American Banker

JUNE 27, 2016

Large banks are gaining momentum as regional banks stall in the annual American Banker/Reputation Institute Survey of Bank Reputations. Chase even barreled its way into the top 10 of the customer ranking.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Remittances to developing nations continue to grow, which has spurred many global markets to pursue efforts to enable more efficient cross-border payments. World Bank data shows that remittances to low- and middle-income nations reached a record high last year, with migrants sending $529 billion to their home countries. innovations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

China’s rising levels of corporate debt are in the headlines again with the nation’s banking regulator reportedly introducing to lower debt levels. In 2016 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised red flags over the matter, and soon after Bloomberg reported 17 corporate loan defaults for the year through June 30, 2016.

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MAY 3, 2016

The primary season of 2016, however, strayed from the “regular” script quite some time ago. On nearly every available metric, Indiana has outpaced both the national results and its regional peers – though the growth has hardly been stellar. percent for the nation as a whole. The overall index grew 3.1

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

92% of South African SMEs are planning for growth next year , found a new report by the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC). Its 2016 National Small Business Survey signals widespread optimism across the nation’s small business community, despite economic challenges. debt recovery firm.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In this edition of the Commerce Connected Report , in collaboration with First Data, PYMNTS takes a deep dive into the quickly growing QSR world, examining how, and in what region, the industry’s sales are increasing most quickly. percent nationally over the past six months, and ticket sizes have increased by 2.7 Growing Ticket Sizes.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

I have served on the audit committee (yes—we are thoroughly audited) for the past three years and will be serving on the budget committee in 2016. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced. In fact, huge expansion projects are now underway across our region.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The latest research from the Q3 2016 PYMNTS.com Global Cash Index™ is in, and when compared to its Eastern European neighbors, Lithuania leads the way in total cash spending as a share of its GDP, also known as the cash share of the wallet. To download the 2016 Q3 PYMNTS Global Cash Index™, fill out the form below.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ).

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PYMNTS

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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MAY 5, 2017

are continuing to build on their gains from 2016. The Index, which saw a decline in Q1 2016 when it fell from 115 points to 114.6 in Q4 2016 and is now projected to hit 117.9 In Q3 2016, the number of establishments increased by 2.1 percent, with the Mountain region leading the way with a 3.6 It rose to 117.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

The biggest firms in the nation are gearing up for same day ACH payments – an eventuality that could hit in September of this year. Financial institutions see the value in providing new, faster payment options to their customers with certainty and surety, and Same Day ACH allows them to do that in 2016,” Janet O.

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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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PYMNTS

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 In the first eight months of 2016, there were 8,802 cases involving 26.4 billion yen ($252 million).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

According to researchers, the Small Business Economic Survey found that SMEs in the region are more pessimistic about the nation’s economy in 2016 than they were in 2015. According to Union Bank, during the 2012 election year, the survey found similar evidence of uneasiness and uncertainty about the nation’s economy.

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JULY 21, 2017

Fraud varies country to country, region to region. As has been widely noted, the region has paved the way for the adoption of EMV, and its embrace by merchants in the EU, mandated though it has been, has steered hackers and criminals to online methods of siphoning funds from consumers and cheating companies.

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PYMNTS

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.

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JULY 11, 2016

“These changes are an important and necessary step for our continued growth and strengthen us for the remainder of 2016 and beyond.”. 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.”.

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JULY 5, 2017

citizens’ data or national security. attention on Europe, with the desire to gain a post, or perhaps outpost, in payments processing in the region. Adyen operates in the Netherlands, which means that it has roots in the region. Regulatory concerns have hinged on whether there is, may be, or could be risk to U.S.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

launched a test in 2016 to secure digital driver’s licenses, and Wyoming joined the program the following year. Several other nations are also experimenting with national ID systems. Additionally, the country is experimenting with the digitization of these tools in the Guangzhou region.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Demonetization was launched in India in an effort to crack down on the nation’s underground economy, boost tax revenues and encourage the transition to a digital banking infrastructure. However, nearly two years after the policy launched in 2016, cash remains a key component of the nation’s economy. percent from 2016 to 2021.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

In our previous article ( HERE ), we reviewed the banking industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle. In the 2016 tightening cycle, the Fed started running off its balance sheet two years after its first rate hike.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In Mercado’s home nation of Brazil, he describes the last eight months as a “fundamental transformation” in a conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. I mean, throughout the Latin American region that has happened, but it has been massive in Brazil. Brazil at the beginning of last year was a different Brazil, for sure,” he said. “We

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JANUARY 31, 2019

The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking. The FDIC held a meeting in 2016 with community bankers about their concerns with facing competitive headwinds, not only from large FIs, but from FinTech firms as well. “I

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

The new center will bring 1,500 jobs to the region when it opens in 2017. All in, Amazon plans to add 3,500 in Britain in 2016 in a wide variety of roles, including head office, research and development, customer service, fashion photography, Amazon Web Services and distribution center jobs. Amazon’s new U.K.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants from other regions have been dipping their toes into the Chinese market, but open banking has compounded the difficulty involved in setting up operations. The country’s government and regulators are keeping pace with those in the European Union and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

Chase for Business said on Tuesday (May 3) that its 2016 Business Leaders Outlook took the pulse of roughly 1,000 small business leaders, finding that 69 percent of those responding showed optimism about their individual prospects looking down the road through the next year. economy over the next year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

PawnHero only runs in the Philippines for now but could expand regionally to other countries with significant underbanked populations coupled with an increasing rate of mobile penetration. One regional target in sight is South Asia — the region is estimated by the World Bank Group to the highest percentage of unbanked customers worldwide.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Ant Financial was valued at around $60 billion in 2016, though its exact value after an additional $3 billion funding round has yet to be made public. Southeast Asia is predicted to be the next global region to see an eCommerce boom. The region’s internet economy is projected to become a $278 billion market by 2025.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In addition, the official noted that the region has “seen cases recently where AML issues have compromised the functioning and even the viability of some banks, so it is very important here to move forward.”. Monitoring money-laundering, however, is usually handled at the national level.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2016

Why CFOs may remain hesitant in the 2016 global economy, however, varies depending on geographical market. The Australia-Asia market, however, remained the least optimistic, with just 59 percent predicting growth in 2016; European CFOs also fell below the global average, with 62 percent reporting optimism for the year. Latin America

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. Ubin was first announced in 2016 with the central bank launching a partnership with blockchain company R3. United States.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

as there is in the rest of the world,” said Stephanie Martz, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Retail Federation (NRF) , the world’s largest retail trade association. Europe was the first region to adopt EMV technology, and sees a transaction rate of more than 99 percent. comes in dead last, however, as only 59.2

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PYMNTS

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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MARCH 19, 2019

percent from the end of 2017 and hitting its lowest level since 2016. Michael Taylor, Moody’s chief credit officer for the Asia-Pacific region, expects those defaults to rise again in 2o19. The government is trying to help by instructing the nation’s state-run banks to offer more loans to private firms. trillion ($9.1

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JANUARY 13, 2017

The city’s median income is $49,192, higher than the national median of $45,760 and higher than Auckland’s median income of $48,204. New Zealand was ranked the number one country in which to start a business by the World Bank Doing Business Report 2016. With such a far distance to other major tech regions, such as Europe and the U.S.,

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