PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Xoom is now offering clients in the U.S., is accelerating market convergence for the Santiago Exchange. Plus, HM Treasury is seeking input on the challenges that the sharing economy brings for value-added tax (VAT). Canada, Europe and U.K. Canada, U.K. Volante Technologies Inc.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Gobal investment firm KKR is acquiring a majority in German payments group Heidelpay for more than 600 million euros ($668 million), according to the Financial Times. M&A activity in the payments sector has been booming in recent years as digital alternatives take precedence over cash. “We Heidelpay expects to generate 40.5

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Payments Source

MAY 7, 2019

More house for less money: Homebuyers are pouring into regions that offer lower taxes and larger homes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Digitization of B2B payments is on the rise, but the trend is challenged by discrepancies across geographic markets, according to the latest World Payments Report by Capgemini and BNP Paribas. Developing markets are driving this growth, too. Regional Trends. The 2017 report , released Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

As Nick Reid , director of B2B Partner Development at Conferma Pay , told PYMNTS, though not new, STP — which routes card payments and data automatically to suppliers and sidesteps manual processes — is increasingly being combined with virtual cards in a bid to level the playing field in B2B payments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And while enthusiasm for expanding opportunities to access the Chinese market and its billion-plus consumers is as avid as it’s ever been — as evidenced by last week’s announcement of PayPal and UnionPay’s global payments partnership — the bigger commerce story has expanded beyond China in the last few years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Under the agreement, employees of the online payments giant will be able to use Even’s app free of charge to access their pay as they earn it, instead of waiting for payday every two weeks. Company executives were doubly surprised given that PayPal’s pay rates either match or exceed the market in regions across the world.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

21) in Skift said Travelstop has entered seven new markets across Asia, expanding beyond its home market of Singapore. In addition to its expansion in Asia, Travelstop is launching an iPhone app in support of the high penetration rate of mobile devices in the region. Reports Monday (Jan. million, reports said.

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Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

European banks are in the midst of a ‘perfect storm’ of negative interest rates, regulatory pressures and market disruption, and are in search of new sources of value. Jeremy Light, Head of Accenture Payments, EALA, speaking at the breakfast roundtable.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

This may be the first sign of tax reform seeping into the small business labor market,” the executive said in a statement. “As As small business owners begin to realize the benefits of tax reform, they will likely translate to better wages and more jobs. percent increase in hiring activity in March.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Launched five years ago, Revolut has almost 8 million customers, offering digital financial services through a mobile application including digital debit accounts, currency exchange, budgeting and person-to-person (P2P) payments. bringing Revolut’s total global footprint to 56 markets. banking licence.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

in the Brexit aftermath, Flywire is opening a new hub in Singapore and PayPal is taking hits since news broke that eBay would handle its own payments processing. The self-employed workforce is growing, despite hurdles like financial insecurity, lack of pension, expense tracking, tax returns and more. Here are the numbers: 32.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

To stay competitive, merchants must be ready to expand their subscription offerings into new markets around the globe. Cross-border subscription businesses often struggle to deliver the payment experiences their customers expect. Selling to overseas subscribers means businesses must handle payments in multiple currencies.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Digital banking provider Alkami acquired data analysis and marketing campaign management provider Segmint Digital banking and payments provider Bottomline was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.6B. Payments: Still Hot for Teacher (Wait, Song or Not, Can We Still Say That?). Keep an eye on the initial banks working on these projects.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

13) that it has bought Interpay, a Ghana-based payments processor. In a press release , Emergent Technology said that by acquiring Interpay, it will extend the operations of its digital payments business, Emergent Payments, into 70 emerging markets. “The payments landscape is developing fast.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling companies appear to be weathering the pandemic better than their brick-and-mortar cousins, but an environment in which gambling occurs online requires payments to shift as well. Pennsylvania reported similar figures, with tax revenues from brick-and-mortar gambling declining to $50.5 million in March 2020 from $67.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Remember that a big chunk of buying power is concentrated in this generation’s collective wallet, and that if older generations start to unload housing, those homes would presumably stay on the market unless younger buyers — you know, the ones with new jobs and new families — come in to snap them up. percent, compared to 11.9

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

In fact any kind of spending has a nice ring, but revenge spending was a phenomenon seen as Wuhan and other Chinese regions came out of the coronavirus funk. Yes, consumers got back to the malls and some long queues were seen at regional favorites like Nike. In fact payments companies are facilitating a spending boost.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Expense management is scaling globally, literally, as Chrome River is opening an office in the Asia-Pacific region. Roy told PYMNTS that the region has specific payments and expense management considerations that extend, for example, to Australia’s goods and services tax.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

In the February 2019 Payments and The Platform Economy Playbook , a collaboration between PYMNTS and YapStone, the sharing economy was in focus. In an interview with PYMNTS, Marie Perrin-Largilliere, senior manager of global product marketing at HomeAway, got a bit more granular on how the firm seeks to engage both sides of the transaction.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. on the benefits of an eInvoicing mandate, noting that it would address the nation’s current tax challenges. On Monday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

According to a recent report from logistics provider DHL , the cross-border eCommerce market is poised for big growth over the next few years: The company anticipates the value of the international eCommerce market will grow to $900 billion by 2020. For these merchants, timing is key. Notable News from the X-Border Space.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Payments stocks showed similar movement on both the positive and negative sides of the portfolio in terms of performance, with some outsized gains and losses on heels, as has been seen in recent weeks, of earnings reports. Compliance revenue, the company said, was at record highs. The Street had expected $13.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

The ingredients for a revolution in payments across the region, fueled by demographics and technology, seem to be there. You can imagine how all of these factors will come together to drive eCommerce across the region.”. Last month, Emergent acquired Interpay , a Ghana-based payments processor.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of The Emergence Of The Global Citizen. The top priority is ensuring the payment gets to the institution on the other end.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And as companies large and small extend their markets beyond domestic ones, finding new audiences across borders, supply chains — both digital and physical — are getting longer, not shorter, and are becoming more complex to manage. For any company to reach a new audience, each market presents its own challenges.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits. The impact is not consistent.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

tax laws had on other firms recently reporting results, Mastercard put up numbers Thursday (Feb. Excluding the aforementioned tax impact, earnings per share came in at $1.14, two pennies better than Wall Street expectations. As for its own tax savings, the company will use at least part of the money to boost financial inclusion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

The global peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer and remittance market has grown to well over $1 trillion, thanks to the glut of P2P money transfer apps making domestic and cross-border payments easier and faster than ever. Take Forex payments, for instance. Struggling with frictions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Parliament also passed protection for whistleblowers who bring crimes like tax evasion to light. The reforms, while proactive, have been criticized for not being enough to stop the numerous scandals plaguing banks in the region. He said the system has the potential to disrupt the existing payment services. “In

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

But how does global expansion affect the payment processes that keep these contractors and freelancers invested? Often it’s these outbound payments that trip up firms as they seek scale and balance in new locations, driving them into uncharted regulatory territory. The gig economy is gaining traction all around the world.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 11, 2017

I sat down with the marketing team at Anthemis to discuss the opportunities and geopolitical challenges of open finance. PSD1 was about increasing payments competition and reducing cost. So is PSD2 about payments or a U.S. — E.U. This is the third part of a series of five articles. Care to elaborate?

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

The biggest investment news of the week came on Thursday (July 26), when cross-border B2B payments company Flywire announced an impressive $100 million funding round. While announcing the funding, Flywire said it has so far processed more than $8 billion in payments for more than 400 corporate customers. ScaleFactor.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

If there were a theme in the big headlines this week in payments, financial services and commerce, it would have been movement. Making sense of all the motion in the payments and financial services ocean this week with Karen Webster is RS2 CEO Daniela Mielke to help separate the actual impactful from the mere hype prone.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

Blockchain got a few mentions during IBM’s conference call with analysts after earnings were released Tuesday (April 16) after the markets closed. Systems sales slipped 11 percent as mainframe and other hardware demand slid, and demand seemed soft in emerging markets. Business services were $4.1 billion, roughly flat.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Corporate travel and expense management software provider Expensify is expanding its reach in Southeast Asia through a new collaboration with the region’s leading ridesharing company, Grab. Expensify noted the integration mirrors those recently launched for Uber and Lyft in other markets.

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