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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

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Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Ahn added that over the summer months, Samsung Pay will introduce a tool to help people better manage their financial lives. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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Banks can take cues from challengers on digital customer acquisition: Gartner

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Gartner’s Digital IQ Index for 2019 surveyed 80 banking and financial brands, including national banks, regional banks, online banks and fintech startups. It examined 1,200 data […].

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Businesses Fail To Manage Risk Despite Preparing For ‘Major Crisis’

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Overall, organizations did not score well, according to Kevin Hewitt, FTI Consulting’s chairman of the EMEA region. “This report looks to identify and unpick the challenges, and opportunities, that companies are facing today as they manage risk and enhance their corporate value,” he said in a statement announcing the report.

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MercadoLibre To Expand Electric Fleet After $1.1 Billion Bond Sale

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Chaves also said the company will earmark a percentage of the proceeds to accelerate financial inclusion in the region. The company's total revenue increased by 59 percent in 2019 to reach $2.30 Its digital ecosystem operates as an integrated regional platform that enables businesses and individuals to trade products and services.

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SoftBank Earmarks $1B For eCommerce, Healthcare And FinTech In LatAm

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SoftBank will add $1 billion this year to its $5 billion Latin America Fund introduced in 2019, adding to last year’s $1.6 Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb.

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Google Eyes Investing In Indonesia’s eCommerce Hub Tokopedia

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We see our mission, to make it easy to do business anywhere, reflected in Tokopedia’s journey,” said Finance Manager Kenny Ho at Alibaba at the time. Bloomberg reported America’s largest internet corporations are eyeing Asia where the region is exploding with smartphones and tech-savvy residents. billion funding round for Tokopedia. “We

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities 

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Some consumer segments appear to have been left without sufficient, convenient and low-cost access to the financial services they need to manage their financial lives,” the report, “Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities,” indicated. . Earlier this month, the U.S.

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