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JANUARY 31, 2017

The number of Mastercard cards increased 6 percent in the Americas in 2015, which compares to a 4 percent increase for Visa, but Visa still holds the spot as the largest card scheme in the region, reported RBR. RBR noted that market share gains are often a result of deals between credit card issuers and retailers. during 2015.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2017

The unit surveyed 200 global banking executives to investigate the challenges retail banks face in the years to 2020. In North America regulation was the top concern. “This year is marked by a sharp regional divergence about which rules […].

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers are doubling down on toys amid a gap in the market left by the bankruptcy of Toys R Us. toy retailer Hamleys , for instance, is eyeing a potential New York City location for a flagship store. The atmosphere comes as brick-and-mortar retailers have to differentiate themselves from their eCommerce counterparts.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Patrik Frisk, president and CEO of Under Armour, told The Baltimore Sun that the company is focused on returning to profitability and is planning to invest in eCommerce and company-owned retail outlets. . The Asia-Pacific region saw a 15 percent jump in sales.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To get a sense of the new frontiers in cybercrime, and how cryptocurrency helps fraudsters cover their tracks or finance their schemes … look, perhaps, to Latin America. Separately, in terms of fraud against companies, banking trojans, malware and ransomware have been coming from the Latin American region, the paper said.

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MAY 10, 2018

Mobile payment capabilities are on the forefront of retail executives and tech staff. In a survey by Zynstra , some 65 percent of retailers said they pegged mobile payments as their top priority for in-store technology, Chain Store Age reported. As a result, the region can be an “early adopter” of the technology. Mobile Wallets.

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MAY 8, 2020

“Now more than ever, people are counting on technology to help them make contactless payments, shop, and manage their finances without leaving the house,” said Sang Ahn, vice president and GM of Samsung Pay’s North America service business, in a statement. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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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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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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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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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. In Latin America, the infrastructure mainly relies on banks to provide kind of these types of services to the SME segment. trillion globally, according to Shoihet.

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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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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. Big bank mergers have been scarce in the past decade since the financial crisis of the late 2000s, but despite that rarity, regional lenders have felt the crunch from bigger rivals like J.P.

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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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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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AUGUST 5, 2020

By region, Diageo’s Asia sales saw the biggest drop at 16 percent. The company attributed that to the fact that many countries in that region not only shuttered bars and restaurants, but also liquor stores. However, not all regions showed declines: North America bucked the trend and saw its sales rise 2 percent.

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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. The result?

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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. retailers such as Target and Walmart have started implementing beacons in retail stores.”.

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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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ATM Marketplace

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With holidays right around the corner, retailers are trying to capture customer spend earlier than Black Friday. ATM Marketplace spoke with Mike Lemberger, senior vice president and regional risk officer for Visa, North America, on ways Visa is helping disrupt fraud before it attacks customer data.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Other, Individual presentations (with just three of the main markets noted below) delved into the market specific opportunities by region and country, detailing total addressable markets that stretch into the trillions of dollars. The truth is that we are just getting started with the electronification of payments in North America,” he said.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the investment will probably be led by the newly formed Innovation Fund, which was launched by SoftBank Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure for technology investments in Latin America. If it closes, it would be SoftBank’s largest investment in Latin America.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Conductor, which has been backed by Riverwood Capital since 2014, is a key technology processing platform for retailers, banks and other companies in Brazil, according to the press release.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Through our investment in YellowPepper, we want to bring the best of Visa’s technology and capabilities to a broader set of partners and clients across the region,” Eduardo Coello, regional president for Visa Latin America and the Caribbean, said in the announcement.

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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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MAY 21, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. “A A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. A central entity may be associated with a government of such a region.”.

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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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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The study noted that there are some regional differences, as 77.8 percent of firms in the Asia Pacific region were fully PCI compliant, far outpacing the 46.4 percent in the Americas. Then came retailers at 56.3 percent at full compliance in Europe, while the standing was 39.7

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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.

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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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MAY 17, 2017

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. ICMA looked at five regional markets: North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Every Bank Has a Certain Level of Small Business Banking Channel Confusion While few said it, almost every major bank implied some level of channel confusion with small business banking as it overlaps with retail, commercial, and specialty lines of business. However, this was the most common structure.

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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

APRIL 13, 2018

The company said it had revenue growth in cards and retail banking across all regions in which it operates. Global consumer banking revenues were up 6 percent year over year, driven by growth in North America. Retail banking showed strength as well, as revenues were up 8 percent, excluding mortgages. percent and 2.63

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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

JANUARY 16, 2020

Audio equipment company Bose has announced it is closing 119 retail locations due to changing customer demand, according to a report. Bose will close all stores in North America, Japan, Australia and Europe through the “next few months,” noted the report. “In Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs.

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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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