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Closing Latin America’s $350B SMB Trade-Finance Gap

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And in an interview with PYMNTS, Jacob Shoihet , co-founder and CEO of the online financing platform Marco Financial , said the problem is particularly acute for exporters. “In Ideally, we’d want to be a financing partner for every buyer relationship that they have in the United States,” Shoihet said.

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Vendors, Landlords And Banks Start Ending Pandemic Breaks Given To Restaurants

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In a recent interview with PYMNTS , online food-delivery company ChowNow ’s chief operating officer, Eric Jaffe , put the toll in human terms. Ten percent of all of workers in the United States have some kind of tie to the restaurant industry, whether (as) a server, a cook or a manager or (as) a supplier or a servicer to the industry.

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Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications

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In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities. Kaspersky: Fake Push Notifications Have Grown Nearly 70 Pct In 2019.

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Facebook Announces eCommerce Initiative To Support Black-Owned Businesses

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To support Black-owned businesses and their communities, Facebook has introduced its #BuyBlack Friday event in the United States. Black-owned businesses have been hit especially hard by the pandemic, closing at twice the rate of other small businesses,” Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in the post.

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Century 21 Department Stores' Intellectual Property Up For Sale

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The sale is subject to the go-ahead from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Its total gross revenue in FY 2019 exceeded $747 million, of which roughly $53 million can be attributed to the online shopping channel. 16, and an auction is scheduled for Nov. Century 21 stores announced on Sept.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. Canada’s largest community credit union has announced that it is expanding its commercial network.

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How A Digital Makeover Could Be Key To CUs’ Member Acquisition Plans

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A digital infrastructure overhaul that boosts CUs’ online presences, accelerates new product and service introductions and improves staff productivity can help CUs expand their customer bases and operations, according to Timothy Anderson, CEO of United States Senate Federal Credit Union (USSFCU).