PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

1 issue for executives residing in Europe and other advanced economies, while a lack of national governance was a major concern for executives in Latin America. Cyberattacks worried executives in three of the eight regions covered in the research. 1 risk for doing business in markets that account for 50 percent of global GDP.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Using RippleNet, Ripple's global payment network, the partnership will take advantage of the ripe market for cross-border payments, which a July Juniper Research study said will be worth $35 trillion by 2022, the release stated. The firm has also worked with the National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (NBF) in order to enable them.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. 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. Open Banking And Digital Readiness.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

billion) write-down as a result of a bigger-than-expected decline in sales, as demand for its range of alcoholic beverages has plummeted in nearly all markets. By region, Diageo’s Asia sales saw the biggest drop at 16 percent. However, not all regions showed declines: North America bucked the trend and saw its sales rise 2 percent.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Providing onboarding services in the Latin American market is both an exciting opportunity and a challenging one. 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.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Bantotal , a core Latin America banking service provider that works with 60 banks in 14 countries, has partnered with Bitex to perform cross-border payments using bitcoin blockchain, according to reports. A Bantotal spokesperson said the service is used by around 20 million people. Bantotal is based in Uruguay.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

McInerney also pointed to government to consumer (G2C), which is a “more nascent” market, with presence in government benefits and tax refunds. He said that the $120 trillion B2B market, as measured in payments volume, is tied to lower velocity but higher value flows. More than 55 percent of transactions under $10 are made with cash.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

is accelerating market convergence for the Santiago Exchange. and Europe the ability to send secure funds to 12 nations in Africa for a reduced charge. Volante Technologies Accelerates Market Convergence For Santiago Exchange. In today’s top payments news around the world, Xoom is now offering clients in the U.S., Canada, U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

According to the report, Glovo figures that it’s only the second privately held company in the nation to reach that level of valuation. Glovo ’s market focus is still fixed on the core regions where it already has operations, including South West Europe, South America and Eastern Europe and Africa.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

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. To capitalize on that aforementioned eCommerce growth in emerging markets and log sales in those regions, U.S. Villegas noted that in markets beyond the U.S., Though the U.S.

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Payments Regional Online America 164

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. But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal ….

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. When offering a higher money market or CD rate, the direct damage done to cost of funds is often the least of a bank’s worries.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

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. It remains to be seen how such oversight might carry over, or not, into other markets. But looking globally, a fragmented landscape frames the debate.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

In a competitive market for commercial loans, every feature that can preserve credit quality or maintain pricing can be valuable to the lender. Many community banks will market their fixed rate loans based on the simplicity of the prepayment provision, and this starts by understanding the value that each provision creates.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Latin America showed the strongest growth and offset declines in the Asia Pacific region and in the U.S. domestic market. Westernunion.com is now available in 70 nations and represented 13 percent of total C2C revenue.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. And beyond government efforts, FinTechs in the private sector are also promoting eProcurement digitization in the region.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 31, 2017

Equally, having been to the region regularly since 2002, I’ve seen how it is developing and changing. It just illustrates the market well, and has an attitude of Just Do It. More on that in other blogs, as the focus of this one is the market diversity. It’s a vibrant world that changes almost every day.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Nationally, the picture is a fine one. The list identified a significant uptick in commercial and industrial lending in the South, as 7 of the 15 community banks included are located in the region. Despite their relatively small mark nationally, this jump in one year can bolster a local economy by serving small businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

We celebrate a milestone today as we formally join two leading media organizations in a powerful partnership,” said Joe Mach, president of Verifone North America, in the press release. National and regional marketers across all industry sectors now have a way to reach valuable, attentive consumers. “The

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Detroit Video United States Millennials 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

There are over 600 machines being used in America, more and more breweries are offering crowlers as a takeaway beer option.”. Harrilchak sees LocalBrews as “helping brewers distinguish themselves among a crowded market” to highlight the differences between breweries. The Alcohol Delivery Market.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. Whole Banking is a Function of Team Banking Selling, servicing, and marketing small business banking is expensive because of the complexity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2016

Earlier this year, American Express and CFO Research released findings from its latest Global Business and Spending Monitor to gauge where Canadian financial executives position themselves in the current market climate. Why CFOs may remain hesitant in the 2016 global economy, however, varies depending on geographical market.

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Regional Survey Report Marketing 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Starbucks has opened its first store in Jamaica, making it the international coffee retailer’s 76th global market. According to news from Chain Store Age , this latest brick-and-mortar location also represents Starbucks’ 17th market in the Latin America and Caribbean region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

Developments in cross-border payments solutions are opening borders and removing obstacles between nations and SMBs that engage in international trade. Around the world, cross-border payments companies are discovering opportunities to deliver their products to new markets. Notable news from the X-Border space. million online shoppers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Ecommerce is really changing the shape of the market,” said Perry Colosimo, a FedEx spokesman, in a written statement. “We According to some estimates, the Interstate-78/Interstate-81 corridor is the fastest growing industrial corridor in the nation. Dollar General Corp., Ocean Spray and PetSmart Inc.

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NCR

MARCH 28, 2018

Indonesia is a hugely significant market for financial services, not only in south-east Asia, but on the global stage, too. Home to more than 261 million people, it is the world’s fourth most populous country and also the largest island nation on the planet, comprising more than 13,000 islands. The role of the ATM in Indonesia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Visner of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) — managed by nonprofit MITRE , in support of the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence — said it’s important to put the cyberthreats, and Iran’s willingness to deploy them, in context. “As What Iran Wants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In fact, the fantasy sports sector has been growing rapidly in North America in recent years, and is now estimated to be worth roughly $7.22 Unsurprisingly, companies are looking to capitalize on that growing market. in early 2016, and has since launched in several other global markets. and Canada. million in 2014 to 59.3

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Payments Regional America Marketing 102

NCR

AUGUST 29, 2016

The region’s chip card adoption rate jumped to 52.3 Meanwhile, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean saw adoption rates climb nearly a fifth from 59.5 Meanwhile, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean saw adoption rates climb nearly a fifth from 59.5 per cent of cards issued, from 40.4 per cent of cards issued.

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Cards Regional National America 75

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

It is critical that we respond to the needs and concerns of Main Street America,” said Snowe in a statement. Small businesses are essential job generators, and the major driver of economic growth and vibrancy for all regions of the country.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Once again, the world’s alternative SMB lending industry regained the spotlight, with key deals in Asia and South America placing the industry in the top spot for this week’s B2B FinTech roundup. This week, the company secured $477,000 from venture capitalists at KK Fund, based in Singapore.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

No dream, this: Alipay is expanding its efforts and footprint in North America to capture discretionary spending as Chinese tourists flock to the region for culture and entertainment … and spend on everything from food to handbags. Everything else, they are off on their own.”

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Los Angeles San Francisco America Retail 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Whether it’s helping brewers source the key ingredients for their latest recipes or making it easier to bring modern payment methods to foreign markets, platforms are making international commerce happen. When a hops shortage hit in the early 2010s, independent brewers in North America struggled to find their most important ingredient.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It’s projected to be the future of marketing and commerce. The dedicated AR device market is projected to reach just under $660 million by 2018. And the combined AR/VR markets are projected to reach over $162 billion by 2020. Some national and regional markets are more willing to accept AR than others.

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Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Or at least they should be. Mobile Banking Functionality Benchmark. The 2016 U.S.

Regional 28

Regional Mobile Millennials Study 28

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. Best Taking a Stand — DICK’S, Bank of America, Kroger, BlackRock, Delta, United (etc).

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