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Philippine remittances see first drop since 2001

Payments Source

The amount of money repatriated by Filipinos abroad fell last year for the first time since 2001 as the pandemic upended the global job market.

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Searching for the Priceline of Fintech after Lending Market Meltdown Week

Bank Innovation

You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. From then until 2008, you had some appreciation, but not much. Then the stock shot up above $1,000 (as of writing it is $1,261). Yes that is 100x return from Read More.

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Unifiedpost Unveils Acquisitions To Build European B2B Platform

PYMNTS

Unifiedpost Group has grown significantly as of its 2001 founding to include offices in 15 nations across Europe, according to the announcement. The company runs and builds a platform that is solely on the cloud for administrative and financial services, according to the announcement.

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Germany’s Deutsche Bank Offers A Lifeline To Wirecard Bank

PYMNTS

The collapsed Houston-based company, which once had more than $60 billion in assets before filing for bankruptcy in 2001, resulted in the shuttering of Arthur Andersen LLP , then one of the largest auditing companies in the world. In commentary on Monday (June 29), PYMNTS compared the Wirecard drama to the Enron Corp.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. In this webinar, you'll be provided with a clear overview of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The AMLA represents the most significant changes in U.S.

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Connected commerce: The next big thing in digital payments starts at home

Accenture

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Hal” the on-board computer says, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that,” and refuses to let Dave back into the main spacecraft. This is a nightmare scenario around artificial intelligence that has been. Read more.

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Black Swans Are The Sandbox Of New Innovations

PYMNTS

At the time of the black swans in 2001 and 2008, it was hard to tell anything positive was coming out of them. But when the dotcom bust happened in 2001, our innovations also died. “This most recent black swan is proving that online financial services are a lifeline service.”. Black Swans Are the Sandbox of New Innovations.