PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The National Restaurant Association ’s initial 2020 outlook was bright, as it projected sales just shy of $900 billion. This revenue free fall could result in 100,000 restaurants nationwide closing either temporarily or permanently, with 40 percent of all restaurant operators unsure whether they can survive six months into the future.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Binance , Nigeria’s cryptocurrency market, has seen sign-ups surge 50 percent so far in 2020. Reginald Fowler, “an alleged operator behind payment processor Crypto Capital , was charged with wire fraud” on Friday (Feb. The market is scrambling to provide users with a stablecoin.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are many forms of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism. Cultural nationalism. Now comes cryptocurrency nationalism? 10, 2020 if they wish to continue to operate there. If nationalism is defined as support for one country’s interests over those of another, that seems to be at work here.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Call it a crisis that crosses the pond, will last into 2020 and, likely, beyond. More than 9,300 stores went dark, and among them were locations operated by marquee names, such as Sears , Party City and Payless. National Returns Day : The dawn of the new year heralds a spike in returns of unwanted gifts.

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Perficient

MAY 26, 2021

While Fintech Generations was historically an in-person conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, this year’s event, similar to 2020, will be virtual and is expected to attract more than 1,000 attendees. Since its inception in 2015, the Fintech Generations conference has drawn national and international fintech leaders and speakers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

When it comes time for payments, there may be a reluctance to transmit sensitive patient information (Edwards said HIPAA’s national standard that protects personal health data can be likened to PCI DSS standards) across RTPs or emails. Various points along the continuum of healthcare also may operate with different systems.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020, which was proposed by a U.S. 24), could put digital currency exchanges under one national structure, CoinDesk reported. Every entity in the nation would need to disclose yearly digital currency income if it is above $1,300. representative Thursday (Sept.

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BankUnderground

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Consumers, in short, entered spring 2020 realizing that their old, largely physical habits for feeding themselves were a bad fit in a world where proximity between themselves and strangers was frowned upon as a public health liability. ChowNow Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Eric Jaffe.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

The OCC has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments in connection with a comprehensive review of its regulations on electronic activities of national banks ( 12 CFR part 7, subpart E ) and federal savings associations ( 12 CFR part 155 ). Comments on the ANPR must be received by August 3, 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Plus, PYMNTS looks back on direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, which came in two flavors in 2020. 28) that it closed its acquisition of ShopRunner, which will operate as a part of a new group inside of FedEx Services named FedEx Dataworks. The latter firm will keep operating the retail locations with the Save A Lot banner.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 30, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Our CFS Group has been ranked in Band One every year since Chambers USA introduced a national category for consumer finance.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In Los Angeles, a widespread glut of shipments has slowed down operations at the nation's busiest container port complex, the Port of Los Angeles , according to CNBC. The numbers were up quite a bit from the first half of the year, which showed renewed strength in business and consumer shopping habits.

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BankBazaar

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

According to FM Nirmala Sitharaman, Budget 2020 has included provisions that would translate to more income and purchasing power for tax-paying citizens. On the 1 st of February, 2020, our Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Budget for FY 2020-21. Additional Reading: Union Budget 2020 Highlights.

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Perficient

JULY 1, 2020

Forrester has included Perficient in its Now Tech: Oracle Apps Implementation Services Providers, Q2 2020 report. Perficient is a National System Integrator with a dedicated Oracle practice for ERP, EPM, and Analytics/BI that has been serving clients for nearly two decades, delivering 3,000 cloud and on-premises implementations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It wasn’t until November 2017 that The Clearing House (TCH) debuted its Real-Time Payments (RTP) scheme — a system that isn’t expected to see across-the-board adoption until 2020. banks before it can become interoperable with other nations’ schemes, according to Art Brieske, head of faster payments at JPMorgan Chase.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny. But the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This is bigger than the 2017 spike on operations and on demand.". Suzhou, located in East China's Jiangsu Province, is at the frontlines for China's push to enact a national digital currency. on Friday (Dec. 11), according to a report from the Global Times.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. Industry leaders agreed that adaptability is the key to survival.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JUNE 9, 2020

2020 has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic threatening our way of life, challenging our resourcefulness and resilience, on a global scale not experienced since the World War ended 75 years ago. You should develop and optimise capabilities in support of your strategy and operations, contributing to a quicker and more effective response.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

But 2020 isn’t a normal year, Visa ’s Global Head of Business Solutions Kevin Phalen told Karen Webster on the eve of National Small Business Week , and restaurateurs, like every other Main Street business everywhere now brace for a holiday season without precedent. She’s not unusual, Phalen said. Growing the Omnichannel Tent.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 7, 2023

Any company that retained employees for the second quarter of 2020 through the end of the year in 2021 AND can prove they were impacted by the pandemic’s related closures and supply chain disruptions would be eligible. The expertise is understanding how financial institutions and their branch network were impacted.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Once published by regulators, Perficient’s Risk and Regulatory CoE will be here to walk our clients through the changes.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

26, the eCommerce operator — via its Alexa Skills Kit Blog — announced the debut of “two new Alexa capabilities that will help create a more natural and intuitive voice experience for your customers.”. According to a new stud y from the National Restaurant Association and Technomic, 22 percent of consumers used kiosks to order last year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

WhatsApp plans to partner with State Bank of India (SBI) General to roll out the sachet-health insurance plan, and it will also work with HDFC Pension to debut the National Pension Scheme (NPS), the report says, quoting Abhijit Bose , head of India for WhatsApp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

During the first two quarters of 2020, these lenders also put more funds aside in anticipation of loan losses to come. The banks have been asked to perform [a] national service,” CreditSights Research Analyst Jason Tan told Squawk Box Asia on (Aug. Furthermore, the Beijing government has requested that banks forfeit 1.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

percent year-over-year debit and credit overall same-store sales volume growth among its owner credit unions over the 2020 holiday season, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. percent market rate that the National Retail Federation (NRF) had predicted, according to the release. Purchases between Nov. percent to 5.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

More than 100,000 eateries — or about one in six restaurants nationwide — have closed due to the pandemic, according to National Restaurant Association estimates. More than $134 million was lost to such scams in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while $117 million was lost to them during the first half of 2020 alone.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

1 spot by 2020. Meanwhile, Bernstein analyst Carlos Kirjner notes that the Amazon Prime membership program is not the loss generator that it was once written off as, and in fact throws of as much as $115 worth of incremental operating value per user each year. Given those factors, Sanders believes Amazon could hit the No.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. The Fed’s Failure. But the plight of American SMBs and consumers seems more pressing at the moment.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2020

National Association for Business Economics. "We T]he euro area economy is still operating far below its pre-pandemic level," he added. Economic output by the end of 2020 is expected to wind up about 5.2 The publication's assessment was based in part on a speech by European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip R.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

“As trends around the world are shifting to working and sweating from home with an increased focus on health and wellness, we believe 2020 is likely an inflection point for retail and for Lululemon.". Each of the retailer’s retail locations in Europe, North America and select Asia Pacific nations were shuttered for a time in Q1.

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PopularBank

JULY 15, 2020

Popular Bank Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea has been named Chairman of the Hispanic Federation Board of Directors. The announcement made on Thursday, July 9, 2020 follows his election during the board’s quarterly meeting.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Andrew Watkins-Ball, the South African founder of JUMO, noted that the “next phase” of the firm will have it create new offerings and bring its business to Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria in 2020. The company already operates in Pakistan and plans to roll out in India later this year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

And, in brick-and-mortar news, Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing has reportedly reopened roughly 100 retail locations in China as of last week. China, for its part, has turned 5G into a national priority, with the goal of having countrywide networks and services well ahead of other nations. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

The 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index , conducted in partnership with PSCU , found that over 20 percent of members would drop their current CU over lack of innovation. The 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index notes that CU members have become very curious about many new digital options for their banking and payments needs — maybe too curious.

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