PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. Growing interest in open banking typically coincides with the expanding use of online financial platforms and tools.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The Supreme Court’s order, according to reports , essentially opens the door to other such lawsuits – and could serve to increase the pressure on eCommerce operators to make their online and mobile stores accessible to consumers with disabilities. That’s a 181 percent increase over 2017. Domino’s Innovations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

After gaining a new license to operate as a financial institution in Latin America's largest economy of Brazil, MercadoLibre will work on expanding its portfolio of credit offerings, a report from BNAmericas says. Mercado Pago has been authorized since 2018 by Brazil's central bank to act as a payment institution.

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Insights on Business

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. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Using IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson, Cargills Bank Ltd.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

The rise of online and contactless transactions in the European Union, for example, has meant that many merchants are making the bulk of their sales away from brick-and-mortar stores. Banco de España, Spain’s central bank, granted the license, which enables RevoluPAY to operate within all 27 EU member countries.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. European Union and other regions currently fighting the pande mic. Security .

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

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. Since 2012, investments into the region have nearly tripled. Want the 12-page report for free? at the time.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Bezos owns The Washington Post, whose journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia’s government, was murdered in October 2018. Bin Salman denied the claim, saying it was rogue operators who committed the crime. The CIA said the Crown Prince ordered the killing, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems. Many nations in the region are thus examining their open banking proposals to ensure they address this behavior. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Latin America is becoming a new weak spot for Uber, showing a 2 percent growth, the lowest of any region for the ride-hailing company, Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. Increased competition in Latin America, mainly from the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, is being blamed for Uber’s growth slowdown in that region.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Namdhari’s Fresh operates more than 30 stores in Bengaluru, in the southern part of India. Flipkart launched its grocery unit in 2018, teaming with Supermart in Bengaluru. In February, new eCommerce rules went into effect that prohibited foreign eCommerce companies from owning a large stake in local online retailers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

H owever, nothing is easy in life (your parents were right) and that nugget of wisdom served as a central theme of a recent PYMNTS discussion with Rakan Alhassan, operations and marketplace director at UReed. percent) while seasonal workers had lower usage throughout 2018, which dipped in Q4 2018. Among the main challenges?

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Bigbasket, the Indian online grocery store operator, raised $150 million in a fresh round of venture funding, valuing the company at more than $1 billion. Alibaba is currently Bigbasket’s largest shareholder, leading a $300 million round of funding in 2018. CDC, the U.K.’s Bigbasket is in 25 Indian cities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As it stands, the company operates two distribution centers in the Sao Paulo area and will bring facilities to other regions to offer faster delivery in a country that is bigger than the continental U.S. Early outlay guidance for 2020 comes after investments of 2 billion reais in Brazil in 2018 and 3 billion reais in 2019.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The amount consumers spend at restaurants is also on the rise, according to research from First Data’s “2018 Payments and Commerce Mid-Year Review.” percent in Q2 2018, outpacing grocery store spending. According to First Data’s SpendTrend Report, ticket size has been on the rise in recent years, particularly in 2018.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Beacons are small, battery-operated wireless devices that transmit Bluetooth signals to nearby smartphones,” explains another recent report. “In percent since 2018. Owing to the early adoption of technology and presence of major players in the region, North America is expected to acquire the majority share during the forecast period.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Amazon had record sales on Cyber Monday orders, but had to contend with regional winter storms. Amazon launched one-day delivery in April, prompting FedEx to cancel its agreement with the online retailer. However, deliveries were still on time, with Amazon calling the ShipMatrix data “inaccurate.”. ShipMatrix said that 93.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle , the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market supremacy — a fight that pits PayPal , the owner of Venmo, against the banks that operate Zelle. 31, 2018, with a year-end goal of 300 million.) P2P Numbers. million U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processors expanding their operations into new industries and markets have their work cut out for them, however. Buy online, pickup in store (BOPIS) purchasing is one example. That sector more often suffers from customers falsely claiming chargebacks for online deliveries, he said. . Understanding The Merchant Sector.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

India-based eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall wants to work more closely with regional retailers and team up with eCommerce grocery service BigBasket to compete with Flipkart and Amazon, according to recent Reuters reports. We are in the process of integrating BigBasket on our app,” said Amit Sinha, Paytm Mall’s chief operating officer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

News comes that, as reported in This Just In, Amazon’s shipping and logistics service is operational, at least in part. The shipping service is operational for sellers that have warehouses in the greater Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey and Chicago areas. billion in 2018. And now, the last mile gets a bit more crowded.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As reported last week, Bear Down Logistics is no longer working with Amazon, with the firm cutting hundreds of jobs in the wake of that severance, and effectively ceasing operations across five states. Consider the fact that Amazon started its program in 2018 to work with smaller firms to get packages where they needed to go.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

PPS was created by a tie-up between six Polish banking institutions, and it’s embedded BLIK into banking apps so customers can transfer money, use ATMs and use it pay online or in stores. The next step will be to invite banks from other countries and this is why we want to concentrate our efforts right now on our region, central Europe.” .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The purchase builds on a strategic partnership and investment made in 2018, where Visa invested in the firm back then. PYMNTS explores how cloud infrastructure and automated systems have improved Western Union’s operating efficiencies. Ant’s March To The Biggest IPO Shows Power Of (Online) Commerce. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

this seemingly high-tech format is being adopted (and adapted) by smaller, regional stores without Amazon-sized budgets. Another regional grocer, H-E-B, has begun piloting a scan-and-go solution, which lets customers scan products with their smartphones during their shopping trip, bag them and pay via generated QR code before leaving.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Fines related to noncompliance increased 160 percent between September 2018 and December 2019, in fact. The Reserve Bank of India recently released guidelines outlining an approved method that private companies could use for conducting KYC checks online by using videos. Download the Tracker to read the Feature Story. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Companies must manage increased data processing and transaction volumes for their clients, and the stress pushes many to rely on multiple banks to keep operations running smoothly. million times in November 2018 alone — an increase from 13.9 Other regions, including the U.S., Open banking is alive and thriving in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

News comes that, as reported in This Just In, Amazon’s shipping and logistics service is operational, at least in part. The shipping service is operational for sellers that have warehouses in greater Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey and Chicago areas. billion in 2018. And now, the last mile gets a bit more crowded. everything.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

As for Klook itself, the company operates with an effort to streamline the process of booking travel activities that can span visits to attractions, hotels and restaurants. As Liu stated, the market size for travel activities will reach $183 billion globally by 2020; today, less than 20 percent comes from mobile or online bookings.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Fraud varies country to country, region to region. As has been widely noted, the region has paved the way for the adoption of EMV, and its embrace by merchants in the EU, mandated though it has been, has steered hackers and criminals to online methods of siphoning funds from consumers and cheating companies.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

Many of SoftBank’s portfolio companies operate across a variety of different industries. SoftBank has backed a slew of edtech startups in 2021, from AI tutor Riiid to online education platform Unacademy to employee upskilling company Go1. . Our Business Social Graph below includes all equity investments since 2018. First name.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

In the ICC’s Global Survey 2018 report, researchers found supply chain finance at the top of banks’ priorities, with 42 percent of respondents prioritizing growth in supply chain finance in the year ahead.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The emergent form of coronavirus that originated in China’s Wuhan region continues to spread and pick up fatalities. Staff and customers’ safety is our first priority and we have comprehensive, precautious measures being implemented to all restaurant operations and office staff,” a McDonald’s spokesperson said, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In a new PYMNTS interview, Karl Schamotta, regional director of risk management solutions at Cambridge Global , talked about managing risk and hedging currency fluctuations in, perhaps, the world’s oldest form of production and commerce — a job that’s become more difficult in recent years, even with the benefits of digitalization.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Furthermore, according to the latest edition of PYMNTS’ PSD2 Tracker , only 40 percent of merchants operating in the European Union that are aware of SCA reported being ready by that date. He says more than one-third of merchants’ online payments could fail due to lack of compliance. 14, 2019 deadline.

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Accenture

JUNE 20, 2019

And nearly 80 percent of bank operations leaders say their organization’s existence could be threatened without flexible technology for rapid innovation. Consider this: CFOs of a regional health system and a global retailer use the same tool, even though their cash management needs could not be more different. From answers to advice.

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