PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a larger launch in Europe this year, Mastercard is now unveiling Identity Check Mobile to Latin America. The first two countries in the region to receive it are Brazil and Mexico. After fruitful trials in the U.S., The concept is similar to a “selfie” and thus is being dubbed “selfie pay.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Regionally, the market for beacon technology is gaining traction and expanding to various regions including Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe and CIS, South America and Middle East and Africa,” that report said. Related Innovation. The market is growing and will reach some $10.2 percent since 2018.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Beyond product and strategy, payment methods come with highly regional preferences. merchants — is assuming everyone uses credit cards for online payments. A recent study by GoCardless analyzed payment preferences for subscriptions, memberships, bills and installment plans in 10 countries and found a number of regional quirks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Chaves also said the company will earmark a percentage of the proceeds to accelerate financial inclusion in the region. Founded in 1999, based in Argentina and registered in the United States, MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform and digital payment solution that operates across Latin America. 7 and are due in 2031, Bloomberg said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The company is reportedly in talks with online used car site Kavak and FinTech Konfio, which aids small businesses in getting loans. . Kavak CEO Carlos Garcia told the news outlet that SoftBank has been meeting with a lot of startups in the Latin American region. . “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing. Similarities To The EU.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”. That includes the payment of airline fares.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2019

Like much of Latin America, Mexico is seeing an uptick in financial innovation — especially around digital payments. Built by central bank Banco de México, CoDi will allow customers to make payments online and in person through smartphones free of charge using QR codes. Want the full expert post?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Latin America is a land of opportunity, but it also presents challenges that demand an on-the-ground understanding of commerce and transacting within the various countries and cultures that it comprises. Another key factor is that over 60 percent of eCommerce in Latin America is done via installments. “If

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Farmers are increasingly turning to eCommerce to procure essential items, moving away from physical stores and regional farming cooperatives. The Ottawa-based company and has created an online marketplace platform that automatically connects buyers and producers of grain — and investors have taken notice. FarmLead recently closed a $6.5

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

However, for those regional banks or credit unions without the assets of a Bank of America or JPMorgan Chase, providing a tailored […].

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Kroger and Ocado , one of the world’s largest online grocery retailers, have announced that Central Florida and the Mid-Atlantic will be the next regions for Kroger’s two newest customer fulfillment centers (CFC) in the U.S. As the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VTEX, an eCommerce company that has helped companies like Walmart sell online, has raised $140 million in a funding round led by SoftBank’s Latin American fund, according to a report by TechCrunch. Brands and retailers want reliability and the ability to test their own innovations. VTEX offers both, filling a gap in the market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

online delivery market has so far been dominated by Amazon, but a popular new player, Ocado, has warehouse robots that travel three times the speed of Amazon’s, according to a report by Bloomberg. Shares in the online-only grocer have more grown about 72 percent in 2019 so far, after jumping almost 50 percent in 2018.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

That story is the subject of a terrific book written by economist Marc Levinson , “The Great A&P And The Struggle For Small Business In America”. But here’s the rub: The guilty verdict was made on the basis of A&P’s use of supply chain innovations to lower prices to consumers. Lower prices. By 2015, it had closed its doors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

UnionPay International (UPI), a cross-border payments company based in China , has signed an agreement with Latin American bank NIBank to bring payment solutions, including prepaid cards, to the region. NIBank will license and develop the payment methods, and customers in the Caribbean and South America will be the main recipients.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

In PYMNTS’ June edition of The Digital Payments In A Digital World Playbook done in collaboration with Wirecard , we learn that “digital shifts in regions like the EU and the U.S. are somewhat expected, with consumers in both [regions] more frequently interacting with financial and payment providers through digital channels.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This week saw the latest big entry into the field as Indian firm PayU Finance rolled out BNPL platform LazyPlus, designed to give Indian consumers easier access to credit across both online and offline commerce platforms. That’s a path Addi intends to continue to follow as it expands throughout the region.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

It’s development that Movile has a front row seat for as a Brazil-based holding company that’s developed, as well as invested in, a host of Latin America tech-based startups in an attempt to build a regional digital ecosystem and a mobile commerce platform. There are more opportunities for eCommerce and more online payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2017

With plans to release the second edition of their Americas study, which will explore alternative finance across North, Central and South America, industry experts plan to add new data to the debate over the resilience of alternative finance. billion recorded in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plans continued to dominate the week’s news, but Visa and Bank of America both made big news, and new PYMNTS research dug deep into the problems of HBO and Netflix subscriber churn and PSD2 challenges. Bank of America is launching a digital debit card. BofA Debuts Digital Debit Card.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Alipay , China’s leading third-party online payment solution, has partnered with Norway’s tourism promotion agency to provide better services to Chinese tourists traveling in the Nordic country. Norway is just the latest country to offer Chinese tourists the convenience of using Alipay, which is owned by China’s Alibaba Group.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

There are billions of individuals online, trillions of dollars in commerce exchanged digitally, and a myriad of approaches to online verification. Simply put, some regions and countries are not ready for such comprehensive collection, storage or use of personal data. Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation springs to mind.).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As reported, iwoca , a small business lender focused on online lending (with loans up to 250,000 pounds) said it raised 150 million pounds in debt and equity financing (where the division was 20 million pounds of equity financing and with the remainder as debt), as per reports Monday (Feb. In news that came from across the Pond, two U.K.-based

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). Nubank’s $10B Regional Expansion . the Brazil-based firm is on a path to becoming the most valuable startup in Latin America. million customers and is the largest online bank outside of Asia.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2017

7), Bluefin Payment Systems announced its new partnership with international online payments and fraud and data management solutions provider First Atlantic Commerce (FAC). PYMNTS: Why was it important for Bluefin to make its solutions available to merchants and acquiring banks in the LAC region? On Tuesday (Mar. but unlike the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2017

Banks like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo are announcing new mobile features and adding new mobile users every day, but mobile can be a challenge for smaller banks that don’t have the resources of a Wells or Chase. It’s almost impossible for us to stay anywhere near-competitive,” Kevin Karrels, […].

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. Develop a more innovative process. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Why shouldn’t we ask all the governments and all of the commercial parties involved to still continue to innovate and build all these different identity solutions? The challenge of establishing online identities is not confined to individuals, of course, said Ufford. The Business Side: Unlocking the Analog. The Bank Validation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

“Remittances will face downward pressure as social-distancing measures affect the US service sector,” said ratings agency Fitch in an April report on Latin America and the Caribbean. The median Fitch-rated country in the region receives the equivalent of 10 percent of GDP from remittances.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

The company will reportedly use the capital to expand across Europe, though reports noted the potential for growth in Asia and Latin America, considering Tencent’s current investment portfolio in the regions. Existing backers Gradient Ventures, Randstad Innovation Fund, Bain Capital Ventures and Cervin Ventures also participated.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

PSD2 will change – indeed is changing – online commerce in Europe and beyond. Some verticals, such as online travel companies, will be impacted more visibly, and perhaps earlier, than other niches, he said. Some verticals, such as online travel companies, will be impacted more visibly, and perhaps earlier, than other niches, he said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

card issuers, online retailers, payment providers and other businesses using Socure solutions today, the company said the investment will propel its U.S. Cequence plans to use the funding to focus on market expansion and further innovations of its platform, which links businesses with software to safeguard enterprise apps.

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