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WeChat, Alipay Partner QFPay Notches $20M For Payment Innovation

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QFPay was founded in China in 2012 and is known for its QR code-based technology. Real-time tax refund services are in over 80 airports and 49 markets outside Mainland China, supporting cross-border payment transactions in 16 currencies. This new round of funds brings QFPay’s total funding to $36.5

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Small Businesses At The Center Of Bots Vs Accountants

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Separate reports from The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), published last April, also demonstrated the changing nature of corporate finance: While the Big Four accounting firms’ advisory and consulting revenue jumped by a combined 44 percent since 2012, revenue from straightforward auditing for the firms rose just 3 percent in that time.

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Can Rio de Janeiro Withstand The Olympic Pressure?

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In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we set our sights on Brazil, where, despite the political and economic issues that tend to dominate the headlines, the country’s technology market is still going strong. Tech giants, such as Siemens, Cisco and Microsoft, are building technology centers in the city.

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Bitcoin Blushing With Secret Admirers

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In 2012, according to Forbes , while vacationing in Ibiza, the fraternal entrepreneurs were introduced to bitcoin and fancied its chances as an alternative to fiat currencies. But the town is also demonstrating its versatility as the end of banking secrecy, and new tax reforms are threatening its economy.

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China and India lead global cashless growth

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For the last few years, developed countries around the world have been witnessing an unrelenting march away from cash, as consumers take advantage of new technologies such as fast payments, contactless and mobile to complete transactions without resorting to notes and coins. percent for Europe for 2012-13 – up from 3.6

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Date: March 21, 2012. Date: 2012. Microsoft and Nokia.

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Hard Questions on Hardware

Banking 2020

Should financial services institutions look to ‘phablets’ as their next major technology opportunity? from 2012 to 2018. What we do know is that technology is integral to our industry, and software may be only part of the equation. Try hardware. The phablet represents a mid-point. Hardware may just be the next frontier.