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DECEMBER 1, 2020

China is forecast to be the first major economy to recover from the global pandemic recession, with Europe lagging behind, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). On the flip side, Argentina is expected to fare the worst of the large economies, with its gross domestic product (GDP) tumbling 7.9

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MAY 26, 2020

RMIT Online has unveiled two postgraduate programs as predictions indicate that 18,000 more cybersecurity workers will be needed in Australia by 2026, according to an announcement from the university. The certificates will be made in conjunction with Palo Alto Networks, IBM and Stone & Chalk. Classes will commence in October of this year.

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JUNE 1, 2020

In today’s top news, China’s economy looks to be rebounding, and a minimum of $20 billion in PPP loans has been returned. China’s Rebounding Economy Is Likely Exception, Not Norm. Manufacturing indexes in China show that the country’s post-pandemic economy is on the rebound, the latest reports indicate.

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JULY 31, 2020

Two days after Google and Facebook CEOs testified before Congress over alleged antitrust violations, Australia has proposed regulation that could force the tech giants to pay Australian news outlets to distribute their content. In response, Google said it was disappointed by the proposal.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The banks' continued reticence on lending reflects the uncertainty still present in the economy due to COVID-19, including various government lockdowns and spikes in case counts. WEX Teams With MYOB For Supplier Payments In Australia. There have also been concerns about borrowers' creditworthiness in light of lockdowns.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Business information firm Thomson Reuters is teaming up with global tax company KPMG to offer Australia businesses a solution to deal with fringe benefits taxes (FBT), Thomson Reuters announced Thursday (Feb. billion small business “tax gap” — the difference between income tax collected and what small businesses actually owed.

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JUNE 29, 2020

economy underway, American Express is rolling out a $200 million program designed to boost spending at small businesses. The deal applies to small businesses “eligible” under the American Express program. Black-owned small businesses recover from the COVID-19 economic crisis. With the reopening of the U.S.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Stasher, a luggage “sharing economy solution” debuting in 2015, utilizes a marketplace and app that coordinates travelers, convention goers and tourists with area businesses such as shops and hotels that can temporarily store their luggage. The Stasher app is currently available in the United States and Australia.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Small business lending platform BlueVine is the latest FinTech to take this path, having taken the wraps off of its banking solution this week with the launch of BlueVine Business Banking. TrueLayer Launches in Australia. With more and more FinTechs introducing their own banking services, the competition is heating up.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Australia to host US$100m Metaverse R&D Center. Australian creative technologies business Two Bulls and Thailand’s Translucia Global Innovation are developing a Metaverse R&D Center in Australia. Two Bulls participated in a Victorian Government Digital Technologies business mission to Thailand in 2018.

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JULY 27, 2020

economy could take two years to recover, and Google faces a lawsuit in Australia over its use of personal data. Poll: Economists Predict Two-Plus Years For US Economy To Recover. Google Faces Lawsuit In Australia Over Use Of Personal Data. New Report: Why Real-Time Settlement Can Make or Break Main Street Businesses.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. million people, and Australia is the world’s 14th biggest economy. million people, and Australia is the world’s 14th biggest economy.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

and Australia-based Capify , an alternative finance provider targeting small firms, has landed a $96.6 Goldman Sachs Private Capital provided the credit facility that will be used to promote Capify ‘s growth across Australia and the U.K., and Australian small businesses.” Australia and Canada, respectively.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Visa said Monday that it had launched a series of digital initiatives aimed at helping tens of millions of small and micro-business recover from the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. Initial projects will focus on post-crisis recovery and resilience and will also provide insights into the gig economy. In addition, In the U.S.,

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The name of the game today is digitization, with paper checks and cash no longer viable payment methods in the context of moving funds from one business to another. In Australia, Adrian Floate , managing director of Cirralto , says the COVID-19 crisis has fast-tracked B2B payments modernization. "If While in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The news comes as countries worldwide are looking at methods to tax Big Tech on sales made in their economies without a broader consensus as to how to approach their increasing part in trade. Google Raises Specter of Making Search Inaccessible in Australia.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Among the latest is a report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, or BEIS for short, that shows continued impact on smaller firms. Separately, it has been reported in Australia that smaller firms in that country have been paying an average of $130,000 to resolve late payment disputes through formal means.

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APRIL 3, 2020

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) trimmed the amount of cash some banks must put aside as reserves as a way to encourage lending, as the world’s second-largest economy is set for the slowest growth since the 1970s. This has been the PBOC’s way to fix the lack of credit as businesses struggle to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.

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JULY 14, 2022

Held from the 7th to 8th of September 2022 at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne , Australia, it is the largest gathering of Australian Fintechs, hubs, accelerators, policymakers, regulators, investors and advisors, devoted to examining, discussing and unlocking the potential of Australia’s Fintech market.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

As businesses continue their digitization migrations, there are more ways than ever to transmit electronic data. Not all are created equal, however, and a lack of standardization has created a new source of friction in B2B payments, limiting businesses’ ability to gain insight into cash inflows and outflows. AUD [$21.29

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JUNE 18, 2020

If payments were required within 30 days throughout the whole economy, financing company Greensill says large companies would need to quickly locate $65 billion in working capital. ” She continued, “That’s why it is more important than ever to ensure small businesses are paid on time.”.

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MAY 18, 2018

With the small business accounting software market competition heating up, Xero is vying to get ahead and announced its launch of operations into a new market. We’re committed to working in partnership with both small businesses and accountants to transform the way business is done and to help the entire economy thrive.”.

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JULY 5, 2018

In the 26 years of continued economic growth in Australia , cash has continued to play an imperative role. In 2016 alone, Australian consumers and businesses spent some $143 billion in cold, hard cash. In some ways, the Australian economy is more digitized than even that of the U.S. Cash share of Australia’s economy in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

and Australia helped depress Q3 earnings revenue for Cardtronics , the world’s largest owner of ATMs. and Australia. Increased Allpoint and bank-branded transactions across many of our retailers drove 3 percent growth in our North America business, excluding the impact from 7-Eleven,” said Cardtronics CEO Edward H.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Lumin Digital’s cloud-native infrastructure will provide banking solutions to the 50,000-plus business and retail members of Interra Credit Union. Westpac Group of Australia is joining forces with Afterpay to roll out its new Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform to Afterpay clients. Stampli Debuts Direct Pay Feature.

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MARCH 8, 2017

A new report from SMB accounting company Xero says large companies are causing a cash flow strain on small businesses. 7) that Australia’s largest corporations are squeezing small suppliers through delayed invoice payments. million small businesses in Australia, employing 4 million people. The company said Tuesday (Mar.

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APRIL 7, 2020

Originally launched to help businesses get prompt, genuine reviews, Podium now also supports mobile payments , webchat and customer messaging. The platform is used by 45,000 businesses in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including SMBs with one location as well as big firms with thousands of locations.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Australia or the U.S., There's set to be a court battle between the two around the summer of 2021, which could see drastic changes to the way the digital economy runs in the future. Apple, in turn, said the actions Epic had taken were a "developer revolt" and that they could "destabilize" the company's entire business model.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Australia’s bourgeoning alternative lending scene saw new investment Friday (Dec. The small business lending startup secured the funding from Thorney Investment Group in the form of equity investment sometime last month, reports said. 2) when reports emerged that Timelio raised more than $3.7 million (A$5 million). ” .

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The February 2020 Gig Economy Tracker , powered by Tipalti , analyzes recent trends and headlines in the mushrooming gig belt, which will comprise some 75 million Americans by the end of this year. Ineffective payments can literally hurt the business, because the supply chain is so closely tied to performance and success. workforce.

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MARCH 18, 2020

And Chevron hasn’t paid income tax in Australia for years and is planning to move into an expensive high-rise office in Perth-based Elizabeth Quay. Matt Keogh, spokesman for West Australian Resources’ Federal Labor, said the scheme was predatory toward smaller businesses. He called it “patriotism” to do so.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

We very much look forward to hosting the premier global financial services industry conference in Sydney, Australia from October 22-25. Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

B2B trade and spend management firm Tradeshift is not only expanding its operations in Australia, but it’s setting up new offices there. 28) that it will open offices in Sydney to focus on serving Australian and New Zealand businesses, banking on the region’s solid economy. The company announced Friday (Oct.

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APRIL 3, 2020

BNPL solutions are the fastest-growing online payment methods in the United States as well as Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and more, and their market share is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next five years. BNPL solutions have especially caught on in Australia , where 5.8

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MAY 26, 2017

In the face of Brexit, the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and a number of major elections that could spell significant changes across the continent (with ramifications well beyond FinTech and the banking sector), many of us are left to wonder: what lies in store for the burgeoning gig economy in Europe?

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The company, which is headquartered in London, is a digital food delivery platform that serves the restaurant business. It runs in 47 cities throughout Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, the U.S. After consuming $20 million in venture funding earlier in 2020, HungryPanda loaded up with an additional $70 million. and the U.K.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Blockchain could have an impact on the economy — is Russia leading the way with its current investments? When executives in the finance industry think of blockchain technology, its perception has shifted in the past few years in terms of how it could shape financial services — and therefore the economy — as a residual impact.

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