PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Whether in Australia, India, Europe or the United States, mobile phones aren’t just driving interconnectivity, but are the key channel driving innovation in payments and commerce. Payments landscapes in different regions can vary greatly, and to succeed, businesses need to know the ropes.

Innovation 190

Innovation Report Payments Mobile 190

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

these programs appear to have remained the same in most markets. and Europe, where open banking and digital banking have gained traction, we are making progress in the region,” said Evans Munyuki, chief digital officer for Dubai FI Emirates NBD. FIs have long been the dominant players in the financial market. Similar to the U.K.

Innovation 245

Innovation Regulation Digital Banking Security 245

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Never before have we faced a scenario in which our clients, the market infrastructure, our vendors and all of our own teams are operating in a sustained contingency mode. Never before have we faced a scenario in which our clients, the market infrastructure, our vendors and all of our own teams are operating in a sustained contingency mode.

Innovation 275

Innovation Operations Trends Payments 275

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

The legal cannabis market’s financial services challenges are, by now, well-known. Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses. But current legacy rails can make this difficult.

Innovation 210

Innovation Payments Tools Compliance 210

Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2019

The region, which includes countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, among others, is a widely under-banked market. Fintech in Southeast Asia is reaching new records for both deals and funding. One of the reasons for this rise may be, perhaps surprisingly, the ride-hailing business.

Fintech 210

Fintech Marketing Regional Report 210

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Providing onboarding services in the Latin American market is both an exciting opportunity and a challenging one. If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation.

Innovation 161

Innovation Payments Regional America 161

Perficient

AUGUST 4, 2023

In today’s rapidly advancing technology landscape, businesses face a profound revolution in operations, customer interactions, and innovative endeavors. The report offers an in-depth overview of 38 digital transformation service providers, offering valuable insights into the market landscape.

Digital Strategies 419

Digital Strategies Strategy Report Customer Experience 419

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Challenges. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. and Europe, which are often left to take lessons from payment advances in the Asia-Pacific region. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from?

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Industry Study 177

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. In a press release , Tala said the undisclosed investment from PayPal will help the company bring visibility and access to underserved regions in emerging markets across the world. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

Lending 193

Lending Company Marketing Regional 193

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

Innovation 178

Innovation Fintech Video Payments 178

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Adeeb Ahamed, managing director of LuLu Financial Group , which is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, said the collaboration with MoneyGram “will revolutionize” how remittances are handled in the Asia-Pacific region, “changing the way people approach digital transactions.”. ” Launched in 2009, Lulu Money has five million users processing 1.1

Regional 250

Regional cryptocurrency System National 250

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Niklas Östberg , CEO and co-founder of Delivery Hero, said in a prepared statement: "Latin America is a region with exceptional growth potential for online delivery. They have everything it takes to go on and become the leading player in the region.". million active customers.

Regional 248

Regional America Operations US 248

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With the acquisition, Visa hopes to boost its 'network of networks' strategy, reducing the time to market and costs for issuers and processors who need to access innovative operating solutions, the release says.

America 297

America Innovation Strategy Regional 297

Perficient

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With new risks, shifting market dynamics, and the unstoppable march of technology, the insurance industry finds itself at a crossroads. Perficient’s insurance experts, who were interviewed for this report, echo this sentiment, emphasizing the need for insurers to embrace innovation to stay relevant.

Innovation 251

Innovation Regional Strategy Trends 251

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has appointed Goldman Sachs alum Robin Vince as its new vice chair and CEO of global market infrastructure as of Oct. In his new position, Vince will oversee BNY Mellon's Clearance and Collateral Management, Treasury Services, Markets and Pershing businesses, the release says.

Marketing 175

Marketing New York Regional Operations 175

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

The question for the 2020s, and the focus of her remarks at the big show in New York last week, is about innovations itself — what is truly leading in innovation and what constitutes being a laggard? The latter is innovative; the former is, well, just a tweak. Testing Innovation . The answer, she noted, is complex.

Retail 168

Retail Innovation Data New York 168

Perficient

MARCH 4, 2021

Louis region by creating ways for people to give locally and sustainably, creating a safe and easy way for charities to raise money. READ MORE: Perficient Crosses $100,000 Milestone with Make-A-Wish Foundation Contributions. Each month, a raffle will benefit a different St. Louis area charity: Youth in Need.

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St. Louis Community Missouri Leadership 511

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Determining how to bridge that awareness divide and build out instant payments at speed might require these entities to look outside of their own markets, such as toward regions like the Nordics where instant payment solutions and usage has been s teadily gaining ground. Around The Disbursements World. Ninety percent of U.S.

Payments 246

Payments Regional Study Examples 246

Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial is planning to raise about $1 billion for a fund that will invest in startups from Southeast Asia to India and help strengthen its foothold in fast-growing mobile internet markets, a person familiar with the matter said.

Regional 259

Regional Mobile Marketing Company 259

Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Banks and other FIs pulled out all the stops in 2018 to make commercials and marketing videos that would leave an impression on customers. Sad dogs, star power and talking goats. Here are five that caught our attention this year, in no particular order. These videos were selected by editors’ choice. We’ll lead with the […].

Video 199

Video Marketing Regional 199

PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

As data security and transparency become greater concerns across a number of markets, some services are already working to confront the challenges. In India, Google Pay is up against t he New Delhi High Court over its operations in the region, facing a debate over how the payment service should be regulated.

Marketing 179

Marketing Regulation Case Study Security 179

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

The market for wearable tech that monitors everything from your heartbeat to your blood sugar is booming, and caregivers are receiving previously unseen insight into the everyday health of their patients. percent until 2013.

Innovation 163

Innovation Payments Trends Technology 163

PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2020

According to various embodiments, cash may be removed from the markets in a frictionless manner and the payment ecosystem may be improved.”. A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. A central entity may be associated with a government of such a region.”.

System 320

System blockchain Regional Security 320

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Despite the pandemic, venture capital dollars are flowing freely to nascent firms in Asia that are tackling the need for contactless interactions and platforms that match supply and demand — setting the stage for innovation on the other side of the public health crisis. Many of them are government, corporate or university led, Dixon said.

Capital 298

Capital Regional United States Meeting 298

Bank Innovation

APRIL 23, 2019

With the majority of the region's debt collection being handled by small, provincial agencies, the process in Southeast Asian markets is still mostly manual. Digital debt collector AsiaCollect is hoping to change that.

Regional 236

Regional Fintech Marketing Operations 236

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Want to understand payments innovation in Latin America ? One may indeed be a bit hungrier than before, but according to what NovoPayment CEO Anabel P é rez told Karen Webster during a recent PYMNTS interview, they can now understand one of the fundamentals of innovation in Latin America. Latin American Progress. Front Row Seat.

Fintech 179

Fintech Payments America Innovation 179

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

I would rather grow the market than just try to take everything,” the executive said. Jumia is reportedly viewed as an innovator in eCommerce in sub-Saharan Africa. The geographic region is behind the globe because of hurdles like inconsistent addresses and links to the web that are not strong.

Regional 253

Regional Online Innovation Marketing 253

Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

European banks are in the midst of a ‘perfect storm’ of negative interest rates, regulatory pressures and market disruption, and are in search of new sources of value. At the same time, virtual accounts can be used in new ways to power innovation and new business model propositions (e.g.

Management 204

Management Innovation Taxes Marketing 204

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

And in bank regulation, open banking is developing at a fast clip in Brazil, while the pandemic may have sped up the digital banking shift in many markets beyond the region. All this, Today in Data. Data: . 1,495: Sale price of Liteboxer’s connected fitness equipment. 23%: Share of U.S.

Innovation 130

Innovation Regional Data Digital Banking 130

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). Based in Norway, Scotland and Singapore, EedenBull calls itself a “technology-agnostic innovation company built by banking, payment and technology professionals.”.

Fintech 248

Fintech Cards Management Regional 248

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Major Nordic banks are coming together to explore the possibility of a regional cross-border payment infrastructure between the different Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. In a statement released by the banks today: The Nordic payment markets are among […].

Regional 223

Regional Groups Payments Marketing 223

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

European challenger banks like Monzo and N26 are expanding to new markets and an increasing number of other financial players are launching suites of products and services designed to entice customers away from their traditional financial institutions (FIs). For more on these stories, visit the Tracker’s News and Trends. About the Tracker.

Trends 194

Trends Digital Banking Innovation Regional 194

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Despite a challenging 2020, we have shown our mettle, turning challenges into growth opportunities with agility and constant innovation,” Klook Co-Founder and CEO Ethan Lin said in the release. Since Day One, Klook has been working closely with our merchants, both big and small, to identify common pain points that we can solve together.

Capital 241

Capital Maine Regional Innovation 241

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., as well as the launch of the Flex by Finaxar initiative from Finaxar.

Cards 130

Cards Innovation Management Fraud 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Among the most recent headlines, in Asia this past week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), that Business Times said will boost partnerships on FinTech and financial services innovation. The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets.

Fintech 211

Fintech San Francisco National Innovation 211

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This transaction brings together Uber’s global leadership and technical expertise with Careem’s regional technology infrastructure and proven ability to develop innovative local solutions,” Uber said in a statement to the news outlet. Careem has 33 million customers and 1.2

Regional 188

Regional Leadership Innovation Operations 188

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

That’s the big message being sent throughout the payments world as PSD2 and other FinTech efforts spark innovation and give consumers, companies and other organizations more methods to pay — methods that better match the preferences of those participants, payments that feature more speed and less friction than was often the case before.

Payments 209

Payments Innovation Fintech Cards 209