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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 But, as Shoihet said, these firms account for roughly 50 percent of trade volume in the LATAM region. trillion globally, according to Shoihet.

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Razer Gaming Company Teams With Visa For Online Payments

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The region is also the home to more than 213 million millennials. Together, Visa and Razer FinTech have the opportunity to transform the payments experience for not only the gaming community, but many of Southeast Asia’s unbanked and underserved consumers as well,” said Chris Clark, Visa’s regional president for Asia Pacific.

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Esports Venue Coming To Mall of Georgia

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The two-level, 13,000-square-foot facility will be a destination for players and community members of all ability levels. As the largest shopping destination in the southeastern United States, the Mall of Georgia includes more than 200 stores.

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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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Philly Mall Owner Sets The Tone For Digital 3.0

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Called sMALL Surprises , the curated box of goods from several of PREIT’s mall properties is a nod to subscription-based boxes, as well as one of the first examples of a REIT acting as an online vendor. Twenty-eight percent of PREIT’s portfolio consists of local and regional tenants. Coradino , CEO of PREIT.

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto ATMs Surpass 5K; Sham Site Steals $27M In Crypto

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The United States has over 60 percent of the world’s cryptocurrency ATMs, followed by Canada with 12.4 s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit (SW RCCU), in a joint operation with the Dutch police (Politie), Europol, Eurojust and the U.K.’s In other news, it was announced that the U.K.’s Those numbers are expected to grow.

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Visa, Open Debut Credit Card For India SMBs

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It is the need of the hour for businesses that depend a lot on online tools that accept only credit cards. This partnership is a boost for Open as we look to expand our customer base to other markets in the Asia Pacific region, United States and the Middle East in the coming months.”. billion worth of transactions.

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