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JULY 3, 2018

As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. The Sydney office currently serves as the base of operations for the APAC region. Chargehound.

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MARCH 14, 2016

As a region, Asia has seen $4.5 That means the region is becoming a sweet spot for FinTech investment. billion, as measured across payment companies, Internet insurers and peer-to-peer players, and the most recent tally grew by 60 percent over 2014, Reuters reported. The global investment activity in the space stood at $19.1

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

One of the FSB’s 31 regional councils will put forward a no-confidence vote during the national council meeting this week, the publication said, as some supporters express doubt over the Federation’s plans to shake up its membership structure. That modernization initiative first began in 2014, reports said.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

These transactions reached $144 billion in value in 2014 and could hit $240 billion by 2024. Remittances to developing nations continue to grow, which has spurred many global markets to pursue efforts to enable more efficient cross-border payments. That resistance doesn’t reflect the needs of smaller, regional banks.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Hitachi is teaming up with a regional bank in Japan to introduce anti-fraud ATMs. Joyo Bank, a regional lender located north of Tokyo, will begin operating the new anti-fraud ATMs early next year. “We the ATM has been under siege, as cyberthieves have targeted the machines, up threefold since 2014. billion yen ($252 million).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Those jobs could also be created outside the market in the next few years — particularly if the nation is unable to secure relatively unobstructed access to the EU single market — according to recent research published by Morgan McKinley Financial Services. 10,000 | Approximate number of finance jobs that could be shifted out of the U.K.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

The announcement comes as, since 2014, more than 163 million women have launched businesses across the globe, at a rate that outpaces that of businesses launched by men. 30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally. To that end, Visa said on Tuesday (Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Perusing Chinese banks’ 2014 annual reports, in early 2015 the banks were looking forward to continued acceleration of growth in a stable and healthy environment. Looking back at the past ten years, China grew to be the largest exporting nation with $2.3 What a difference a few months make!

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APRIL 2, 2020

Chicago-headquartered delivery unicorn Grubhub said it will spend $30 million to help support more than 100,000 independent restaurants and regional franchises as the coronavirus pandemic changes everyday life, the company announced on Thursday (April 2). It has raised a total of $284.1 million in more than eight funding rounds.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

The region’s internet economy is projected to become a $278 billion market by 2025 , with immense growth expected in all online sectors, but especially in mobile payments as companies across the region invest more in digital infrastructure. The region’s most technologically advanced nation, Singapore, is working toward a smart nation.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Some of the highest activity has been reported in Europe, with a recent report finding that 90 percent of the region’s banks have been sanctioned for money laundering in the past decade. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates the market for global money laundering is worth approximately $2 trillion per year.

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JULY 11, 2016

Blue Acorn, founded in 2008, lists such national brands as Ticketmaster and Everlast under its list of clients and bills itself as providing “superior eCommerce results through data-driven solutions.”. Since its founding, the company has grown from nine employees to over 100, according to Charleston Regional Business Journal.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

points in Q2 2014. in real terms between Q2 2014 and Q2 2015. Other highlights of the study include: In Q2 2015, specific improvement was driven regionally by 4.1% We asked them what they’d like to see our next president focus on – and gauged how each state did in comparison with their peers across their region and the country.

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APRIL 20, 2017

While there’s still a bit more growth to go before breaking through all-time highs seen in November 2014, some analysts’ sentiments peg Alibaba’s shares at well past that threshold in twelve months’ time. Southeast Asia is predicted to be the next global region to see an eCommerce boom. percent from Tuesday’s close. million to 92.1

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014. Hoesley also previously led the midwest region for Silicon Valley Bank, and was a partner at Prism Capital, a middle-market provider of venture capital and mezzanine debt.

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JUNE 19, 2019

In an effort to clamp down on cross-border money laundering, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) plans to bolster cooperation with other nations such as countries in Europe. From 2014 to 2016, it recovered illegal funds of $1.25 billion or 8.6 billion yuan from more than 90 countries.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

alternative lender Sorodo says small businesses (SMBs) in the nation remain unaware of the option to access a merchant cash advance, and that’s something the company plans to address this year, according to a press release the company issued Monday (Jan. The platform includes local and regional funders, the company noted.

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MAY 12, 2016

What the initiative will entail includes: the digitization of school fees and national health care claim payments, providing an online payment gateway for Rwanda Online, contributing to the creation of a common mobile banking platform, and contributing to the effective management of spending activities across borders.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

billion adults have obtained an account since 2011, including 515 million since 2014 — but there is still a lot of progress to be made. It’s not only hard for banks in the region to underwrite profitably, it is incredibly hard for them to evaluate consumers in terms of credit-worthiness. That is actually an improvement.

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MAY 5, 2016

Though digital and mobile are increasingly ascendent, physical commerce remains dominant and accounts for over 90 percent of all retail spending in the Western nations where Klarna operates. “We trillion in global revenue in 2014. According to McKinsey & Company estimates, the payment services industry was worth about $1.7

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BankUnderground

JUNE 27, 2023

In this post I show that historically there have been large differences in how an interest rate shock affects prices in different areas of the country, even though interest rates are determined nationally. There are widely-used estimates of housing supply elasticity for regions of the US. The evidence for the UK is even less extensive.

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APRIL 12, 2016

As detailed in the 2016 JPMorgan Chase Business Leaders Outlook report, the outlook is positive on a local economy level, but nationally/globally is a little more shaky. But when looking at that from a more national perspective? National economy: 39 percent optimistic, compared to 68 percent in 2015. Challenges. Expectations .

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JULY 4, 2016

In 2014 alone, British technology companies received over $795 million in investments from U.S. Tel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation. Interesting Facts: According to a study from Sweco, there were more than 22,000 tech companies within Stockholm as of 2014, representing more than half of the total companies in Sweden.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

According to the publication, the shift underscores “the growing importance of the Asian region and of China in particular in global trade.” The BIS survey, reports said, shows that the renminbi has doubled its take of the global FX market, surpassing the Mexican peso as the most traded currency among those of developing nations.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

percent globally in 2014-15. percent, helped by initiatives from the National Payments Council of India (NPCI) and the country’s government, which has set an ambitious target of reaching 25 billion non-cash transactions in 2017-18. Emerging markets set for non-cash payments boom. In India, the figure for the same period is 26.2

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 2, 2014

Spring-At Last We are all thankful to leave the brutal winter of 2014 behind, especially the polar vortex! The ice storm that hit our region (Philadelphia Region) with damage and over 700,0000 power outages was perhaps the worst storm. Cautious Growth for 2014 We still expect that GDP growth for 2014 will be between 2% and 2.5%

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put forward the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code and unveiled the particulars of his roadmap for Australia to become the first nation to make online platforms pay media for news. The legislation does not specify the manner in which a payment would be handled.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

” Just a reminder for folks a bit torn up by this news — bitcoin’s price as of now is in the same region it was just a week or so ago when everyone was getting hyped for it to break $1,000. Even in nations where bitcoin has been declared illegal for years, the digital currency still proliferates, like in Indonesia.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Of course, different regions and countries have different concerns when it comes to biometrics and privacy. Of the 20 percent of respondents who said they are not willing to share biometric data with airports or the government, the majority said it’s because they do not trust the government or airports to possess their data.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

When Singles Day launched nearly a decade ago, the then-fledgling eCommerce brand Alibaba didn’t really think they were changing the face of commerce in its nation. By 2014, it was bigger than both Cyber Monday and Black Friday.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

remembers relaxing at home watching local resident Erin Hamlin on TV race down the luge track at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. “I Meanwhile, Clark says, partnering with a local celebrity can be an effective marketing strategy for community banks to compete with national or regional banks.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

An interview with Paul McGuire, ICBA’s executive vice president, national solutions group. With a consultative approach, I ensure members’ needs are being met through our eight regional offices,” he says. IB: Talk about the role of ICBA’s regional offices for members. Meet ICBA’s Membership Contact. Paul McGuire.

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MARCH 17, 2016

The Olympics are obviously a big deal and will shine a spotlight on Brazil in the same way the World Cup did in 2014,” explained Forzley, adding that the country poses a “great opportunity” for the company. These characteristics diverge from those in China, but the nation has been key for the company just the same, Forzley said.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Similar trends were noted in a number of emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India. billion in 2014 to 54.5 In Spain, for example, ATM activity increased by eight percent as the national economy started to recover.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Consumers worldwide appear increasingly receptive to subscription offerings, with a recent survey of those in 12 countries finding the share of adult respondents who have subscription services rose from 53 percent in 2014 to 71 percent in 2019.

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MARCH 15, 2017

The United States again showed up as the most active region in activity, with 76 percent of the investments registered during the week. million, including a $2 million seed round in 2014. The deal is one that seeks to bring mobile banking to underbanked consumers and also, in terms of demographics, to millennials.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

After a high of 614,024 SMB openings in 2014, the Census reported that only 452,835 firms were started in the U.S. Things went off the rails, not surprisingly, in 2008 — courtesy of the financial crisis. But unlike the comeback stories of past recessions, small businesses haven’t come back this time. Economists don’t think so.

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