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APRIL 16, 2020

Customers at Deutsche Bank ‘s Bangkok branch will soon have access to electronic payments via the bank’s PromptPay service, according to reports. PromptPay is operated by Thailand-based payments service provider National ITMX. Deustche Bank, as such, is aiming to keep payments as fast as possible.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. In fact, by 2030, the National Restaurant Association expects that technology could completely change the face of dining.

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JULY 16, 2020

servers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The top court of the 28-nation bloc ruled the transfer of personal data to platforms in the U.S. s surveillance practices should put an end to storing personal information about Europeans, The Journal reported. will face a potential disruption of their operations. Alphabet Inc.’s

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JUNE 17, 2020

A conflict between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman didn’t derail the eCommerce giant’s launch of its new website in Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported. The website is a re-branding of Middle Eastern eCommerce site Souq.com , which was acquired by Amazon in 2017, PYMNTS reported.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

According to an August study of digital banking by PYMNTS, banks are closing physical branches, reducing hours of operation and encouraging customers to use their websites or mobile apps to conduct transactions and reduce face-to-face interactions between customers and staff. On Monday (Oct. 5) NCR Corp.

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MAY 11, 2020

reported that revenue per available room (RevPAR) plummeted by 22.5 Marriott CEO and President Arne Sorenson said on a Monday (May 11) earnings call that, overall, “negative trends appear to have bottomed in most regions around the world. All in, Marriott International reported revenue of $4.7 percent globally.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

The write-down relates to Diageo’s businesses in India, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Korea, as well as complications created by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported. By region, Diageo’s Asia sales saw the biggest drop at 16 percent. CNN reported that the big winner was ready-to-drink cocktails in cans or bottles.

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JULY 2, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

technology by “any means necessary” and that there are about 1,000 related investigations currently ongoing in the country, through its 56 regional offices, according to a report by Reuters. . High-profile targets like the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and the Department of Energy’s National Laboratory were mentioned in the indictment.

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MAY 31, 2020

Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. FNE made the approval “without conditions,” according to a Reuters report.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

This brings the total amount raised since the business’ 2015 founding to approximately $488 million, according to reports. According to the report, Glovo figures that it’s only the second privately held company in the nation to reach that level of valuation. million unique users, per a report earlier this year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Southeast Asia certainly has the population Amazon seeks in its international investments: The region is home to over 600 million consumers.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Digital banking firm Emirates National Bank Dubai (Emirates NBD) has rolled out its new businessONLINE platform, an omnichannel platform for small businesses. According to a report from from NS Banking , businessONLINE aims to "provide an all-encompassing set of trade finance, cash and liquidity management solutions."

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MAY 22, 2020

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and other groups have released guidelines for store operation and design today (May 22) as members begin to come back from the economic devastation of the pandemic. The report covers potential changes in store design, recommendations for clean stores and methods for communicating with shoppers.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Inside the country, as reported by The New York Times, the government has been mandating that farmers increase vegetable production and deliveries of a wide range of foodstuffs to the region. By way of another example, the Times reports that Cummins, a U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2020

New York City, in one case, is calling off festivals, concerts, and nonessential gatherings through May and potentially June while the city aims to reduce COVID-19 infection rates, CNBC reported. but its full impact on the sector in Ohio is not yet known, The Galion Inquirer reported. Statewide revenue for all casinos was $153.4

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MAY 31, 2020

Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. FNE made the approval “without conditions,” according to a Reuters report.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

In other critical statistics, Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) revenues made 83 percent of WU’s revenue in the quarter, and saw a 1 percent decline on a reported basis, or increased 1 percent constant currency, while transactions grew by 1 percent. Westernunion.com is now available in 70 nations and represented 13 percent of total C2C revenue.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

As reported by AltFi , the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has said that the sector represents a “new” growth engine. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

However, Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, executive director of the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority, told CNBC that the country has been working with big tech platforms, especially Facebook-owned WhatsApp, on national security initiatives. This is what we know and understand from the telecommunication authority here in the UAE.”.

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JULY 13, 2020

A new law could make it easier for businesses to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and remain open, with more leverage for small businesses and easier ways to force negotiations with suppliers and landlords, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The company’s quick expansion had already saddled it with debt.

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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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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

China’s Operation Fox Hunt has led to the arrest of 62 Chinese nationals abroad and the seizure of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in assets from 380 fraudulent peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, according to a Reuters report. The charges stem from illegally using P2P platforms to gather funds.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Banks across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region expect real-time payments to come with some major benefits to their businesses, according to new analysis from ACI Worldwide and Ovum. However, the report did find that banks in the region are less clear about exactly how they will create APIs for third-party use.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

It may seem like global expansion for the expense management company, but according to CEO David Barrett, it’s simply a reflection of the already globalized operation of the company. In fact, he says, expense reporting and accounting management has always had to be capable of supporting international corporate spend.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Across the pond in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed another strict national lockdown aimed at halting the coronavirus’ spread. Office for National Statistics , one in 100 people in England have COVID-19. We will always take a decision in the national interest, based on evidence,” U.K. The current U.K.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Ploof has been with PSCU since 2015; her most recent position was as a regional vice president of account management. Before coming to PSCU , she worked with Covera Card Services, moving up the leadership ladder for 14 years and reaching the title of chief operating officer before the company was acquired.

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MAY 17, 2018

Regional lender in Japan, Suruga Bank , apologized this week and admitted that staff may have knowingly processed loan documents that were falsified for a struggling property investment scheme, adding to the list of corporate scandals plaguing the country, reports in Bloomberg said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shinz?

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MARCH 9, 2020

Hospitals around the world from Europe to Asia have reported that supplies of hand sanitizer and masks have disappeared as the coronavirus spurs a run on medical inventories, The Wall Street Journal reported. It has made multiple changes to its workforce during recent times because of the virus.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It was reported earlier this week that the U.S. 7) by Reuters, Indian tourism operators have tallied the impact they might see from a dip from tourists from China, yes, but from other countries too. That dent in India’s tourism trade will equate to $500 million, according to reports. As reported Friday, U.S.

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MARCH 23, 2020

Bloomberg reported that, for American, the shift represents the first flights for the carrier without passengers since 1984. As FlightGlobal reported last week, Korean Air has started deploying passenger planes as cargo transport on routes that have been dormant. The planes, Boeing Co. restrictions on European countries.”

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MARCH 14, 2016

As a region, Asia has seen $4.5 billion come into its financial startups from investors across a variety of stripes, which is quadruple the investment activity of a year ago, Reuters reported. That means the region is becoming a sweet spot for FinTech investment. The global investment activity in the space stood at $19.1

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JANUARY 29, 2019

As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. The site also reported that the number of point-of-sale systems came to more than 72,000 for the same period, up from roughly 66,600 at the end of the year. million credit cards, 15.8

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

According to recent reports, more consumers are picking up their smartphones when it comes time to satisfy their hunger. This is a notable increase from 2015, when just 11 percent reported using mobile order-ahead offerings. Many players in the QSR space, including Portillo’s, which operates 61 restaurants in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Reports in the Nikkei Asian Review on Monday (Feb. According to reports, small businesses in Japan struggle to overcome barriers like the high cost of logistics, or insurance costs to protect against scenarios like consumer lawsuits. Reports said the U.S. Reports said the U.S. via Amazon. will account for $10.9

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

China has implemented a new policy requiring citizens who want new phone service to scan their faces to verify identities instead of simply presenting ID cards, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The law doesn’t say anything about nationality or mobile virtual network operators, which are in the business of reselling services.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales.

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