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Kiosks Flourish In International Markets

PYMNTS

News recently emerged that Amazon wants to roll out kiosks in India that will enable consumers to purchase hardware, including its Kindle eBook reader, the Echo, its smart speaker and the Fire TV Stick. As Bloomberg has noted, kiosks have gained significant attention – that is, capital – from major retail and technology players.

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SVB: Early lessons for all financial institutions from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure

Abrigo

Banks in rural America are not going to have the same kind of lending activities, or depositor relationships as this bank seemingly had. Boy, did that impact capital ratios. It tanked the value of the “liquid investments” and put pressure on their tangible equity capital. For SVB, many of their customers didn’t need loans.

Strategy 195
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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

PYMNTS

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As 2020 will be remembered by most as a year of trial.

Retail 211
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GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud

PYMNTS

I n " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021." Well-funded and organized fraud operations, meanwhile, continued to amass more capital, manpower and technology. Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT , discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena.

Fraud 180
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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Product: Bridj.

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