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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. So which merger was the best in 2021? Doug Larson. THE BANKER AWARDS.

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Today In Payments: Flywire Could IPO In Late 2021 With A $3 Billion Valuation; Mastercard Debuts NextGen Contactless Technology

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Flywire Said To IPO In Late 2021 With A $3 Billion Valuation. has tapped investment banks to gear up for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2021 that could provide the firm with an approximately $3 billion valuation, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. TCH’s Waterhouse: Real-Time Payments’ 2021 Focus Is On Smarter, Safer.

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Retailers, Banks Say Transaction Clarity Key To Moving From Dispute Management To Dispute Prevention

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Amid the great digital shift , retailers and financial institutions (FIs) must walk the fine line between challenging transactions and letting the consumer journey proceed frictionless. issuers will grow to $690 million in 2020, and to more than $800 million in 2021. The Scope Of The Problem.

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Retail ?Armageddon? Predictions Spur Alternative Scenarios

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As retail reopens and starts to spur some optimism for the future, a dark number appeared on the scene on Tuesday (June 10). Coresight released a report that says 25,000 retail storefronts will close by the end of the year. That means that between June 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021, 21,000 more stores will shutter.

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The Vicious Circle Of Physical Retail Meets The Virtuous Circle of Digital

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If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. shopping malls will shutter by the end of 2021. Worse yet, some analysts fear the triggering of break-lease clauses for retailers in malls if anchor stores leave. Analysts now say that as many as 50 percent of U.S

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Today In Payments: Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, B2B Payments; Biden Chief Tech Aide Could Bring Tighter Big Tech Oversight

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Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, Digitized B2B Payments. Reed was involved in California’s watershed privacy law, which could act a model for a national law. New Report: Square Speaks Out On SMBs’ 2021 Payments Survival Guide. Plus, PayPal and Square are on a crypto buying spree. Especially Apple. Surcharges.

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Mix-N-Match Fake Shopping Holidays For Fun And Profit

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For years, the weekend after Thanksgiving has been a harmonic convergence of made-up shopping holidays, concentrating Black Friday and Cyber Monday into three days of riotous retailing. As a companion to National Salesperson Day on Dec. As a companion to National Salesperson Day on Dec. Preposterous Observances for 2021.