PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

Mastercard and IFC , a member of the World Bank Group, announced Thursday (April 26) that they have updated a $250 million global risk-sharing facility in an effort to expand access to electronic payments in emerging markets. IFC will guarantee up to 100 percent of the settlement risk.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

The global mobile wallet market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. Research and Markets’ assessment of the mobile wallet market meshes with what Technavio , the research firm, found about the mobile wallet market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

And while those numbers aren’t likely to keep Amazon or H&M up at night, for a small Cuban eCommerce startup operating out of nation where internet access is patchy and from which the company can’t ship goods directly to U.S. The firm has been up and running since 2015, though the recent expansion into U.S. eCommerce operation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding. According to a Goldman Sachs report from May of 2017, there are 210 FinTechs operating in Brazil, representing the largest concentration in Latin America.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Dropbox leader Adrienne Gormley will become the chief operating officer. Backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-Shing, N26 launched its first products in 2015 and is among Europe’s most valuable non-listed FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to keep this requirement top of mind as they compete against other FIs in newer markets, however. It is thus imperative that those seeking to expand into new markets adjust their fraud protection strategies to better fit local customer needs. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market. operations.

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Accenture

JULY 17, 2015

billion transactions in 2015, a volume far ahead of all other similar systems globally. With seven years of operations, there. The UK payments system, Faster Payments, is the world leader in real-time payments. It is likely to process over 1.2 Read more.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The operation will likely include savings and lending products, and it comes just two years after U.S. Chase has usually not done international operations, preferring to nurture its huge and profitable domestic market. JPMorgan Chase is taking steps to open a digital bank in the U.K. by the end of the year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As it aims to bolster methods of market exit and risk disposal for institutions that loan money, the central bank of China introduced a draft of updates to legislation applicable to commercial banks, Reuters reported. They’ve been asked to support the economy at the expense of their own operational strength.” .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

As president of AppHarvest, Lee will be in charge of developing strategy and working on managing operations, leading sales, marketing and finance functions as the company continues to grow. Lee said in the release that the company offers a “unique solution to building a more resilient and responsible food system.”. “I

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

And then there’s the challenge of how to use marketing research to reach the right consumer in the right channel and the right time with the right message. Wiland operates one of the largest consumer databases, tracking more than $220 billion in transactional, SKU-level data — transactional and behavioral — for over 235 million Americans.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 26, 2015

Just in time for the holiday weekend, the CFPB released its Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda last Friday. The agenda states that the CFPB plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “later in 2015 after additional outreach and analysis.” The agenda gives a June 2015 date for issuance of a final rule. Auto finance.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

15) that Hong Kong authorities have reportedly opened an investigation into Chinese banks operating in the city. But since the beginning of the 2015 spending spree, many of these heavily-indebted conglomerates have sold off billions of dollars in assets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Climbing interest rates are taking their toll on the number of consumers in the market for new home mortgages. percent, according to Freddie Mac – the biggest weekly decline since January 2015. The Incredible Shrinking Non-Bank Mortgage Lending Market. Mortgage applications for new homes are down 25 percent year over year.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 22, 2017

First they started to invest in equivalent products and services to their own in other markets of similar nature, such as India and Thailand. Hence, they invested $680 million in India’s Paytm in September 2015, just before demonitisation stimulated Indians to open 200 million wallets on Paytm.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Revolut was granted a European Union banking license in Lithuania in December 2018 and has begun operations in central Europe. The FinTech also has a credit offer in two European markets with expectations of launching additional markets across Europe this year. billion valuation.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2020

The NCCF was established by the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968) to study consumer credit markets and recommend improvements in consumer credit regulations. The article begins with a discussion of a 1972 report issued by the National Commission on Consumer Finance (NCCF). A $594 loan required a 103.54 A $594 loan required a 103.54

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Lacewell said the new rules are the first steps in the revision of New York’s BitLicense to better meet the numerous changes in the industry since 2015. One change is that any coins the regulator approves for listing in New York can be listed by any exchange that operates in the state, as long as they provide notice to DFS.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Emerging markets (EMs) have become more exposed to the global financial cycle in recent years. Negative liquidity shocks on the other hand constitute a tightening of financial conditions, reducing lending and real investment ( Bruno and Shin (2015) and Avdjiev et al (2018) ). Aakriti Mathur and Shekhar Hari Kumar.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

The corporate treasurer at the multinational corporation is facing a particularly fierce global market today. Corporate hedging, key for businesses that need to minimize exposure to forex risk, is critical for a company doing cross-border operations. The FX Market Has Changed. All of that impacts the FX market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2017

The nation’s second-largest travel operator, Yatra Online, recently acquired Air Travel Bureau, a corporate travel service provider, to strengthen its B2B services. In 2015, IT service provider Wipro inked a series of partnerships to launch its own corporate travel and expense management app in India.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

Operators of U.S. private businesses reported that 2021 is off to a good start overall, but signs of inflation are on the rise, and the jobs market outlook is somewhat gloomy, according to a press release from research firm IHS Markit. Chris Williamson , chief business economist at IHS Market, said in the release: “U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Along with growing revenue, Loadsmart, in turn, said it has managed to keep a lid on operational expenses, which it says it has kept at 2019 levels. “As Chromo Capital co-led the deal.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Founded in 2010, Sightline has experienced 744 percent revenue growth since 2015. The Sightline platform integrates with the i2c agile processing vehicle and APIs to deliver Play+, a cashless solution that gives gaming operators the ability to move money in real-time between tables, slots, and kiosks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The company has integrated its proprietary P2P lending platform, Robo.cash, with the company’s Singapore arm, Robocash Pte, which launched in 2015 to help support the Robocash Group’s Southeast Asia operations. Around the world, the market reached a $54 billion value, compared to $9 billion in 2014. billion two years later.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

German bank N26 is partnering with financial software firm Eurobase International for its treasury management operations, BobsGuide reported on Monday (Nov. Headquartered in Berlin, N26 will use the Eurobase Siena platform to support its treasury management operations throughout most of the Eurozone, U.K., Switzerland and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

and Canada operating under Uber’s app. . Last year, Uber said in a press release that it was looking to acquire Cornershop, which was co-founded by Oskar Hjertonsson, Daniel Undurraga and Juan Pablo Cuevas in 2015. The acquisition would give Uber Eats an estimated 37 percent market share, up from a current 29 percent.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

So let’s take a look at what the Big 4 core vendors (FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry and D+H) are doing and have to bring to the table in 2015 (other than a sweetheart deal). In 2015 will Fiserv be able to continue DNA’s strong market momentum outside of its own core base? Take a look at the two headlines below from the Fiserv web site.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 30, 2017

In June 2015, based on a finding that the company had violated the TSR and CFPA, the court issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Morgan Drexen from collecting any more money from customers and charging upfront fees for debt relief services.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 22, 2017

After my blog yesterday, about banks having to move from being control freaks in a proprietary operation building everything to becoming collaborative partners in an open marketplace curating everything, I was asked: “how do you make money out of curation?” It is also doubling year-on-year. billion in total. billion to UK consumers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“This partnership will help us bolster our payments and ticketing technology solutions for bus operators and enable us to provide a more seamless booking and post-booking experience to our growing base of online bus ticketing customers.”. The Infinity investment aligns with Paytm’s September announcement that it was going to earmark $34.8

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Together, Bitfinex and Tether manipulated a market that, by design, is supposed to be decentralized,” states the lawsuit. And the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that they have signed an operational agreement on the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland.

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 15, 2015

As we begin 2015 in retail banking, here is a quick look at five trends to watch for in 2015. Now in 2015, we will see more experimentation in location-based services and loyalty, and reward tie ups with merchants. Additionally, we will see the first mobile-only “credit card” issued in 2015. Digital Banking.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Enjoy Technology operates in 54-plus U.S. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K. The funding will go toward U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

Coupled with internal factors — like pressures from CFOs to reduce operating costs — the CPO today is facing monumental challenges but also the opportunity to rise as a strategic part of the overall enterprise, Umbenhauer explained. The difference in investment of new technologies between 2014 and 2015 was also significant.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Or maybe a relatively bland extended-stay operation right off the interstate. To learn more about the trend, PYMNTS recently caught up with Kulveer Taggar, co-founder and CEO of Zeus , a digital and mobile-focused operation that puts business travelers into furnished housing that Zeus rents from owners.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2019

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to Bakkt Trust to operate as a limited liability trust company. This is the first virtual currency trust company application approved under Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell. “As

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