PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The cash flow challenges for small businesses have been in place for a while, in Latin America since well before the pandemic took root. And in an interview with PYMNTS, Jacob Shoihet , co-founder and CEO of the online financing platform Marco Financial , said the problem is particularly acute for exporters. “In

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Cross-border online payment service provider PrimeiroPay is partnering with Visa payment management platform CyberSource to open high-growth Latin America markets to merchants seeking access to those regions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems. This means the crisis may have large-scale effects on how open banking develops in Latin America. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Chaves also said the company will earmark a percentage of the proceeds to accelerate financial inclusion in the region. Founded in 1999, based in Argentina and registered in the United States, MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform and digital payment solution that operates across Latin America. 7 and are due in 2031, Bloomberg said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Latin America is becoming a new weak spot for Uber, showing a 2 percent growth, the lowest of any region for the ride-hailing company, Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. Increased competition in Latin America, mainly from the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, is being blamed for Uber’s growth slowdown in that region.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Ruben Salazar , Visa’s senior vice president and head of product and solutions for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sergio Arana , novae’s founder and CEO, said points have a tendency to sit under-utilized by consumers, who often forget the programs even exist. They agreed that the trouble involves fragmentation and accessibility.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

MercadoLibre , which operates platforms for buying and selling goods across Central and South America, is eyeing an investment in Brazil next year that would be even bigger than its $716 million investment this year, Bloomberg reported. So, in the region there is an inequality in terms of the acceptance and regulation of open banking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

“With so many retail stores closing, they need to be able to provide a way to sell D2C wherever those consumers are online.”. As more brands embrace eCommerce, he added, joining online platforms solves only some of the challenges of international, cross-border efforts — namely, setting up digital storefronts and reaching consumers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The sizable rise of international coverage will encompass nations throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. In one case, a Germany-based online shopping upstart could provide fast and dependable payments to a Bangladesh factory, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Digital payments firm PayPal is turning to Latin America to strengthen its position in the eCommerce payments and remittance arenas. PayPal is also expanding Xoom — its online money transfer service — to power remittances paid into Mercado Pago wallets in Mexico and Brazil, he added. ” The Latin America Market Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. Open Banking And Digital Readiness.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing. Similarities To The EU.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

That included more than 100 percent digital sales growth in North America. The CEO added that Nike’s digital engagement goes beyond merely selling products online. That helped Nike’s total online and offline fiscal Q2 revenues in the China region grow by 24 percent vs. just a 1 percent gain for North America.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Latin America is a land of opportunity, but it also presents challenges that demand an on-the-ground understanding of commerce and transacting within the various countries and cultures that it comprises. Another key factor is that over 60 percent of eCommerce in Latin America is done via installments. “If

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

“Now more than ever, people are counting on technology to help them make contactless payments, shop, and manage their finances without leaving the house,” said Sang Ahn, vice president and GM of Samsung Pay’s North America service business, in a statement. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami. Fraud is a Top Worry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

A new report by FedEx Business Insights published this month in the form of an online video finds that SMEs are quite optimistic about their futures as they look to grow via cross-border trade.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The company is reportedly in talks with online used car site Kavak and FinTech Konfio, which aids small businesses in getting loans. . Kavak CEO Carlos Garcia told the news outlet that SoftBank has been meeting with a lot of startups in the Latin American region. . “We SoftBank is working to change that.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Digital payments firm PayPal is turning to Latin America to strengthen its position in the eCommerce payments and remittance arenas. PayPal is also expanding Xoom, its online money transfer service, to power remittances paid into Mercado Pago wallets in Mexico and Brazil, he added. ” The Latin America Market Opportunity.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2017

Banks like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo are announcing new mobile features and adding new mobile users every day, but mobile can be a challenge for smaller banks that don’t have the resources of a Wells or Chase. It’s almost impossible for us to stay anywhere near-competitive,” Kevin Karrels, […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Today, the 5G debut appears to be in better shape in Europe, with China’s deployment on track, the online news service said. He acknowledged there had been minor delays in 5G deployments in some regions, but in the U.S. Ericsson and Nokia, two of the three major network providers alongside Huawei, also warned of delays, The Verge said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2018

Koksie said the bulk of activity took place in North America, which saw $120 billion in transaction volume and $1.2 Latin America and Europe, Africa and the Middle East saw much less activity overall, but similar proportions of attempted fraud, Koksie said. In Mexico , for instance, consumers want the online experience that U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Facebook is intensifying its push into eCommerce as demand grows for online shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic. The social media giant is launching an initiative aimed at startups interested in helping build out its online marketplace. On Monday (Aug. On Monday (Aug. The application period, which kicked off on Monday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard is teaming up with FinTech startup Juvo to help the “underbanked” in Latin America and the Caribbean to build credit histories so they can engage in a wider range of financial services. Mastercard plans to take Juvo’s platform to financial institutions (FIs) across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Seamless customer experiences are essential because consumers that face onboarding strains are likely to seek services elsewhere, Rodrigo Rodríguez , assortment and merchandising regional manager for Latin American eCommerce marketplace Linio , explained in a recent PYMNTS interview.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

There has been a lot of interest from China toward the Latin American region, with companies like Didi Chuxing , Huawei and Baidu all looking for investments in the area. It’s about learning from their experience in China and in other Asian markets to inform our Latin America strategy,” Barbieri told Reuters.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

But there’s another driving motivator behind the growth of the global freelancing economy, according to Payoneer Vice President Americas, Regional Head, SMB Iain McNicoll , and Vice President, Regional Head, South East Asia Miguel Warren.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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MAY 15, 2019

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 14, 2021

Bank of America ranks highest in banking mobile app satisfaction, reports JD Power Retail Banking Feature Lines of Business Technology Mobile Online Tech Management Feature3 Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

When consumers make a purchase online or through a mobile app, they expect the process to be simple and secure. While eCommerce may not be a new phenomenon, online and mobile sales continue to grow on an international scale, particularly in developing regions as internet connectivity and mobile usage improves.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

In an interview with PYMNTS, Rohit Arora, chief executive officer of Biz2Credit, stated that the digital platform and online lending applications are conducive to a mobile-centric interaction between Oriental Bank and smaller businesses.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The mom-and-pop shops, independent proprietorships and independently owned restaurants, cafes and coffee shops that line Main Streets all over America have found themselves pushed to the brink – and are nervous about the prospect of their continued survival. And SMBs plan to rely on digital more.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Farmers are increasingly turning to eCommerce to procure essential items, moving away from physical stores and regional farming cooperatives. The Ottawa-based company and has created an online marketplace platform that automatically connects buyers and producers of grain — and investors have taken notice.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The integration will help to grow Esker’s order-to-cash (O2C) solution by allowing for secure online payment capabilities around the world. “As By enriching our O2C solution with online payment, we increase businesses’ operating efficiencies and help them get paid faster, particularly in the collections process.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Other, Individual presentations (with just three of the main markets noted below) delved into the market specific opportunities by region and country, detailing total addressable markets that stretch into the trillions of dollars. The truth is that we are just getting started with the electronification of payments in North America,” he said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Volanty, an online Brazilian used car market startup, raised 70 million reais ($17.6 SoftBank launched a $5 billion Latin America fund in March, the largest investment of venture capital funds the region has seen. Funds will also help existing portfolio companies expand in Latin America.

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