PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

In today’s top news, Uber drops upfront pricing in California in response to the state’s new gig economy law, and the central bank in China said it accepted an American Express application to start working in the country. Amex Cleared To Operate In China. California Gig Decree Prompts Uber To Halt Upfront Pricing.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

The paper cited positive data from a large swath of UK tour operators. Bus operator National Express reported a 185 percent increase in bookings for spring and summer trips compared with bookings made during the same period in 2020.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 21, 2022

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In today’s payments news, China has allowed PayPal to operate in the country with its purchase of a majority stake in GoPay. China has allowed PayPal to operate in the country with its purchase of a majority stake in GoPay. And Apple Pay is reportedly being investigated by the European Commission.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aurora, with logistical operations currently in Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, has approximately a dozen self-driving vehicles used for testing on American public roads. The company did not specify when it would allow California passengers in its vehicles.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

As Wirecard AG’s global operations close following its bankruptcy filing, the German payment company has agreed to sell what’s left, the Financial Times reported. In addition, he noted that the sale of some of the company’s operations in Britain and North America could be announced soon. billion euros ($2.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

News on Monday (Nov. For instance, shares of Brinker International, which operates or franchises about 1,600 Chili’s Grill and Bar locations and other eateries, were up 15 percent as of midday Monday. Grubhub, which has delivery arrangements with over 300,000 restaurants, fell 10 percent on the news. percent at midday.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. Citycon runs 40 shopping centers throughout Estonia and the Nordic nations, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

Bloomberg News reported that Transport for London (TfL) will stay neutral and let the court decide whether Uber can operate in its biggest European market. Citing that Uber was unfit to hold a license, TfL suspended the company’s operations last November.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

The news was released in a social media post by the official People’s Bank of China (PBOC) account on Wednesday (Jan. The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. Final approval from the PBOC is still required in order for Amex to begin operating there.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Deutsche Bank has announced that as part of a complete overhaul of its trading operations it’s creating a non-core asset unit, or “bad bank,” to house tens of billions of euros in assets, according to a report by the Financial Times. On the heels of the news, Deutsche Bank shares went up 3 percent, to €6.22.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Cross-border trade and payments have gotten far easier in recent years, and that’s a beautiful thing for recovering companies seeking new territories and customers. Noting that some countries are able to operate more normally now than the U.S., There are no more excuses for investing in a modern, viable FinTech stack. to recover.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As reported by CNN , Connecticut-based Aquiline Drones is aiming to debut a smartphone app that will allow licensed drone operators to do short-term, project-based work as drone pilots. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires that drone operators be certified.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Less than a year after the ride-hailing company rolled out in Sudan, Careem has concluded its operations in the country, with a planned takeover by Uber on the horizon. The firm started its Sudan operations in September 2018 following the lifting of economic sanctions by the United States in 2017, Reuters reported. ” In a U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Online payment system Jollypay has received a license to operate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and it’s one of the first foreign companies to do so, according to a release. . In other UAE-related news, the First Abu Dhabi Bank recently rolled out a payroll card solution for the market via its Mercury payment operator unit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tiffany Upbeat on Sales, Operating Earnings Amid COVID-19 Comeback. said that preliminary results for August and September 2020 are positive, even as its “worldwide net sales for the two-month period declined slightly from the comparable period in 2019,” according to a news release. Tiffany & Co.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The news comes as casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi are slowly starting to reopen , and visitors are traveling far distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities. When those offerings do eventually resume, the company said they will be run “in a manner consistent with physical distancing guidelines.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

The eCommerce company is in the early stages of exploring a deal to take a $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel , India’s third-largest telecom operator, Reuters reported , citing three sources with knowledge of the talks. Amazon has already laid out $6.5 billion in various investments since entering the Indian market seven years ago.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As other stocks rebounded at the news of a breakthrough in Pfizer and BioNTech’s joint COVID-19 vaccine, bitcoin fell sharply to nearly $14,815, according to CoinDesk. Nellie Pou introduced new cryptocurrency regulations in a bill titled “Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology act,” on Thursday, Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

Now, Amazon is taking steps to get operations back on an even keel, according to The Wall Street Journal. Also, its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery arm was unable to handle all the stay-at-home consumers attempting to go on online COVID-19 shopping sprees.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 26, 2024

Lender says move is unrelated to takeover talks with Coventry Building Society The Co-operative Bank has unveiled plans to cut 400 jobs as part of the lender’s largest cost-cutting and restructuring programme since it was bailed out by hedge funds in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

The National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) said store operators who took in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans could potentially have to pay back a “material portion” of the funds. The NCASEF is a trade association for 7-Eleven franchise operators in the U.S., The group says the 7-Eleven Inc.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

To do that, and to clear the next hurdle, Whisler said many financial institutions (FIs) still need to “modernize internally to be a 24/7 operation shop.”. One thing is customer service, but the other is liquidity management or cash flow forecasting, and that's new to a lot of organizations.”.

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TheGuardian

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It signals the most serious sign yet that the Co-operative Bank’s hedge fund owners could exit the bank, after spending £700m on rescuing it in 2017.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using news stories. There’s no advertising in Google News.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Swiss Bank UBS has announced that it has hired a new CEO of European Union operations, according to a report by Reuters. . Novakovic will start in the new position on Sep. In other UBS news , the U.S. The bank appointed Christine Novakovic to the position. 1 and will be based in Frankfurt. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

United Airlines reported that Q4 2020 operating revenue plunged by 69 percent from Q4 2019 as the pandemic continued to challenge the aviation industry. The company also reported that Q4 2020 operating expenses decreased by 45 percent compared to Q4 2019. The results fell short of analyst estimates of $6.60 loss per share on $3.44

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

WEX has reported a $400 million investment from a partner of Warburg Pincus , which the financial services tech firm will use to continue operations amid the global pandemic, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. General Electric operates in over 100 nations in segments that encompass energy production, aviation and healthcare. Morgan Chase is banking on QuickAccept to edge out FinTech rivals Square and PayPal. Morgan Chase’s QuickAccept.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

Tim Richards, CEO of Vue International, a London-based chain with 228 cinemas in 10 countries, told the news service he is highly confident its screens would be open on July 17 for the premiere of “Tenet.”. Cineworld operates 787 theaters in 10 countries.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest payments and commerce news. In the latest Digital Banks And The Power Of The Cloud Tracker , Andrew Smith, director of technical operations for online business bank, Holvi, explains how to efficiently scale and deploy cloud services without slowing product rollouts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This month’s Deep Dive examines how mobile and contactless payment options are poised to reshape the corporate payments ecosystem as well as how virtual cards can help businesses adapt their operations to the digital-first payments ecosystem that has emerged. . Reshaping Business Payments . Much of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

These operations are quantifiably more efficient: A recent study found that customers typically spend nine minutes to acquire a check from a bank teller, but only 40 seconds to complete the same task with a self-service kiosk. “We These new functionalities have provided several benefits for BMO’s in-branch operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

Visit our News and Trends section for more information on the impact of PSD2. PSD2 is already having a strong impact on the travel market, with merchants ranging from airlines and hotels to travel aggregators working with third-party services, deploying new authentication standards while still adapting to changing customer preferences.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

JPMorgan Chase is planning the consolidation its corporate payment operations by combining small business (SMB) and large enterprise solutions, the Financial Times ( FT ) reported on Thursday (Jan. and internationally,” said Co-President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto in the memo.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

That followed a joint venture with Poste Italiane, one of Italy’s largest logistics operators. The company said its 500-person workforce manages more than 10,000 trucks across Europe. In June, the company merged with Everoad, the French transportation company.

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