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Payments 2016: The Year Of The Emergence Of The Global Citizen

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PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of The Emergence Of The Global Citizen. 2016 saw more people transacting across borders in larger sums than ever before.

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Today In Data: Self-Employment, Finance Jobs And PayPal’s Woes

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The self-employed workforce is growing, despite hurdles like financial insecurity, lack of pension, expense tracking, tax returns and more. 100 percent | Growth of international payments solution Flywire’s business in the Asia-Pacific region over the last year. because of Brexit.

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Data Dive, Breaches And Security Blips Edition: Key Bank, Microsoft And Bulgaria 

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Unfortunately, also adding heat this week was the world of fraudsters and hackers – with a few pretty sizable security blips and glitches. Regional banking force KeyCorp disclosed a massive fraud that could potentially cost as much as $90 million – according to reporting out of CNBC last week. Starting with.

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EU Eyes Single European Data Market

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As reported mid week, the European Commission is planning a single European market for data , in hopes that by pooling talent, the region can compete with Big Tech in Silicon Valley and China. When it filed its tax returns, as reported by the Journal, Facebook put a $7 billion value on the intangible assets (the intellectual property).

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LendingClub: Loan Applications Grow Double Digits Amid Rising Rates  

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Management also stated that the CLUB Certificate Program — defined as whole loan transactions structured as tradable pass-through securities — is nearing the $1 billion mark, after having been launched less than a year ago, in December of 2017. CEO Sanborn stated that that engagement with the Federal Trade Commission remains ongoing.

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The State of Banking

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That yielded 291 total institutions, broken down by region. Some regions are experiencing slightly elevated non-performers from the previous year. Are these anomalies due to region, competition, or business models? But if I were a Northeast bank, I would ask why other regions achieved between 3.5%-3.8% A trend to watch.

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Tech Center: EU’s Capital City Grows Tech Reputation

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The region is also home to an active and fast-growing startup scene. Brussels the third wealthiest region in terms of GDP per capita due to this number being twice as high as the European average. The city was ranked as a strong innovator by the latest edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS 2016).

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