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South Korea FinTech Gets Initial Approval For Online Bank

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With a digital bank license, we will be able to broaden our product offering … so that we can accelerate our mission to innovate the financial industry,” said SG Lee, CEO of Viva Republica. The bank is expected to start operating during the first six months of 2021 after it gets the final nod for a license.

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PayPal To Roll Out Innovation Labs In India

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PayPal, the digital payments company, is rolling out two new technology Innovation Labs based in India, where FinTech startups are currently flourishing. Citi ThankYou Rewards cardholders can select their ThankYou Points to pay for all or part of their purchase when checking out online. and Singapore.

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On National Burrito Day, Chipotle Serves Up Signs Of QSR Innovation

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As Chipotle continues its digital efforts, the chain’s stock is having its best year since 2013, with part of the increase credited to investors liking CEO Brian Niccol , who joined the chain about a year ago after turning Taco Bell into a lifestyle brand and introducing breakfast at the quick service restaurant. Chipotle’s Digital Gains.

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Kering To Debut Its Own eCommerce Sites

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Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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Does Destination Maternity Chain Bankruptcy Signal Larger Trends?

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21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As billion in 2013, representing a 2.10 Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct.

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BIS Sees Boons, Risks As FinTech Credit Gains Traction

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The report noted that there is no internationally agreed-upon definition of what that activity might be, but for the confines of the report, it includes “all credit activity facilitated by electronic [online] platforms that are not operated by commercial banks.” The fact remains that credit availability has widened, the report stated.

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