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Though commercial card innovation has recently hit an acceleration point, there is still plenty of room for progress. Power took one key friction point of the small business (SMB) credit card market to task. “Basics like credit card terms, and benefits and services, are the lowest-scoring factors in our study.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

14) it launched a chip card technology licensing cooperation with seven members of the Asian Payment Network (APN). Major switch networks in Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will adopt the UnionPay chip card standard in card acceptance and issuance. UnionPay announced Friday (Oct.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Providers serving a wide array of businesses have access to more card or customer data than individual merchants, meaning they may be more able to flag individuals showing signs of fraudulent or unusual behavior. . Payment processors expanding their operations into new industries and markets have their work cut out for them, however.

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MARCH 31, 2020

With the investment, MatchMove, which is also based in Singapore, will be able to extend its “banking-as-a-service” wallet capability to Shopmatic’s ecosystem spanning over 435,000 eCommerce small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual entrepreneurs across the region.

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APRIL 21, 2020

The stage is being set, then, for consumers to pivot away from legacy banking toward trusted brands that, increasingly, are building out financial services. The company’s API, he said, enables users to create an own-branded debit card (not a co-branded one) into their apps. You can reward people in non-cash ways.”.

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

Late last month the company announced it was expanding its partnership with Visa to include five new regions in 24 markets including Canada, Japan, Singapore and the U.S. bringing Revolut’s total global footprint to 56 markets.

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This collaboration will expand UnionPay’s market penetration and further a Chinese government initiative for same-sector partnership. Regional rival Alipay interacts with its customers with a similar, but not integrated software system. The collaboration also increases options for consumers.

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JUNE 8, 2018

It may no longer be the case that cash is king on a global stage but, in some markets (particularly developing markets, like India), it’s still doing quite well — as consumers are spending trillions of dollars’ worth of it a year. trillion : Consumer cash spend in the Asia-Pacific Region in 2016.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

13) that Jud Linville, CEO of global cards and consumer services, will leave the bank as part of executive reshuffling. David Chubak, head of global retail banking and mortgage, will be in charge of the global-branded cards and the consumer lending business, reported CNBC. Citigroup announced Monday (Aug. billion by 2020.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

The number of EMV payment cards in global circulation had rocketed more than 40 per cent year on year by the end of 2015, new statistics from EMVCo have revealed. billion ‘chip-and-pin’ cards when the data was collected, and 35.8 The region’s chip card adoption rate jumped to 52.3 There were 4.8

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal. The full online catalog will be operational by 2020.

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JUNE 6, 2019

In a press release , LINE and Visa said the two companies plan to collaborate in different areas, including giving LINE’s 187 million monthly active users the ability to apply for a digital Visa card, and eventually other Visa cards, within the LINE App. The Visa co-brand program that currently serves 2.3

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MARCH 26, 2020

As Davis noted, larger banks, including regional players, tend to have their own technology platforms — and direct integrations into their own networks — to enable mobile and contactless payments. Often, these smaller FIs are inundated with projects that are specific to the legacy products they have offered to the market, said Davis.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

“The inclusion of products from various mall tenants in the program will create a new stream of sales and customers for stores, as well as drive awareness and brand recognition,” said PREIT in a statement. Twenty-eight percent of PREIT’s portfolio consists of local and regional tenants.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The cross-border payment market is thriving, and trends are expected to continue over the next few years. A group of Nordic banks have selected Mastercard to overhaul its financial services operations for the region. In fact, cross-border payments are expected to reach $240 billion in value by 2024. Meanwhile, in the U.K.,

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

To capitalize on that aforementioned eCommerce growth in emerging markets and log sales in those regions, U.S. They must offer local payment methods — outside traditional card brands, such as Visa and Mastercard — that will help eCommerce cross-border efforts gain traction. Villegas noted that in markets beyond the U.S.,

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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. According to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021 study, Visa had 43 percent of the 2.9

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

billion cards issued, with 7 percent growth, the bulk of which — at more than 2 billion — were Mastercard cards. The remaining 496 million were Maestro cards. In terms of international regions that bear watching, he mentioned declines in consumer confidence in countries like France, Spain and the Netherlands.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Most recently, the credit card company struck a partnership with Swipezoom in the United Arab Emirates to roll out a B2B payment and invoice management solution, signaling B2B FinTech as a key focus for Mastercard in the market. Mastercard has invested significantly in the Middle East, home to a blossoming FinTech scene.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

billion Mastercard and Maestro-branded cards issued globally as of year-end. In Latin America, he continued, “We are cautiously optimistic that economic growth in that region in 2018 will be similar to 2017.”. Issuers have been expanded to 1,200 issuers in 46 markets, up from 21 markets to begin the year.

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MAY 1, 2019

Mastercard’s results continued a string of double-digit gains in transaction count, growth in card count and, of particular note, continued traction in cross-border activity. billion, while the number of cards outstanding by the company was up 7 percent to 2.5 billion, better than the $3.8 billion that had been expected.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Australia is now the Asia Pacific region’s second-largest alternative finance market, largely due to a favorable regulatory climate, according to new KPMG analysis. The Australian market is quickly becoming a hotbed of alternative lending , and new analysis from KPMG suggests it has risen up in the ranks.

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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 Earnings per share came in at $1.34

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NCR

APRIL 27, 2016

The big American card networks have dominated payments since the arrival of the credit card. Visa, MasterCard, American Express and others have had it relatively easy as the share of global cards has been concentrated in North America and Europe. RBR reckons card spending in the region will reach $20 trillion by 2020.

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JULY 24, 2020

The July Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report examines how international eCommerce platforms work to create transaction experiences that are compelling and secure for users in each market they serve. The collaboration is expected to give Visa’s global merchant and card network access to M-Pesa’s financial services network.

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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 Earnings per share came in at $1.34

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Goldman Denies Discriminatory Apple Card Practices, Says It Will Reassess Limits. Goldman Sachs has promised to reevaluate how credit limits are determined for Apple Card users after being accused of gender discrimination. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Google Dives Into DDAs.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Melissa Chau, associate research director with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers, said in a statement : “It’s been a long slog for 4G uptake in many emerging markets as 4G data tariffs have long been very expensive compared to 3G, while 4G handsets themselves have also been relatively pricey across the board.

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The shift to digital commerce has opened up new markets for companies across all verticals and sizes. COVID has put pressure on brands to find solutions for their direct-to-consumer [D2C] strategy,” he said. And everyone, he said, wants to crack the Chinese market. Shortening The Time To Commerce.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The payments market in Brazil is undergoing radical change as the country moves from a traditionally cash-based society to new flexible payment products and services. Most Latin American card networks rely on chip and PIN fraud detection technology. Expansion Brings Fraud Challenges.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

In fact, they found the Philippines to have one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world. PawnHero brands itself as an alternative to the “intimidating and embarrassing pawnshop experience of the past” and also promises interest at half the rate offered at traditional pawn shops. India, for instance, surpassed the U.S.

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MAY 4, 2018

Blue Apron faces ongoing challenges, with its customer base dwindling 24 percent year over year and increasing 5 percent quarter over quarter “following the deliberate pullback in marketing spend in the second half of 2017,” the company said in an earnings press release. The company will sell them under the “WW Healthy Kitchen” brand name.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

“Excluding the gain on sale in the prior period, revenues increased 3%, primarily driven by an increase in cards revenues and improved deposit spreads,” Citigroup said in a statement. Card average loans for the bank increased by 2 percent year over year, while card purchase sales increased by 5 percent in the third quarter of 2019.

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Long Lasting Ideas

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Ok kids, it’s time to loosen your tie and consider some unconventional ways to boost your bank’s brand. These are ideas that shatter the notions of conventional bank marketing: Have a little fun at the expense of your competitors: One major bank brand uses green bicycles and a marching band to pump up its brand.

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MAY 4, 2017

In conversation with Cardtronics’ Brian Bailey, managing director for Global Financial Institutions, and Tom Pierce, chief marketing officer of the firm, Webster noted that even with the rallying cry of a war on cash in the digital economies — and in emerging markets — cash is alive, doing well and actually growing in terms of usage.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

This week, global luxury brands have seen their stock prices take a sharp hit as reports emerge that a coronavirus with origins in China’s Wuhan region is spreading rapidly and has made its first appearance on U.S. Burberry, LVMH, Richemont and Gucci owner Kering had all seen their shares fall by between 1.9

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 12, 2019

Giant issuers have scale, but openings exist for community and regional card issuers that use their advantages, like tapping customer data. The post 5 Ways Community Banks & Credit Unions Can Compete in Credit Cards appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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