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MENA Region Holds Regulatory Clues For Merchants

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Confident risk analysis can seem hard to come by when the world goes off its commercial axis, as it has been this year. Consumers in the MENA region have been flocking to online channels since the pandemic’s onset and businesses have followed suit by deploying new digital payment capabilities and offerings,” the Guide states.

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WeTrade Platform's Nasdaq Transfer From OTC Could Raise $121 Million

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“Our goal is to provide technical and auto-billing management services for 100 million micro-business online stores in China through big data analytics, machine learning mechanisms, social network recommendations and multi-channel data analysis,” the company said in its filing.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B. Keep an eye on the initial banks working on these projects.

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YouTube Set To Benefit From Facebook’s Recent Stumbles

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YouTube has a chance to take advantage of recent Facebook problems and move past the social media platform in terms of website traffic, according to a new study. Broken down by region, the misses continued: North America had 185 million reported daily active users against an anticipated 185.4 Meanwhile, Yahoo continues to fade.

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Can Mobile Payments Improve Healthcare Access in Africa?

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Recent news indicates the path of mobile development there: Kenya’s Safaricom has launched a new Bonga platform , a product designed to combine payments, messaging and online social activities. Specifically, mobile money accounts could help achieve that goal, according to recent analysis from global health experts in SciDevNet.

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Viacom, Amex Partner On Predictive Commerce

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This partnership is also designed to understand purchase intent across various mediums, including television, digital and social media. Viacom and Amex will use that data to create advanced audience segments, broken down by region, that optimize ad placements so they can be better targeted to specific audiences.

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Anatomy of Customer Complaints on a Bank Facebook Page

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A fascinating break down and in-depth analysis of all the customer comments posted to the Facebook page for Regions Bank over 30 days. Social Media Facebook Regions'