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Amazon Sets Sights On Southeast Asia

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The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Southeast Asia certainly has the population Amazon seeks in its international investments: The region is home to over 600 million consumers.

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Navigating The Overstuffed Weight Loss Market

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And by the granular numbers, the picture looks even worse: Obesity among women has more than doubled in some regions over the last decade-and-a-half. But the market is changing and new players are entering – most notably Noom , a subscription weight management and fitness program that has been dubbed “Weight Watchers for millennials.”.

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Does KBA Have A Place In Online SMB Credit Checks?

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As digital identities fast become a part of everyday life, the identity verification market is expected to reach $12.8 Technology providers are exploring a range of solutions to seamlessly verify customers’ identities, with the biometrics market projected to reach more than $59 billion by 2025. billion by 2024.

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Visa Inks Partnerships With More Football Associations

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Visa , the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA , announced Wednesday (December 6) partnerships with the Union of European Football Associations’ ( UEFA ) Women’s Football Competitions and the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) Total Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

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Singapore, Thailand Love Instagram, eCommerce

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The region’s internet economy is projected to become a $278 billion market by 2025 , with immense growth expected in all online sectors, but especially in mobile payments as companies across the region invest more in digital infrastructure. says market research firm GlobalWebIndex.

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Shifting Latin America’s Open Banking Plans

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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. The potential impact of the crisis on open banking’s future in the region is a different story, however.

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How Facebook Unfriends Ad Fraudsters

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Digital fraud is particularly threatening in Southeast Asia, despite the fact that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) eCommerce market is projected to exceed $200 billion in value by 2025. Account takeovers (ATOs), identity theft and phishing were found to be the most common methods of attack in this region.

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