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JULY 1, 2019

Less than a year after the ride-hailing company rolled out in Sudan, Careem has concluded its operations in the country, with a planned takeover by Uber on the horizon. The firm started its Sudan operations in September 2018 following the lifting of economic sanctions by the United States in 2017, Reuters reported.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Operational risk is rapidly becoming one of the most important threats to the financial system but is also one of the least well understood. But they are only one part of operational risk, which includes losses from any kind of business disruption or human error, including power outages or natural disasters.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Uber Eats , the food delivery business of Uber, is gearing up to sell its Indian operations to Swiggy , a rival food delivery company in the country. billion in the first quarter of 2018 alone, noted the report. “It It also marks the first sale of Uber’s food business around the world.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

The crimes that ended up driving the change in 2020 were scams and the darknet market, the blog's stats report. in January of 2018, and after that, an underground operation emerged, in which the yen were exchanged for other digital currencies on a dark website. More stats show that scams netted around $2.6

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Europe’s smart home market growth increased in the last year, growing by 18.1 percent over the same quarter from 2018. In the digital media adapter space, the Fire TV continues to prove the strength of the product, leading in the United Kingdom and German markets.”. “In million units by 2023. “In

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AUGUST 7, 2019

6) that the nation’s central bank has suspended the company’s activities because it allegedly failed to provide the government with required financial data on its operations this year. SatchelPay received its electronic money institution license in March of 2018, reports noted. The Industry Spread reported Tuesday (Aug.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

trillion in spending for goods and services in 2018, The Nilson Report said in a press release Thursday (Sept. percent in 2018, up from 42.5 Conversely, American Express and Mastercard ’s commercial card market dropped. Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. generated $6.13 Commercial card spending is up 11.7

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. percent, reaching $124.1

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

The CEO of Bolt, an Estonian-based ride-hailing company, said his company is beginning to see profitability in most of the markets in which it operates, according to a report by CNBC. Markus Villig told the news organization that the company is close to breaking even in about 66 percent of markets. Uber has about 3.5

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Bitcoin finished up its worst year yet, as the price of the popular cryptocurrency plummeted by over 80 percent over 2018, Coindesk reported. But the cryptocurrency ended 2018 with a price of just under $3,750. At the same time, market observers have taken note of the technical signals.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Yandex’s car-sharing service was founded in 2018. Sharenow, a joint operation between Daimler’s car-sharing service and BMW , said it will no longer operate in North America or the U.K. Sharenow, a joint operation between Daimler’s car-sharing service and BMW , said it will no longer operate in North America or the U.K.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

When Mastercard launched the Start Path accelerator program in 2014, the goal – according to VP and senior business leader, Amy Neale – was to make it easier for emerging companies to enter “our world” through a combination of operational support, commercial access and some strategic funding. The Start Path Admissions Process.

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JULY 28, 2020

Fifty-eight percent of worldwide eCommerce transactions were made using these platforms in 2018, for example, and consumers have since become even more accustomed to them. Robust international operations require winning over many sellers and operating smoothly around the world, activities that can be challenging for platforms.

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MAY 6, 2019

Morgan Stanley will send the Russian central bank a notice that it’s going to formally close of all of its banking operations in the country in the first quarter of 2020, according to a report by Reuters. and EU made it too hard for Russian businesses to access international capital markets.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. Part of the strategy may include unloading its $1.4

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

It was formed in 2018 and it has a 5.2 Sberbank said it wants to grow its operations and put pressure on Yandex, a rival in the space. previously announced in July that they were going to go right after the Yandex market with taxi and food delivery services. Yandex.Taxi is the market leader in Russia in the ride-hailing market.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Lime is striving to reach profitability in 2020 and is laying off about 14 percent of its workforce — roughly 100 people — and ceasing operations in 12 markets, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. These market closures have an effect not just on riders, but on our whole Lime community. billion valuation, making it a unicorn.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

It was formed in 2018 and it has a 5.2 Sberbank said it wants to grow its operations and put pressure on Yandex, a rival in the space. previously announced in July that they were going to go right after the Yandex market with taxi and food delivery services. Yandex.Taxi is the market leader in Russia in the ride-hailing market.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 18, 2018

Below are just a few of the sessions surrounding IBM Banking and Financial technologies you won’t want to miss at SIFMA 2018. This session will also be a great opportunity to hear how early adopters have benefited by increasing their commercial efficiency, operational transparency, regulatory rigor and reducing fraud, delays, and paperwork.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

It was only about two months ago — August, in fact — when the prediction came out: Amazon , the eCommerce operator that had recently made moves into healthcare, deepened its power in grocery and continued to grow in other parts of retail (and cloud computing), would hit $2.25 trillion in market capitalization by 2024. billion forecast.

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MARCH 19, 2018

– Saket Sinha, IBM Vice President & Partner, Banking & Financial Markets. To a maximum capacity audience and kicking off an exciting week of IBM Think 2018 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Saket Sinha led the “Intelligent Automation in Financial Services” breakout session. Intelligent automation’s ascent in financial services.

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MAY 13, 2019

In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. The estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. And digital disruptors are putting a new spin on vending machines.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Parker went on to note that the goal of Amazon’s Pharmacy platform is to inject transparency into the market so that any patient can easily understand their options. The news also sent immediate ripples through the entire pharmacy ecosystem, particularly in the stock market. pharmacy market has been anticipated ever since.

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JULY 30, 2018

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, the global retail electronic point of sale (EPOS) technology company, announced on Monday (July 30) that it has grown its worldwide self-checkout (SCO) market share by 46 percent, according to research and consulting company RBR.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

A new survey from Citizens Bank explores how mid-market CFOs in the U.S. are anticipating new technologies and market trends for the year to come, with these professionals signaling interest in real-time and electronic payments. In an announcement Thursday (Dec. In an announcement Thursday (Dec. ”

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JULY 2, 2018

Apple has long been in the lead to become the first $1 trillion company based on its stock market value, but Amazon, the nation’s leading eCommerce player, is closing in on the iPhone maker. At the start of 2018, Bloomberg said Apple’s stock market value was 50 percent larger than Amazon’s, but now the gap is closer to 10 percent.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 on March 13.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. The company says 56 million women bought secondhand items in 2018, up from 44 million a year earlier. Nordstrom joins other department stores in the resell market.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. Jim Brill, IBM Financial Services Marketing. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018!

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MARCH 1, 2019

Russia’s trade associations have accused Visa and Mastercard of abuse of market power in the country. The trade associations added that the payment amount is also too high when compared to the developed retail market. Russia isn’t the only country where the credit card companies are running into problems with their fees.

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APRIL 9, 2019

The product, announced on Tuesday (April 9), is aimed at growing the ridesharing company’s involvement in the B2B market, and it comes just as Uber is expected to announce its initial public offering (IPO) later this month. uber.com/vouchers. Sports teams could potentially bundle rides with other fans to go see a game.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

s financial services market is expanding, with FinTechs — dubbed challenger banks — rivaling traditional financial institutions (FIs). The accounting functionality will be rolled out throughout 2018,” the executive added. million sole traders that operate in the U.K. We’re launching with banking.

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JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results. CASE STUDY] Data-Agnostic?

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MARCH 27, 2020

We launched our Elite try-at-home service in 2018 and have long believed that the model of an algorithmically-driven curated box would play a central role in the future of shopping, especially for items like bras and lingerie which carry complex demands in personal style and fit.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Reuters noted that the case was rare, given it marked one of the first times a taxi company sued a ride-hailing company on the basis that its entry into the market resulted in it losing profits. billion in funding it raised in 2018 and the more than $6 billion in total it has raised from investors. That would be on top of the $2.7

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Just last week, Deloitte found that in 2016 alone, nearly 27,000 new blockchain projects surfaced on the market. EY Ops Chain and SAP Leonardo will help companies quickly develop and deploy blockchain solutions that connect business operations across their systems, on a platform already widely used by companies worldwide.”.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reached $1 trillion market value, joining Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in hitting the milestone.

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