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How Small Online Sellers’ Global Ambitions Complicate Cash Flow

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In the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, small businesses that sell online have a particularly difficult time finding a loan, especially from traditional sources, according to Yochanan Forman-Zvezhinskiy, head of eCommerce at Hong Kong-based SMB and corporate payments company Currenxie.

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Visa On The Role of ‘Super Apps’ In Driving Emerging Market Growth

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In the case of Dubai-based ride-hailing and delivery platform Careem and its efforts to modernize payments in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, add “timely” to the list. Just how important that ability is became quickly evident during the global pandemic, as the MENA region shut down like the rest of the world.

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Fave: Inside Southeast Asia’s Merchant Super App

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Mobile payments penetration has historically faced a gap in Southeast Asia , Joel Neoh , founder of leading regional online-to-offline company Fave , told Karen Webster. Governments in the region often give full-throated support for digital payments because they make it that much easier for authorities to tax the flow of funds.

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The Matchmaker Is In: Bootler, the Kayak Of Online Food Delivery

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Founded in 2016, Bootler is an online marketplace modeled on the likes of travel aggregators Kayak.com and Trivago: it lets consumers compare delivery fees, times and services used by different restaurants all in one online location, and in real time. Bootler pursues an online-offline marketing strategy, said DiBenedetto.

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Farm-To-Table Service, Milk And Eggs, Tills For Online Grocery Niche

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Amazon has had and still has its impact, of course, having bought Whole Foods and helping to send companies such as Kroger and Walmart into the meal kit market and to their own online delivery models, scrambling to get clicks and online sales. The packaging aspect is something we’re definitely aware of,” Wu told PYMNTS. “If

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How Middle Eastern Merchants Can Keep Up With Pandemic-Driven Privacy, Payment Shifts

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Consumers around the globe have moved their purchasing online during the pandemic, and those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are no exception. The region’s financial institutions (FIs) and merchants have needed to work swiftly to support unprecedented levels of digital payment and shopping growth.

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Chinese P2P Lender Blames Gov’t For Growth Decline

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“While the industry has expanded quickly to a large and complex scale over the years, regulatory directions keep changing and different regions have different rules.”. We hope regulators can give the industry a clear and definite timetable, and give guidance and a ray of hope for companies that stick to compliance,” Guo said.