CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

Investors from around the globe are flocking to Latin America — within the first half of 2018, deep-pocketed investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and DST Global have backed startups in the region. Private technology companies in Latin America have raised over $5.8B Want the 12-page report for free?

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems. This means the crisis may have large-scale effects on how open banking develops in Latin America. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The cash flow challenges for small businesses have been in place for a while, in Latin America since well before the pandemic took root. And in an interview with PYMNTS, Jacob Shoihet , co-founder and CEO of the online financing platform Marco Financial , said the problem is particularly acute for exporters. “In

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the addition of Thunes backing Paydek's local bank transfers into emerging markets, we are better positioned to offer an enhanced service to our clientele," Paydek Managing Director Terry Hopkinson said in the announcement. The newest round of funding was meant to power its expansion in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Facebook is intensifying its push into eCommerce as demand grows for online shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic. The social media giant is launching an initiative aimed at startups interested in helping build out its online marketplace. On Monday (Aug. On Monday (Aug. The application period, which kicked off on Monday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

A new report by FedEx Business Insights published this month in the form of an online video finds that SMEs are quite optimistic about their futures as they look to grow via cross-border trade.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

22) that showed double-digit percentage gains in volumes, driven by online commerce and increased traction among mid-market firms doing business and taking payments across the globe. Continuing a trend seen in past quarters, volume churn was less than 1 percent, said management. million euros. million euros.

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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. Gomide said VTEX needs to look beyond just serving its own region. “At VTEX offers both, filling a gap in the market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Seamless customer experiences are essential because consumers that face onboarding strains are likely to seek services elsewhere, Rodrigo Rodríguez , assortment and merchandising regional manager for Latin American eCommerce marketplace Linio , explained in a recent PYMNTS interview.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. North America’s biggest food delivery service was launched in 2013 and operates in more than 4,000 U.S. cities as well as in Canada.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

It also provides DerbySoft’s supply partners with access to Groupon’s 29 million North America customers, according to an announcement. and around the globe via the Groupon Getaways North America marketplace. Groupon, as it stands, features 40,000 hotels and resorts in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Identifications aren’t standardized across Latin America, and they’re based on paper in many cases.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

But there’s another driving motivator behind the growth of the global freelancing economy, according to Payoneer Vice President Americas, Regional Head, SMB Iain McNicoll , and Vice President, Regional Head, South East Asia Miguel Warren.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region. For decades many thought it would never happen but now America’s Credit Unions is becoming a reality. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Cross-border online commerce — awash with opportunities to claim new customers and, of course, grow top lines — should quicken the collective pulse of U.S. Dig even deeper than that, and you’ll find that eCommerce is growing by 18 percent in Africa, 28 percent in Asia and 25 percent in Latin America. companies. Though the U.S.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2019

billion in revenue contribution was down 14 percent from last year, proved a headwind, and clients proved risk-averse, as management stated on the earnings call. Drilling down into the consumer profile a bit, Citi said that in North America, total revenues from consumer banking in this region came to $5.2 But trading, where $2.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Transaction flow came from geographic regions that included North America, Latin America and Europe — where cross-border principal, currency adjusted at $20.4 Management noted on the call that transaction growth was positive for the first time in several years.

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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”. By 2009, A&P had shrunk in size and became a modestly sized regional chain. Aside from not liking online platforms, the critics can’t seem to get their stories straight.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

That’s the thinking behind Mozper , a debit card and app focused on improving financial literacy in Latin America. As digital options grow in the region and kids’ spending habits move away from cash, Mozper has just closed a funding round in its quest to instill healthy financial habits. Focusing On Financial Inclusion .

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

In an interview with Karen Webster, Brent Warrington, Hyperwallet’s general manager, said the collaboration spans local funds disbursement options across several geographies, well beyond the United States and on a daily basis. Lime, for its part, has stated that growth has been especially rapid in Latin America.

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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. In an interview with Karen Webster, Trulioo General Manager Zac Cohen took a multi-market look at government and thematic approaches to setting (and settling on) ID infrastructures.

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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

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. The debate continues to rage over the future of alternative lending.

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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. 5 at 1 p.m.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Merchants and other online services must be sure these processes are also secure, however, especially as fraud attempts have continued to climb. Creating onboarding experiences that can keep consumers’ attention to completion has only become more difficult in recent years as customers have become spoiled for choice of online merchants.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We're focusing on the ability for consumers to use their rewards points at over 60 million merchants around the world, whether that’s online, in-store or via contactless using a major wallet such as Apple Pay or PayPal – and really bringing [loyalty redemption] to life.”. Today we're managing our own currency, which is miles.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The solution, available through Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS), launched in February of last year in North America and in six countries across Europe. In some cases, they’ve been converting paper documents into data, taking analog transactions into online banking or establishing host-to-host ERPs. The Journey.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

While players both big and small were making digital investments like online ordering and delivery services, the report notes, Kroger lagged behind and stayed focused on its stores. Online purchases account for just 5 percent of the roughly $1 trillion U.S. food and consumer-product market, according to Nielsen.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

But the open banking wave also introduced a number of new challenges for the financial services industry: namely, awareness of regulations, willingness for corporate customers to share their data, and novel hurdles in management and protection of the data that moves. Finserv Embraces The API. “I Challenges Surface.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Fewer consumers use physical currency when making purchases, and are instead turning to more modern, digital methods of payment, particularly when making purchases online with debit cards. Our platform allows both our programs and the programs that we’re managing to use AML of different authentications and KYC providers,” Bonkowski said.

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Accenture

JUNE 20, 2019

I am pleased to once again have managing director Tim O’Donnell’s unique perspective and experience for this blog series. Corporate portals are digital doorways and workspace for all the company’s cash management activities. Corporate portals are digital doorways and workspace for all the company’s cash management activities.

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FICO

JANUARY 7, 2021

Here are the 5 most popular 2020 posts on decision management. #1. One major cloud provider reports that it has seen a 775% increase in demand for its cloud services in regions enforcing social distancing and/or shelter-in place due to COVID-19. . How Do You Improve Supply Chain Resiliency?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are all prevalent themes in this week’s venture capital breakdown, with startups working to overhaul entire processes for their enterprise customers, from logistics to workforce management. The firm said it will use the investment to focus on operational expansion.

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