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Today In Payments Around The World: IBM Buys Canadian Firm Expertus Technologies; GoJek Unveils GoBiz Plus System For Merchants

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In today’s top payments news around the world, IBM has bought Canada-based Expertus Technologies, while Gojek is rolling out its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) offering. The technology, which is a collaboration with PT Bank Central Asia, functions as a supplement to the GoBiz retailer super app.

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How China Is Clamping Down On Crypto Trading With Social Media

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The Chinese government has a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency: While it seems to be enthusiastic about the applications of blockchain technology, the country has banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and blocked crypto trading sites. billion fund focused on the blockchain.

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Lost Pet Posters Get An Upgrade For The Digital Age

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And the idea is to take advantage of the ongoing rise of mobile commerce and social media to create, in essence, digital communities centered around pets — and not just ones that spark to life when little Fido goes missing, or plots an escape from a dog park or a particular section of the beach in the summer. Social Media Aspect.

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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Tencent Plans $70B Spend For AI, Cybersecurity, IoT Tech

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The Chinese tech giant wants to capitalize on an initiative from Beijing, which announced it wanted to bolster the country’s technology infrastructure in the next few years. Tencent said the coronavirus pandemic had hit cloud-based companies hard, but the eventual outcome would likely be in the favor of digitization.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

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It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Raghav Mathur, head of data science and analytics at Singapore-based Grab Financial Group , discussed the opportunities in data technology that can address the region’s most pressing SMB lending needs.

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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. It’s time to fight back. Businesses across the U.S.

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