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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Criminals seeking to exploit unmet demand for the COVID-19 vaccine are selling doses – many presumably fake – on the "dark web," the portion of the internet dominated by merchants who operate beyond easy reach of law enforcement agencies, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec.

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MAY 22, 2020

reported total Q1 sales of $1.8 The retailer said it wasn’t reporting comparable-store sales, as its shops were open for less than seven weeks of the 13-week period, per an announcement. Additionally, the company reported a net loss for Q1 2020 of $306 million compared to net income of $421 million in 2019. Net sales were $4.4

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards. This is also the aim behind several regulatory changes taking place in other MENA markets, notably Egypt.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2023

Many providers offer financial infrastructure and application programming interfaces (APIs) that help companies operate despite borders. Some companies build products like multi-currency debit cards and other online payment capabilities. Want the full expert post? Become a CB Insights customer.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Many of those who are still employed continue to work remotely from home, making it abundantly clear that the digital-first market that has emerged since the pandemic’s outset will likely persist for the foreseeable future. Adding new payment gateways and automating payments operations are only half the battle, however.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Amazon may become the latest American tech giant to buy its way into India’s fast-growing telecom market as it eyes a deal that could upend the nation’s mobile market. The tech giant has been eyeing a deal to buy a 5 percent stake in Vodafone , the country’s second-largest telecom, the Financial Times has reported.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

That includes new Chief Financial Officer Amaury Dauge , previously of Qontigo and Euronext , and new Chief Marketing Officer Varun Kohli , a seasoned Silicon Valley veteran. Feedzai has seen the increase in fraud and scams with the pandemic. The company says its fraud solution works to decrease costs and more efficiently target the activity.

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MAY 7, 2020

reported a net loss of $402 million for the first quarter of 2020. Maddox said per the report that the company’s casinos could potentially reopen late this month. This is bringing about heightened revenue for online gambling platforms in states such as New Jersey — trends in growth that may continue beyond the health crisis.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood To Restaurant Operations. Details gleaned online — including menus and reviews — carry a lot of weight when consumers are deciding where to dine. That focus has only grown amid the takeout- and delivery-only operational shifts due to COVID-19-related social-distancing efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Buenos Aires-based eCommerce market MercadoLibre has seen a boost thanks to the pandemic, with shares climbing above $1,000 and sales spiking, Bloomberg reported. Some of them had never used eCommerce at all, Bloomberg reported. Some of them had never used eCommerce at all, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Online retail has had a tremendous impact on logistics, further evidence of which emerged on Monday (June 3). and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers.” Blackstone is making the deal with Singapore-based GLP, according to the report. based online supermarket operation. industrial footprint.”.

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MAY 4, 2020

In eight countries, it appears that the parent company has decided Uber Eats fails to deliver the desired market clout. As a result, Uber is dropping its online food delivery business in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Uruguay. Careem is an Uber subsidiary focused primarily on the Middle East.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

To help merchants recover lost pandemic revenues, BounceX said it is making its SMS marketing offering available to new customers. The company, which will be called Wunderkind in the near future, opens a new channel for merchants seeking to bolster online shopping revenue to offset pandemic losses, according to an announcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

MGM Resorts International is trying to acquire Entain , the British parent of major online-gambling player Ladbrokes , the Wall Street Journal reports. Online gaming already was a growing threat to MGM and other brick-and-mortar casino operators before COVID-19 forced the closing of gambling halls.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its mobile payments app. As Reuters reported , the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has kept the identity of the complainant confidential. It also alleges that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. “It does seem absolutely logical, up until the point that you start calculating costs.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2020

FNE made the approval “without conditions,” according to a Reuters report. FNE made the approval “without conditions,” according to a Reuters report. The FNE said it was originally worried that Uber’s purchase of the app would stifle online delivery competition and launched an investigation, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

With more consumers than ever going online to shop and pay, merchants are building and expanding their digital capabilities to meet this demand for digital commerce. This puts pressure on merchants to find ways to make their operations PCI compliant, and fast. The global tokenization market is even expected to reach $6.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

As reported by The Business Times , in Singapore, Tin Men Capital, a venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups, led a $5 million Series A funding round to invest in RateIt. Ratelt operates as a real-time customer experience management platform, according to reports. million in venture capital. ShopKirana. Infra.Market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

The July Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report examines how international eCommerce platforms work to create transaction experiences that are compelling and secure for users in each market they serve. Find more about these stories and the rest of the latest headlines in the Report. Get the full story in the Report.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes taking place by virtue of their market clout and mastery of traditional supply chains and distribution channels. This environment requires enterprise-scale companies to forge new digital paths to market and form more direct relationships with consumers and end-users.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Tiffany Upbeat on Sales, Operating Earnings Amid COVID-19 Comeback.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Travala.com CEO Juan Otero said in the announcement, “We couldn’t be more excited to join forces with TravelbyBit, which is backed by Binance and have constantly been achieving and pushing crypto adoption by providing blockchain-based online travel booking services.” Meanwhile, Luno, a digital currency platform backed by Naspers Ltd.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. The GSA is estimated to spend around $6 billion per year on open market credit card purchases.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, the eCommerce operator and logistics heavyweight continues investing in its delivery fleet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But recent reports in the Wall Street Journal Monday (Dec. are operated by sole proprietors with no other employees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

As reported, the deal will enable Equifax to boost its global presence in digital ID and fraud prevention, including through the Kount Identity Trust Global Network. The growth comes as eCommerce activity was up more than 20 percent in 2020 and online banking soared more than 67 percent. In a Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

Seattle-based Amazon is ramping up its operations in India’s growing market by launching Amazon Food, which will deliver prepared meals. Competitors include online food delivery platform Zomato and Swiggy , which raised $43 million from investors last month in a bid to expand into new businesses. The report concluded the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

tech firms’ dominance across online platforms, and the collection and use of data. The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. In Europe, another regulatory salvo may be aimed at U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The shop owners are looking to see if automation can make deliveries quicker while keeping costs down, as they work with a new roster of companies that seek to increase the efficiency of online order fulfillment in a small amount of space, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Many companies are quickly pivoting their business models and adjusting services to maintain some of their revenues during the outbreak and prepare themselves for comebacks once the crisis ends,” according to the new report. Such concerns never troubled operators before. Others are even operating as payment hubs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Every online wine company that reports sales has noted big spikes during the pandemic. The latest to report, Wine.com – which bills itself as the nation’s leading online wine retailer – earned $165 million in revenue and saw 25 percent growth for fiscal 2020, ending March 31. With sales of $3.2

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

The banking regulator in Hong Kong has issued an additional four online-only banking licenses to Ping An, Alibaba, mobile phone maker Xiaomi and a joint venture (JV) consisting of Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital. Reuters is reporting that this totals eight total licenses handed out by the government.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Consumers have been using internet technology for everything from nonessential health services to ordering from restaurants in the last few years, especially shopping more frequently online for retail products and groceries. We also identified existing market gaps across specific disbursement categories. . This is what we found. .

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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