile, increased in Q2, reaching $34.6 after opening at $2.00. million — 19.3

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JULY 31, 2018

Business is often about cultivating relationships – and partnering with the right people at the right time – while offering the right product for a particular market. To expand its operations in the Canadian market, Emailage recently brought Julien Phipps onboard as a senior business development director.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Western Union ’s North American retail network has more than 45,000 agent locations, while Albertsons operates under 20 well-known banners, which include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen and Carrs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

In the latest Mobile Point-of-Sale Tracker , PYMNTS reports on how mPOS solutions are entering new markets around the globe, and how players in the space are working to make sure they also become more secure as they become increasingly popular. Around the mPOS World. For the full story, download the Tracker. About the Tracker.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

My business partner, Ross [Lohr], was in Nairobi and when you are there, you see all the T-shirts that get donated and shipped overseas to the secondary market. Rothstein said the original iteration of that “something else” was tote bags and scarves that they carted around to various markets and craft fairs.

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JULY 30, 2018

The firm’s CEO, Rajeev Suri, predicts that increased operator spending on 5G will start offering significant financial benefits during the later parts of 2018. This underlines and makes concrete that 5G is coming to the market.”. The deal also helps Nokia calm the nerves of investors concerned about the company’s recent results.

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JULY 31, 2018

But as the market got crowded, and it seemed there was a meal kit for every mood, it became incredibly difficult to do well in the heavily diluted market. “The meal kit business is incredibly capital-intensive, requiring companies to secure funding to start and maintain the business.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Williams said the company has begun testing Groupon+ in one market. The company did acknowledge that — based on some of its recent moves to bolster operations — it would likely draw outside interest. Groupon said that at the end of June, it had about 5.1 The company reported non-GAAP earnings of $10.7

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AUGUST 1, 2018

billion market value and runs a booking system designed for airlines to manage reservations, departure control and inventory. Smaller operators that earn less than $15 million per year tend to get hit with higher fees than those earning $100 million to $1 billion per annum. Amadeus, in turn, has a $37.5

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JULY 28, 2018

And there is no small amount of the Target effect happening on the site: Li Tianqiang, a Foshan food truck operator, spoke about the times over the last several years that he has spent $1,800 (two months’ salary) buying items like an inflatable paddle boat, a fishing bag and a cherry-red motorized car for his young daughter to drive around.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The company has linked up with IBM to bring blockchain to payment netting activities, with a focus on standardizing activity in global FX markets. IBM is in the midst of bringing a blockchain app store into existence that would let FIs save on back-office processes, according to CNN Money.

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JULY 30, 2018

Hello Fresh , a German-based meal-kit company, saw its share of the market boom and took the pole position from rival Blue Apron earlier this year. Last month, Blue Apron hired a new chief supply officer to help the company figure out the most efficient way to get its omnichannel distribution strategy together. Hello I Must be Growing.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Days after First Data released its Q2 financial results , Square did so after the market close on Wednesday (Aug. Restaurants and food ordering, along with hardware sales, boosted the point-of-sale strength of Square in the second quarter — trends that could help the company in its competition against First Data -owned Clover.

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JULY 30, 2018

To financial firms, this increased customer satisfaction looks to also driving lower operating costs. Learn more about IBM Banking and Financial Markets Technology, here. Firms are agilely partnering to create personalized, cognitive driven, secure solutions aimed at improving customer’s experiences exponentially.

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JULY 31, 2018

The UK’s results make it the first market to achieve a significant reduction in card not present (CNP) fraud in many years," said Toby Carlin, a fraud consulting director with FICO. While this is fantastic news for the UK, it should come as a significant warning to other markets for the impending migration of attack.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Apple Pay is now live in 24 markets worldwide with over 4,900 bank partners, and we look forward to adding Germany later this year,” he said, adding that recent retail deals involving eBay, CVS and 7-Eleven promise to make the payments tool attractive to more consumers.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Part of that, he noted, is technological: Poshmark is customer built to serves its markets, using a custom stack built from the ground up to make it easy to create a listing, accept and collection payments, hand returns and disputes. Because we can do all of that, our sellers don’t have to worry about that stuff,” he said.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Fraudsters are taking a sudden interest in online storefronts, Cohen said, for one very explicable reason: Those storefront operators can set up shop, literally, anywhere on planet Earth where there is an internet connection. And there are now millions of those storefronts.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

The largest food brands in the world, along with heavyweight eCommerce operators, continue to expand their delivery options and seek deals with delivery providers in order to keep an edge in this area of retail. Does the Starbucks-Alibaba offering signal a new phase of that game?

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Because repurchases can be conducted through a number of vehicles, a bank may balance its desire to effectively deploy a targeted amount of excess capital against its need to maintain operational flexibility." De Novo Expansion in Vibrant Markets. And share buybacks are a favorite of theirs.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

PayPal subsidiary Venmo’s forthcoming Venmo Card operates in a similar fashion. Rumor: Klarna is expanding into new markets, with new products. Users can increase their cash balance in a variety of ways: bank transfer, direct deposit through bank partnerships, or via in-app P2P exchanges. Source: PYMNTS , July 2018.

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JULY 30, 2018

IBM and CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, announced on Monday (July 30) a collaboration on a proof of concept (PoC) for LedgerConnect, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for the financial services industry.

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JULY 31, 2018

In addition, Spotify saw a net loss of €394 million and operating loss of €91 million this quarter, showing it’s still a long way from turning a profit. Set lists for such a complicated operation as a stadium world tour that might last the better part of two years aren’t often changed on the fly, after all.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

enables businesses in the market to access its integrated payroll and workforce management solutions on the platform. market,” said Ross Tracey, Ceridian Europe’s managing director, in a statement. payroll market. months after a successful initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Australia’s small business financial services market saw Judo Capital secure $104 million this week. Five Star Business Finance, which has been in operation for more than three decades, but only pivoted to SMB finance in 2005, is targeting small retailers like food vendors and self-employed professionals with its services.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

. “The characteristics of a successful business really haven’t changed over the years, but the competition and pressure really [are] amplified,” said CUE Marketplace President and Chief Operating Officer Sean Glynn. “So, having the right tools and software to run your business is more important than ever.”

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JULY 31, 2018

FinTech : “From 2010 to the third quarter of 2017, more than 3,330 new technology-based firms serving the financial services industry have been founded, 40 percent of which are focused on banking and capital markets,” read the report, issued under Treasury Secretary’s Steven Mnuchin’s name. “In

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JULY 30, 2018

Last Wednesday, its market cap took a $120 billion beating in the aftermath of earnings that fell short of revenue and earnings targets. There’s nothing like hovering near the $1 trillion market cap to cause policy makers to suspect that you must be doing something wrong. And why not?

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