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Amazon Makes Bid For All Of The 22 Regional Sports Networks Disney Is Unloading

PYMNTS

Amazon.com, the eCommerce giant, is reportedly making a bid for all of the 22 regional sports networks that Disney purchased as part of its Twenty-First Century Fox deal. In order for Disney and Twenty-First Century to complete their deal, the Justice Department ordered Disney to sell the regional sports networks.

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities 

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lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from the Federal Reserve released on Monday (Nov. People in lower-income regions or with aging populations are also slower to gravitate toward online and mobile banking. More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S.

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FinTech Plaid Teams With Banking Platform Jack Henry

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Our partnership with Jack Henry helps us bring Plaid Exchange to hundreds of regional and community banks, and helps ensure millions of people can access digital finance apps and services no matter where they choose to bank, invest and manage their money,” Karvounis added.

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Latin America Tech Booms As Brazil Dominates And Regional Investors Grow

CB Insights

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. in funding since 2012. Since 2012, investments into the region have nearly tripled. at the time.

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Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers

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Grab counts Softbank among its biggest investors and has evolved from a ride-hail startup in 2012 to a multi-faceted tech company that was last valued at $14 billion. But as the region recovers, businesses like Grab are starting to recuperate. The startup is planning to offer loans and other wealth management tools.

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FreshBooks Buys Mexico-Based Digital Invoicing Firm Facturama

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“In Mexico, 65 percent of small businesses do not survive past their second year, and it’s largely because of cash flow management issues,” FreshBooks CEO and Co-Founder Mike McDerment said in the announcement. Ramirez López will still be the company’s CEO, while also taking on the title of managing director of FreshBooks for Mexico.

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Globalisation: External Forces Driving Corporate Growth and Expansion

Celent Banking

Treasury management plays an important role in a corporation’s globalisation efforts especially in the areas of cash management, banking, foreign exchange risk, and investments. since 2012. Cloud-based treasury management systems (TMS) provide an opportunity to implement specific modules on a subscription pricing basis.

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