PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

In talking about global payment technology, emerging markets are an area of keen interest. 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. WHY GOING LOCAL MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The deal, the report stated, would result in a bank with over $550 billion in assets and the fifth-largest retail bank in the country. The acquisition could have the effect of boosting PNC's presence in the southeast and west where the markets are growing quickly, according to WSJ. PNC Financial Services Group could buy the U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. to less than $0.29. Sears Holdings Corp.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Cloud-based software firm Tulip Retail , which provides a mobile app suite for store associates in retail settings, has raised $40 million in its latest funding round. ” Tulip expects to open an office abroad in response to growing demand in international regions such as Asia, Europe and South America. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces — Tencent and JD.com. Walmart , for example, brought a small-format supermarket to the city of Shenzhen as the popularity of “small retail” grows in China.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The fleet management market is estimated to grow from $9.54 According to MarketsandMarkets, the increasing need for operational efficiency is expected to be the primary driver for the fleet management market during the forecast period. When it comes to fleet management, the market is segmented into various industries.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard is teaming up with FinTech startup Juvo to help the “underbanked” in Latin America and the Caribbean to build credit histories so they can engage in a wider range of financial services. Mastercard plans to take Juvo’s platform to financial institutions (FIs) across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As more retailers try to get more shoppers into their stores – not everything is about eCommerce, after all – new technologies are playing a big role. Many retailers use beacons now, but they’re almost always hidden,” that report said. The market is growing and will reach some $10.2 That includes beacons. percent since 2018.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

While Amazon 's sales have been going well during the pandemic, it has found rivalry in Latin America from local competitors, Reuters reports. And in Brazil, the company was fifth behind MercadoLibre and other big names in that region like B2W , Via Varejo and Magazine Luiza , according to the news report.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Celent has been collaborating to help create the fintech ecosystem in the Latin American region since its inception and I had the honor, for 2nd time, to judge the fintech start-ups participating in the BBVA Open Talent, which brought the Latin American finalists into town as part of Finnosummit. Discover the finalists of all regions here.

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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. Many banks expressed frustration over keeping small business banking housed within the retail bank channel.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 25, 2016

Digital is the new reality in Latin America. In Latin America the major milestones in Digital development we had seen were Nubank (Brazil – Market Cap $500M) and Bankaool (Mexico – ~$142M in assets), until March of 2016 when Banco Original (~$1,67Bn in assets) launched in Brazil.

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MAY 17, 2017

What’s more, the trade group said the size of the market globally was $27.4 The global card industry continues to provide growth opportunities in several geographic regional and vertical markets,” Al Vrancart, ICMA founder emeritus and industry advisor, said in the press release. North America was in second place, with 9.31

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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. The retailer noted that the facility could bring in over 410 new jobs. As the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

One of the best things a retailer can do is give payment options to consumers to make their purchases as seamless and easy as possible,” Davis said. This has all accelerated during the pandemic, and this economic uncertainty has created additional stress for the retailers and for consumers,” he said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

But he said that since the region’s average monthly income is less than $400, “we knew if we wanted to go massive, we would have to go downscale.”. Despite low average incomes, Latin America offers a huge overall market size and growth potential. The spirit of the people in Latin America will prevail.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

Alternative lender Tienda Pago is bringing attention to Latin America’s small business (SMB) finance market with new funding announced. The company said it will use the funds to expand across Latin America. Tienda Pago provides micro loans to small- and medium-sized retailers in the form of lines of credit that last one week.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

” In love, this is true, but in retail, friends in high, low and every other place in-between can be just what merchants need to dig themselves out of a rut. At least that’s the driving force behind most of the members of this week’s Retail Bedfellows Tracker. ” The Backdoor To Indian Retail.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

At a time when the pandemic has seen a massive shift toward digital commerce, the Mexican arm of Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – is looking to leverage the river of remittances that its customers receive from the United States, and to keep more of that cash in-store. The remaining revenue comes from in-store purchases.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

The Biden Administration “Investing in America” agenda continues with many programs opening in June of this year. The various programs are wide ranging, complicated, and impactful which is why now is an excellent inflection point to provide financial advisory to both your retail and commercial customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

“VTEX has three attributes that we believe will fuel the company’s success: a strong team culture, a best-in-class product and entrepreneurs with profitability mindset,” said Paulo Passoni, managing investment partner at SoftBank’s Latin America fund. Brands and retailers want reliability and the ability to test their own innovations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Mastercard came out ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts when its Q3 earnings report hit the wires before the markets opened yesterday – notching a beat on both earnings and revenue, with significant growth in transaction volume and global market share. Markets rewarded the good news with a 1.8

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In previous blog posts regarding fintech in Latin America my position was, and remains, that one of the reasons for being behind is that it lacks of a “Silicon Valley” equivalent. Particularly consider the market fragmentation of Latin America comprised by 19 countries, some of which have 3M inhabitants to Brazil having +200M.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Moreover, the industry will start regaining ground in the year 2021, particularly the Asia Pacific region. Fashion is a pendulum,” says Steven Kolb, head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. “It What all of this will mean for the long-term future of the fashion market remains an unknown.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In the latest webinar series, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster jumped into the findings of the Global Cash Index, gaining a sense of the story behind the numbers in the United States and the Americas in general. Turning to the Americas — defined as the U.S., percent over that time frame.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company, sometimes known as Walmex, is Mexico’s biggest retailer and said its total sales had jumped 4.2 That was its largest market with over 3,400 stores, and more than any other non-U.S. They also opened 27 additional stores in Central America last year. Walmart de Mexico’s sales are looking up, with a 2.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

market volatility is undeniable for many firms around the world. In addition, new research from Atradius revealed the end is near for businesses most exposed to market risks. This is most severe in the retail and construction sectors, and is set to continue through the coming months.” Geographic Breakdown. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

It’s a good week to be a grocery shopper in America – because, after all, who doesn’t like being pursued? The grocery business in America is a $650 billion industry. And like the prettiest girl at the dance, America’s grocery spend is the highly sought-after object of everyone’s affection. Sizzle Of the Week: Grocery Customers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. It points out that the mall sector has lost around 48 percent in market capitalization since January 2020. shopping destinations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In a move that joins the online and offline experience in Latin America, FinTech firm EBANX is collaborating with global retail online marketplace AliExpress. According to the announcement, Chinese tech items are broadly popular in Brazil and Latin America.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

ForgeRock, said Entersekt in the press release, is a provider of identity and access management solutions to a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, healthcare, higher education and communications, in addition to governments, including Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and Norway. or elsewhere. is late to the game.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

In 2005, Amazon forever set the stage for new expectations of how much eCommerce deliveries will cost and when items will arrive when the retailer rolled out its Prime membership program, which gave customers two-day shipping regardless of order size. The Same-Day Delivery Market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

L’Occitane said the acquisition of the Elemis brand — which is popular with millennials and Generation X consumers — is intended to strengthen its global growth as it expands its market, particularly in Asia where high-end skincare is a rapidly growing area of interest and spend for consumers. billion-euro ($1.95 The firm reported 1.3

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. Stripe’s market opportunity.

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