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Samsung: Wearables Sales Soared 30 Pct In 2020

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Wearable device sales have shot up at least 30 percent this year as consumers looked to technology to help them monitor their health during the ongoing global pandemic, according to a top Samsung executive. Samsung will continue to invest in these advanced technologies.”. Samsung will face strong competition from Apple.

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The Bank-FinTech Tie-Up Evolves

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As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. In another bank-FinTech tie-up, J.P. Airwallex Taps Deutsche Bank.

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Mastercard, Samsung Tie-Up Lets Consumers Pay On Demand

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Mastercard is partnering with Samsung to bring digital technology to emerging markets and accelerate connectivity and smart devices, Mastercard said on Thursday (March 12). Mastercard Labs created the platform, which will be rolled out to the Samsung Knox team in the Middle East and Africa early this year.

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Can Technology Save Bank Branches?

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PREMIUM - When was the last time you went to your bank branch to deposit money? Still thinking? That's because most of the daily banking activity has shifted from branches to the smartphone. But that's not to say people don’t use bank branches at all. They do, but not for the same reasons as they […].

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Visa’s Plaid FinTech Play, RTP And BNPL Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive into real-time payments and news on Visa ‘s FinTech play with Plaid and insight into buy now, pay later (BNPL). FinTech Play, Wrapped In Plaid. Visa Tap To Phone Expands POS Acceptance For Retailers. How good a friend is Amazon to other retailers?

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FSB: Tech Giants Will Shake Up Financial Industry

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Banks are expected to increasingly feel competition from FinTech firms as well, but those relationships will mostly be collaborative and complementary. Many companies have moved into the financial space, including Tencent, Baidu, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Mercado Libre and Vodafone. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of The ‘Ecosystem,’ Redefined

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Technology disruption continued its significant, rapid and relentless journey throughout 2016, making it clear that we are in the midst of three major concurrent inflection points: changes in retail, FinTech disruption and a demographic shift in purchasing power. Payments 2016: The Year Of The “Ecosystem,” Redefined.

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