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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The corporate card is going through a change this year, like many other parts of the business world. Danske Bank was recently the center of controversy over accusations of laundering hundreds of billions of dollars for clients in Ukraine, Russia and other countries in February of 2019, the report says.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

Soccer is a contact sport, but fans are using contactless payments at one of the sport’s most famous events: Approximately 17 percent of purchases with Visa in the World Cup’s 11 Russian host cities, for example, used contactless payment technology with devices such as smartphones, bracelets and rings. million) in spending.

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FICO

MARCH 18, 2022

As a result of the attack on Ukraine, FICO is exiting all work in Russia. Consistent with directives by governments around the world, we are actively unwinding our business relationships in Russia and will not be pursuing new business in Russia.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The central bank of Russia is seeking to place a yearly cap on the amount of cryptocurrency that retail investors can purchase, CoinDesk reported. Non-qualified investors wouldn’t be able to purchase over 600,000 rubles (approximately $7,740) per a proposal that the Bank of Russia released.

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JUNE 11, 2020

“Given the evolving nature of COVID-19 and the uncertainty it has caused for every industry in every part of the world, it is impossible to predict with precision the pandemic’s cumulative impact on our future financial results,” Uber said in a statement at the time. Besides Yandex, Uber also owns minority stakes in Didi, Grab and Zomato.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Alibaba Group’s logistics operator is partnering with Pochta Russia and Aviastar-Tu to launch direct China-Russia cargo delivery flights, Reuters reported on Thursday (Nov. AliExpress Russia is hoping the partnership will slash delivery times for Russians who purchase AliExpress eCommerce items. .

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JUNE 5, 2019

Russian eCommerce giant Mail.ru, mobile company MegaFon and Alibaba have announced a joint partnership for a new venture called AliExpress Russia JV, according to reports. The new operation will cater to Russia and the surrounding countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It’s estimated to be worth about $2 billion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Russia’s GDP is $2.022 trillion, which makes it the seventh-largest economy in the world. Moscow maintains a reputation for being one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. The 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking listed Moscow as the 13th best city in the world to launch a startup. With the U.K.’s

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Moscow, believe it or not , is a global hub for startups with ambitions to one day be a world leader in blockchain. Russia’s GDP is $2.022 trillion and growing, making it the seventh-largest in the world. Russia currently has 500,000 blockchain users. 66 million | Number of internet users in Russia.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Russia is reportedly aiming to create a mutually compatible payments system with China in an effort to reduce the risk of more sanctions from the West, reported Reuters. Both have stopped providing services to customers of one Russian bank after the White House imposed sanctions, and Russia wants to prevent that from happening again.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2018

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia is reportedly looking to use the platform to replace SWIFT’s inter-bank communications network.

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Abrigo

APRIL 26, 2022

Takeaway 1 With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Russia-Ukraine heightens kleptocracy concerns. Although the current situation in Russia has increased the urgency of identifying illicit funds from kleptocracies, the U.S. Venezuelan kleptocracy Venezuela, one of Russia’s allies, is another hotbed for political corruption.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2018

In one week, the FIFA World Cup Men’s Soccer competition will kick off in Russia. For most of the world that is big news. Our Women’s World Cup soccer team is the envy of the world and will be the defending champs when the women’s championship kicks off in Paris next year. Here in the U.S., not so much.

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JULY 30, 2020

Paxful says it has experienced a 350 percent jump in the use of its infrastructure in Russia, Decrypt reported. The bitcoin exchange has seen record month-over-month peaks in user signups on its exchange as of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Seleznev was convicted for running a credit card and identity theft business out of his homes in Indonesia and Russia. Seleznev, 32, targeted about 3,700 financial institutions and 500 businesses across the world, including several restaurants in the Seattle area. Today is a bad day for hackers around the world,” said Annette L.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 1, 2022

Boris Johnson says these measures are designed to “squeeze Russia from the global economy”. His new book is Butler to the World : how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals. But will they be effective?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Burger King Russia’s collaboration with WebMoney Transfer for quick response (QR) code-based payments. To use the offering, diners scan a quick response (QR) code shown on the cash register for an instant transaction.

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MARCH 13, 2017

for allegedly stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank around the world using a network of virus-infected computers. Officials told the Times that Russia grafted an intelligence operation across the infected machines that Bogachev was using to drain bank accounts, allowing them access to search for files and emails.

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APRIL 17, 2018

The United States and Britain have accused Russia of releasing a cyberattack that impacted computers around the world and could be used to launch offensive attacks. and British officials warned that infected routers could be used to launch future offensive cyber operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, ByteDance has launched a mobile payment offering for Douyin, while Dunzo is closing a $40 million Series E funding round. Plus, MGM Resorts International announced that it is ending its bid to purchase the Entain gaming platform. ByteDance Sets Up Mobile Payments for Short-Video App Douyin.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The company has recently been ramping up its delivery services in Russia. Pizza and sushi remain popular for online delivery in Russia, while burgers are declining from the peak of their popularity,” Daniil Shuleyko, who heads Yandex’s food and taxi businesses, said in an interview. Yandex will then take care of the delivery.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 10, 2017

I’ve pretty much been travelling the world on business non-stop for thirty years, and something has fundamentally changed during that period. When I used to travel the world, no one spoke English and yet today, everyone speaks some. Obviously, the internet and mobile and global connectivity, but also the homogeneity of globalisation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Two individuals from Russia who were recently sanctioned by the Treasury Department purportedly put into place copycat websites for cryptocurrency exchanges that that tricked people into providing login information, CoinDesk reported. After that time, they purportedly stole ether, bitcoin and NEO to the tune of $20 million.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Here are the latest updates on its impacts around the world. Brazil, Russia, France and Spain, with merchandise like wireless headphones and jeans. AliExpress is one of the most downloaded eCommerce apps around the world, and it aims to serve international buyers mainly. Taobao and Tmall try to reach the domestic market.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, said Sunday (April 8) that more than 87 million Facebook users may have been accessed — and all of it could have been copied and stored in Russia. and Russia.”.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

It is the biggest cyber-financial attack in Italy and one of the biggest in the world,” the police said in a statement. 16), in the first blockchain-supported bank guarantee in Russia. Italian police charged the former head of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, identified by the initials of “F.F.,” They allege that F.F.

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MAY 29, 2017

Gazprombank, one of the biggest banks in Russia, successfully tested the quantum-safe blockchain , the group said, noting it is now working to expand to other banks in Russia and elsewhere around the world. The group said OKD networks are growing in popularity around the world, largely in the financial sector.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

In looking at just where the cyber attacks that hit the Ukraine and spread around the world last week may have originated, the Ukraine has pointed a finger at Russia. One caveat as noted by Reuters is that the malware also hit Russian computers, leading at least some observers to state that Russia was not behind the attack.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the debut of global payment marketplace APEXX’s solution in Russia. Global payment marketplace APEXX has brought its solution to Russia to enable payment processing with the national Mir system, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

ID Finance Co-Founders Boris Batine and Alexander Dunaev were far from newcomers to the world of finance when they started up their business in 2012. And so, in 2012, with only a few hundred thousand of their own dollars to get up and running, ID Finance launched in one of those underserved markets — their home market of Russia.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Prior to joining Transpay in 2016, Ayoub was based in Ireland as regional sales director, [and in] Turkey, [the] Middle East, South Africa and Russia at Dell EMC.". Ayoub brings with him a wealth of experience in the FinTech industry and in working with global teams around the world.

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The Paypers

APRIL 13, 2022

The World Bank has announced it is preparing to deliver USD 1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine to help the country maintain government operations amid Russia’s offensive.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 6, 2020

Russia-based Sberbank has announced plans regarding stablecoin, which are digital currencies backed by real-world assets, major fiat currencies, or commodities such as gold.

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JUNE 18, 2018

The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, spread out across 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities, offers a chance for leading travel platforms to demonstrate the capabilities of their online booking systems. As a major sporting event, the World Cup is expected to attract over 1.5 million foreign tourists between.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The partnership, which was announced at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, will enable MegaFon’s subscribers to pay for purchases with their smartphones by linking their mobile accounts to Apple Pay or Samsung Pay through a virtual Mastercard card, tokenizing it via the Mastercard platform. “We

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Mastercard is an iconic global brand that our client schools and their student families trust for convenient and secure payments anywhere around the world,” said Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire, in a prepared statement. The program will help students and families take a small bite out of the high cost of education, Flywire said in the release.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

percent), Russia (0.2 For 2021 as a whole, the OECD sees the world economy growing 4.2 China will account for around one-third of the world’s economic recovery in 2021, the OECD said. The Asian economic powerhouse is expected to be followed by South Korea at 1.6 percent growth between Q4 2019 and Q4 2021.

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