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AUGUST 28, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, a report highlights the spend solutions that can help small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company, which is best known for its exercise bikes and treadmills with screen peripherals, filed paperwork with regulators ahead of an expected initial public offering (IPO).

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JUNE 29, 2020

According to news reports from a local station , as many as 2o5 people could have been infected by being in the same building within the past week. The news marks yet another addition to a list of misfired reopenings after months of coronavirus-related shutdowns. But one person testing positive for the virus has roiled those plans.

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AUGUST 9, 2020

South Korean highways could see blockchain-based toll booths before the end of the year, according to a report from Crypto News. Motorists will be able to sign up quickly through the bank’s app in a new registration field, Crypto News reported.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Adopting regulatory risk and compliance practices is not merely a box-ticking exercise. Banks can better insulate themselves from economic downturns and unforeseen shocks by conducting thorough risk assessments and adhering to regulatory guidelines.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

lenders due to a clerical error and wants its money back, Bloomberg News reported. While some of Revlon’s lenders returned the cash, others are refusing to return the money to Citi after they received funds from the bank equal to the amount of a Revlon loan plus interest, sources told the news service. Citigroup Inc.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

That massive bump was driven by fitness-oriented consumers who have increasingly turned to connected bikes and treadmills to rebuild their exercise routines at home in a world where going to the gym feels a bit like a risk to one’s health. Good news to be sure, but it’s perhaps a little bit more good news that Peloton can handle.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

In the latest reported sign that boutique fitness studios are struggling to keep pace with home exercise offerings, Flywheel Sports Inc. The New York-based company said it will close a dozen of its 42 stores, Bloomberg reported. is shuttering over a quarter of its locations.

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JULY 2, 2020

The news outlet quoted what it said was a leaked Amazon email to a supplier as stating: “Every year, Prime Day is a huge hit with customers, who enjoy some of the best deals of the year. Amazon is moving its annual mid-summer Prime Day shopping bonanza until at least October, according to numerous published reports.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The latest funding is from returning investors L Catterton, Sapphire Sport, Shasta Ventures, Mayfield, Evolution Media and THVC, along with new investors Delta-v Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and Mousse Partners, according to the news release.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Luxury gym operator Equinox has secured funding from Silver Lake, an equity firm, in its continuing bid to compete with exercise giant Peloton, according to a report by Bloomberg. Equinox, a majority stake owner in SoulCycle, is going to use the funding to expand its digital platform, as well as add about 50 new locations a year.

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APRIL 8, 2020

We pay a price for not exercising, but conversely, gyms and online classes aren’t free of charge. Originally designed for consumer products, BNPL terms are expanding to all manner of things, including home exercise. percent of the population exercising for 30 minutes a day at least three times a week. Don’t Sweat It.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

million in its February 2019 initial public offering (IPO) and following exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The news comes after it was reported in October that CarLotz and Acamar had come to a “definitive business combination agreement” that would transform the pre-owned car behemoth into a public company.

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APRIL 3, 2020

For more on these and other BNPL news items, download this month’s Tracker. consumers to take their exercise routines indoors. percent of Americans exercise for 30 minutes at least three days per week, but between gym memberships and fitness classes, the costs of this hobby can begin to add up. Approximately 51.6

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

They’re buying makeup, condoms, exercise equipment and Nintendo Switch games. Nintendo has a game called Ring Fit Adventure which combines exercise and role playing, and it’s been selling steadily, with sales quadrupling in the two weeks leading up to Feb. I want to exercise at home to be healthy and fit.”.

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DECEMBER 9, 2018

The agreement also allows Altria to acquire an additional ownership interest in Cronos at a price of CAD $19 per share exercisable over four years from the closing date. If exercised in full, it would increase Altria’s ownership in Cronos to approximately 55 percent. News of the Cronos deal sent Altria’s shares up as much as 2.5

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Lopez Research Analyst Maribel Lopez predicted the product would be expensive over the short haul: “We’re talking about brand new materials that have been made for this and also a new manufacturing process,” Lopez told Reuters.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Supervisory authorities will continue exercising their mandate to monitor the application of the GDPR and enforce it,” the EDPB said in its recommendations. While mapping all transfers of personal information to third countries can be a challenging exercise, the board recommends that exporters know their transfers as a first step.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Kimber Johnson , executive vice president of strategic alliances at GIACT , the Texas-based fraud detector, told PYMNTS that account validation is increasingly important as eCommerce continues to move online.

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MAY 10, 2020

The grim news comes as other European countries tentatively step toward phases to reopen. will ease restrictions on exercising, and Italy, which was under a total lockdown for months, may end it earlier than expected. According to stats from the Robert Koch Institute, that number had reached 1.1 on Sunday (May 10).

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AUGUST 3, 2022

They’ve already said they will conduct live-fire military exercises around the island once Pelosi leaves so the saber-rattling has already begun. While worse case scenarios on the Taiwan visit weren’t realized yesterday, you can expect China to respond in varies ways to what they view as an unnecessary provocation.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The news comes after it was reported in 2017 that Peloton might have been looking to raise $120 million for a valuation of $1.2 Peloton, which is based in New York, offers exercise bikes that come with tablets and allow spin class subscriptions, enabling customers to tap into the atmosphere of a spin class from their own homes.

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JULY 1, 2020

In a move that caught much of the world off guard, athleisure giant Lululemon announced plans this week to buy home-exercise technology startup Mirror for an impressive $500 million. The world of personal fitness might never go back to a time where brick-and-mortar gyms were the central hub of exercise.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Americans have a complicated relationship with physical fitness, particularly when it comes to getting enough exercise. One might assume the firm was perfectly positioned for the rapid shift to home-based exercise.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Visa is rolling out a new program meant to link European financial institutions (FIs) and merchants with cutting-edge digital payment offerings, Payments Canada is teaming with Mastercard’s Vocalink to advance a new Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Also, Apple’s guidelines now indicate that digital one-on-one classes, such as exercise instruction, can circumvent the company for payment. In September, news surfaced that Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he thinks that the App Store “deserves scrutiny” in a conversation with “ Axios on HBO.”.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We may adjust slightly, but there’s still enough room for growth,” McDonald, who was named CEO in 2018, told the news outlet. At the close of Q2 this year, it has 489 locations, a 6 percent increase, with most new stores overseas, especially in China, according to a regulatory filing. And Lululemon reported a 54.2

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JUNE 8, 2018

The recent news that Goldman Sachs is the first financial institution (FI) to sign up with U.K.-based Other companies that took part in the exercise included BAE Systems , Lockheed Martin , Northrop Grumman and Raytheon , “all of whom are members of the U.S. The exercise, described by Boeing, seemed more like chess than to checkers.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Many times, people want to start with Vision or a similar exercise. The bad news is that it tends to be expensive and no one wants to bolt on 3 different systems to meet a need unless new technology is critical to the need. I introduced filling the gap in strategy in my last blog post and want to dive in deeper on one element.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Today’s news cements our collaboration and sets the stage to provide our customers a unique, ready-to-go solution upon closing.”. Mastercard) has today exercised its right to terminate the cooperation agreement entered into by Bidco and Earthport with immediate effect,” the company said in a statement.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

The department store segment had mixed news this week, as Dillard’s showed signs of recovery but a new report showed a reversal of some of the positive foot traffic and sales trends that had led to a guardedly optimistic outlook for the sector. While the news from Dillard’s was encouraging, a new report says the future is not.

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APRIL 9, 2020

The founders also said, “We’ve waived the vesting cliff on equity and extended the exercise period of stock options so affected employees don’t have to make decisions surrounding their equity in the short term.”. According to the announcement, the company “took swift and aggressive steps” as the crisis started to unravel in March.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The CEO of PT Mandiri Capital Indonesia, the venture capital arm of PT Bank Mandiri, said the only way digital payment platforms can ever make money is by acting as a sort of portal into other services, otherwise it’s “just a cash-burning exercise,” according to reports.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Journal reported that founding members of the new coalition also include Proton Technologies AG, trade group News Media Europe and project management software maker Basecamp. The updates allow, for example, digital one-on-one classes, such as exercise instruction, to circumvent Apple for payment.

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APRIL 24, 2020

The information security and technology news publication said tricksters, trying to take advantage of vulnerable Americans, have been sending out emails impersonating the Small Business Association’s (SBA) Payment Protection Program (PPP).

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Whether managing medical debt collections in-house or outsourcing to third-party agencies, companies need to exercise vigilance. The Impact on the Medical Collections Sphere The recent CFPB press release is poised to send ripples throughout the entire medical collections industry.

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JULY 1, 2020

Meanwhile, Lululemon announced plans this week to buy home-exercise technology startup Mirror for $500 million. That’s the good news for both CVS and Walgreens — Walmart’s still in the testing and fact-finding stages of this process. The deal comes as the global pandemic has shut down gyms nationwide, leaving U.S.

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APRIL 7, 2020

Consumers now shop, bank, work, worship and exercise, among other activities, online. consumers have transitioned from a digital-often world to a largely digital-most world in under a month across their “business and life as usual” activities amid the coronavirus.

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