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AUGUST 19, 2019

And overall industry sales are forecast to hit a high of $863 billion this year, per projections from The National Restaurant Association, CNBC reported. Although restaurant operators do face several challenges like increasing wage costs and a tight labor pool, the consumer spending outlook is strong. Even so, $0.25

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Looking back at 2019, and at cryptocurrencies, we may well make the declaration that fraudsters got a lot more brazen … which may mean 2020 is the year lawmakers and regulators clamp down through a global, concerted effort to root out financial crime. million, was the lowest tally seen in years. North Korea stands out in this respect.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) provided the firm with permission to put WhatsApp Pay into operation in a phased manner, The Business Standard reported. . The NPCI’s green light comes after approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

In May 2019, the government took over Baoshang Bank in the first seizure of its kind in almost 20 years. The banks have been asked to perform [a] national service,” CreditSights Research Analyst Jason Tan told Squawk Box Asia on (Aug. They’ve been asked to support the economy at the expense of their own operational strength.” .

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MARCH 3, 2020

As part of a broader effort to bring the newest innovations to its operations, the National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (NBF) has teamed with blockchain firm Ripple to enable cross-border payments via the RippleNet platform. In 2019, news surfaced that PNC Bank had started to utilize RippleNet to facilitate cross-border transactions.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

National Association for Business Economics. "We T]he euro area economy is still operating far below its pre-pandemic level," he added. percent below the same figure at the end of 2019, he said, and "economic activity is foreseen to return to pre-pandemic levels only towards the end of 2022.".

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2017, the bank was converted from its National Charter to a Kansas state-chartered bank and renamed Heartland Tri-State Bank. In 2019, it expanded by buying its fourth branch from a competitor.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

percent as of 2019 — PYMNTS’ 2019 numbers are historic, trailing 12-month numbers based on data from Q4 2018 through Q3 2019. percent as of 2019 data. Its curbside grocery-pickup program has been a breakout success for the company — and a main driver of its eCommerce growth during 2019. Webster added.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

That famous literary opener could apply to the mobile order-ahead (MOA) space in 2019. As city councils all over the nation get a hankering for MOA tax revenue, the category just keeps growing and evolving. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Tons of capital was raised and spent on new systems and processes.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

As far as made-up, non-holiday holidays go, you could probably do worse than National Burrito Day , which takes place on Thursday (April 4). The QSR plans to open up to 155 new restaurants in 2019, part of a push to solve what Niccol called the “No. A “few dozen more” such lanes in 2019.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Comparing it favorably to the first half of 2019, Feedzai says it closed deals in the U.S., one of the biggest payments processors in the world, one of the top 3 banks in Brazil, one of the big four banks in Australia, the largest national card processor in Europe, and several others),” according to the release.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Staff and customers’ safety is our first priority and we have comprehensive, precautious measures being implemented to all restaurant operations and office staff.”. The virus — a genetic cousin of the SARS virus— comes at a time when 7 million Chinese tourists travel abroad during the Lunar New Year holiday in 2019.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

trillion in 2019. 55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators. Bus company National Express registered a 185 percent rise in reservations for spring and summer trips in contrast to reservations made during the same timeframe last year. FDI dropped to $859 billion in 2020 from $1.5

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MAY 22, 2020

The measure limits independent contractors and the self-employed to borrow up to two months of their pay based on their 2019 income tax return or $15,385, whichever is less, toward forgiveness. If they can’t convince the SBA they met those requirements, borrowers have two years to repay it at a 1 percent interest rate.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

More than 100,000 eateries — or about one in six restaurants nationwide — have closed due to the pandemic, according to National Restaurant Association estimates. More than $134 million was lost to such scams in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while $117 million was lost to them during the first half of 2020 alone.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Right now the economy is gradually returning to normal, but more support is still needed (given) small and micro-sized enterprises’ production and operations face unique challenges,” the government statement said, according to CNBC’s translation of the text. percent growth between Q4 2019 and Q4 2021, followed by Indonesia (1.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In Los Angeles, a widespread glut of shipments has slowed down operations at the nation's busiest container port complex, the Port of Los Angeles , according to CNBC. In November, the port logged 890,000 20-foot-equivalent units of shipments, a 22 percent increase from the same month in 2019.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

In other nations, it’s a smaller percentage because we have less penetration, but 10 percent is a great mark for us.”. Our multi-year plan is to keep significantly growing our content while increasing our revenue faster to expand our operating margins,” Netflix said as part of its financials on Thursday. percent — down from 7.5

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MARCH 15, 2019

The publication pointed to Goldman Sachs as the latest FI giant to grow operations in Mexico, after it provided a $100 million credit facility to Credijusto, a FinTech startup that makes three-year loans to small businesses. The nation’s FinTech landscape “is significantly less crowded in Mexico than it is in the U.S.,”

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JUNE 30, 2020

Microsoft reported that digital currency mining encounters dropped 40 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to a report. The operation was conducted against two distinct groups of criminals. The move comes as the institutions aims to defend against efforts to avoid hyperinflation in the nation.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Talk of a venture capital plummet continues to grow, particularly in Europe, where new data from Consultancy Europe revealed that the number of venture capital deals for startups across the continent has declined every quarter since Q1 2019. also participated. One of the largest investment rounds this week landed at U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Merchants looking to expand their operations at home and abroad must be able to support their customers’ preferred payment methods, but doing so is no easy feat. percent year-over-year increase since 2019. eBay On The Importance Of Streamlining International Payments Operations. Around The Payments Orchestration Ecosystem.

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JULY 27, 2020

comparable sales rose 16 percent for its fiscal second quarter that ended June 14, compared to just a 3 percent gain in the same 2019 period. It was ingrained not just in their operations, either, but in core consumer behavior as well. More pizza stores also opened in 2019, with the industry totaling 77,724 units – up 1.34

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Westernunion.com is now available in 70 nations and represented 13 percent of total C2C revenue. We remain on track to deliver on our 2019 outlook, excluding the costs related to the operating model changes we announced today,” President and CEO Hikmet Ersek said of the result. It now expects earnings per share of $2.47

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

million at the conclusion of Q2 2019. Each of the retailer’s retail locations in Europe, North America and select Asia Pacific nations were shuttered for a time in Q1. It also reported an operating margin of 13.8 percent, marking a fall of 520 basis points from Q2 2019. Lululemon reported 54.2 million for Q2 2020.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

But all in, Gap Global’s net sales dropped 14 percent year over year, with comparable sales for the brand falling 5 percent from Q3 2019. billion at Q3 2019’s end. Management added that Gap ended the latest quarter with 3,785 retail locations in 43 nations, including 3,178 company-operated stores. billion in net sales.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. The report relays a series of anecdotes, such as Ponzi schemes and other fraudulent methods , and points out that in 2019, over $4.5 That’s according to the U.S.

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Abrigo

JULY 28, 2021

How the pandemic affected the allowance under the two models Abrigo analyzed proprietary loan-level data from FIs operating under the two different models and found contrasting stories of how reserve and provision levels progressed after the pandemic began. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Kickstart your. Register Now.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. In fact, by 2030, the National Restaurant Association expects that technology could completely change the face of dining.

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MARCH 17, 2020

percentage points between 2018 and 2019 — from 17.3 percent between 2018 and 2019.”. percent of CU members would consider using challenger banks if they were operated by national banks, and 16.4 percent would consider using hypothetical options operated by technology giants like Google or Apple.” “Only 13.4

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

These types of payment flows made up 5 percent or more of the gross domestic product (GDP) for 66 countries in 2019, reaching as high as 20 percent of GDP in nations like Haiti and Nepal. . Another study found that the number of correspondent banking relationships in existence worldwide had dropped 22 percent from 2011 to 2019. .

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JUNE 17, 2020

The United Nations said in January that it had evidence of bin Salman’s involvement in that plot, which Saudi Arabia called “absurd,” according to Reuters. Bin Salman denied the claim, saying it was rogue operators who committed the crime. Bezos said leaked texts between him and a girlfriend, done by a U.S.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The company already operates in Pakistan and plans to roll out in India later this year. JUMO currently has operations in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania, where it works with telecoms and financial services firms to provide savings, lending and insurance services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The nation continues to push against cash in favor of digital payments, while both the government and private sector continue to fuel FinTech innovation. It hasn’t been easy for the nation’s small businesses, however. “Where there were 15 workers before, now there are three. Soon, we might have to ask them to go home.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

That represents an installed base, technologically speaking, that is ready to embrace new offerings across the operating system. Google said at the end of last year that it had tripled its user count in India through September 2019 on a trailing 12 month basis, to 67 million individuals, up from 22 million. percent sequentially.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

FIS and Worldpay combined in mid-2019, Fiserv and First Data combined shortly thereafter and Worldline SA purchased Ingenico earlier this year. He said that traditional banks operate one step removed from the data hub that is the point-of-sale transaction. It’s just the latest in a series of mega-mergers seen throughout the industry.

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