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The Innovative ‘Green Shoots’ Growing Out Of COVID-19’s Scorched Earth

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The company also set up a multi-million-dollar subsidy program to reduce operating costs and capital risks for their merchants, in an effort to help them get back to work safely and efficiently. An Opportunity for Innovation . As the situation evolves, Wang told Webster, the innovative responses are doing the same.

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GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud

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Well-funded and organized fraud operations, meanwhile, continued to amass more capital, manpower and technology. That’s a recipe for negative reviews and frustrated feedback on social media. As a nation, we experienced loss and hardship. It’s time to fight back. Businesses across the U.S. Good people lost their jobs.

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

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In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that come from creative endeavor. As has been well-documented in this space, the damper on activity tied to cryptos has extended to social media. And patents?

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Amazon Says UK SMBs Feeling The Benefits Of Tech

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Reports in Business Leader covered the SME Growth Tracker published last week, conducted quarterly by Capital Economics and commissioned by Amazon U.K. and Enterprise Nation. Small businesses also recorded an increase in use of third-party social media platforms for marketing purposes. Amazon U.K.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

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Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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Chase On Gen Z, Mobile Banking — 10 Years In

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In the new Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how startups are competing with legacy brands, social media services and even eCommerce companies that want to add financial capabilities to their platforms. China isn’t the only nation where consumers have their pick of banking options, though.

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

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For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure.