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Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar

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Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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WorldRemit opens Toronto office to help grow Canadian customer base

Bank Innovation

The company’s Canadian operations were based in Montreal since 2011, but Corey Myckan, Canada country director at WorldRemit, said the company decided […].

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Chatbots Bringing On Business Operations Revolution?

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Now while Facebook initially launched its Messenger chat service in 2011, it wasn’t a major hit right away and the social media giant continued to refine its offering. Once thought of as a stodgy industry that rarely sees innovation, there is a company that’s looking to change that perception. Cambridge, Mass.–based

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Volocopter, Grab Partner On Air Taxi Study In Southeast Asia

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Volocopter was founded in 2011 and is a pioneer in urban air mobility. The startup said it demonstrated in 2011 that electrically powered vertical flight is possible for humans. The collaboration could “eventually extend intermodal mobility to the skies.” .

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Barclays Shuts Down Online Banking Services on Easter Weekend

Bank Innovation

These changes were established by the Bank of England in 2011, and is referred […]. The major U.K. bank said it will be switching off access to 24 million customers as the bank restructures itself as required by national regulation.

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Citi Hits Milestone In Mobile Treasury Management

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The TTS unit, which links multinational corporations to cash management and trade finance solutions, revealed that it has now processed more than $1 trillion worth of transactions through its mobile and tablet solutions, CitiDirect BE Mobile and CitiDirect BD Tablet, since 2011.

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Innovation All the Time

Independent Banker

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. The role of Alex Jimenez, senior vice president and director of digital and payments innovation at the $7.2