PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. To that end, reports came this week that Germany has put a consultation and commentary period in place that will focus on blockchain, with a goal of having a strategy outlined by the summer, Reuters said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

To bring their merchandise in front of millions of shoppers through eCommerce, several Goodwill regions are teaming with mobile marketplace OfferUp. With the tie-up, the items are listed under handles for regional Goodwill locations. People who shop at Goodwill triple their impact.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

Home sales fell to a 10-year low in April as buying and selling have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). For the second consecutive month, each of the nation’s four regions saw sales dwindle in year-over-year sales, with the West seeing the greatest dip. million. “The

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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. Many nations in the region are thus examining their open banking proposals to ensure they address this behavior.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

While spending at QSRs is on the rise nationally, certain geographic regions appear to be more receptive than others to adopting mobile and connected ordering. In regions like the Midwest, Southwest and West, meanwhile, growth lags behind the country’s mean. About The Playbook .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Amid the headlines detailing the billions of dollars in money laundering done through conduits like Danske Bank and Deutsche Bank, among others, a report shows that the problem is a global one — and that it is getting worse. The Basel report notes that there is no country with a “zero” risk of such illegal activities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The central bank and several other commercial banks collaborated on a cross-border bank account offering that Pakistanis overseas can use to store rupees and foreign currencies as well as to pay bills and make other transactions in the nation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

18), the European Round Table for Industry ( ERT ), a Belgium-based advocacy group, wrote “Europe is lagging behind other world regions in the rollout of 5G, both the infrastructure and the capacity to offer commercial 5G services.”. 5G will be integral to the future of Europe’s digital infrastructure and resilience,” the report stated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

The July Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report examines how international eCommerce platforms work to create transaction experiences that are compelling and secure for users in each market they serve. Find more about these stories and the rest of the latest headlines in the Report. Get the full story in the Report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The shift could possibly cause payments to move underground and particularly impact nations that are dependent on remittances, Reuters reported. FSB Correspondent Banking Group Chair Alexander Karrer said, according to the report, “to be effective, these need to be implemented in practice by national authorities and banks.”.

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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.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The remittance firm said it has grown its real-time digital payout abilities in a move that encompasses billions of bank accounts in 100 nations. Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of YellowPepper, the Latin American FinTech, in the first arrangement of its kind by the financial company in the region. For international travelers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

A growing number of nations are looking to develop digital versions of their currencies, and now there might be regional initiatives taking shape to target the U.S. Instead, they’re now coalescing into potential regional projects. dollar’s supremacy on the global stage.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

They study demographics, regional characteristics, news events, and even online behaviors to craft scams that appear highly convincing. According to the FBI IC3 report, the top wire fraud typologies are: Phishing schemes : approximately 298,878 complaints annually Investment schemes : highest dollar loss at $4.6

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

According to reports in TahawulTech, the initiative marks Mastercard’s first national-scale blockchain project in the Middle East. As a technology company, Mastercard is proud to introduce the latest payment technologies to the region, which are helping to build the infrastructure for a smart economy.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Digital banking firm Emirates National Bank Dubai (Emirates NBD) has rolled out its new businessONLINE platform, a new omnichannel platform for small businesses, a report from NSBanking.com says. The report says businessONLINE will work to "provide an all encompassing set of trade finance, cash and liquidity management solutions.".

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. Its investment in Latin America this year will target eCommerce, healthcare, FinTech and other industries, as it looks at about 650 firms in the region. Freire added that Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico “are in the spotlight,” and there’s no “preset amount by nation.”.

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Abrigo

MARCH 27, 2025

Step 3: Align Q factors with risk categories To keep things structured, organize your qualitative factors into key categories: Economic environment National, regional, and local economic trends. Backing it up with data Use economic reports, industry benchmarks, and internal analyses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Two new reports show that the U.S. job market continued to slowly recover in September, although small businesses reported only small gains. The ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday (Sept. The new reports come just days before Friday’s planned release of the U.S. August’s report showed that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

These steps would allow much more rapid liquidation of an insurance policy, including a ‘disaster dividend,’ or a ‘harm’s way’ claim, which could be used to pay for evacuation-related expenses,” the agency stated in its latest National Advisory Draft Report to the FEMA Administrator.

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Abrigo

APRIL 24, 2025

During a recent Abrigo credit risk webinar , 51% of bank and credit union credit risk professionals responding to a poll reported an increase in problem loans over the last three months, and 42% said their borrowers are seeing declining economic conditions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

servers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The top court of the 28-nation bloc ruled the transfer of personal data to platforms in the U.S. s surveillance practices should put an end to storing personal information about Europeans, The Journal reported. including Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s s Google and Apple Inc.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

The country joins other nations that have offered supply chain insurance support, The New York Times reported. A government department, UK Export Finance , has grown the program to handle transactions with the European Union, Canada, New Zealand and Iceland, among other regions. Beyond the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

JPMorgan said it will to donate $50 million to groups and organizations that provide support and supplies to people affected by the coronavirus all over the world, according to a report by Reuters. . The bank plans to donate $2 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund run by the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? Nationally, the picture is a fine one. A recent data report culled from Sageworks Bank Information , a web-based data platform that includes financial and regulatory information on every U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As a mix of regional and national measures are put into place amid a “second wave” on the continent, governments throughout Europe have put forward more limitations to stem the proliferation of the coronavirus. Also, the Republic of Ireland will transition into “Level Five” limitations, ABC News reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Customers at Deutsche Bank ‘s Bangkok branch will soon have access to electronic payments via the bank’s PromptPay service, according to reports. PromptPay is operated by Thailand-based payments service provider National ITMX.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Thierry Breton, the European Union’s (EU) commissioner for internal market and services, said the 27-nation bloc is facing its most difficult challenge since it was founded in 1993, and stated that its nations should be a top priority for bailouts, the Associated Press reported. It could take 1.5 trillion euros (1.63

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

EedenBull , which works with payment and spend technology, has a new agreement with National Australia Bank (NAB) in which the bank will let its small- to medium-sized business (SMB) users access EedenBull’s payment and spend platform, according to a report from Finacial IT.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Uber Money teams are also located in Palo Alto, Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco tech centers, Livemint reported. Uber Money in India would be reportedly based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the real-time payment system of the National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI). of India (NPCI). Zomato was valued at $3.55

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Southeast Asia certainly has the population Amazon seeks in its international investments: The region is home to over 600 million consumers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

HSBC has issued its first yuan blockchain-based letter of credit transaction, Reuters reported. While the platform has predominately been used in individual pilot cases, Ajay Sharma, HSBC’s regional head of global trade and receivables finance for Asia-Pacific, said it is getting closer to full proposition.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

percent in the previous quarter, according to a report from real estate research firm Reis Inc. Higher end regional malls are helping to fuel the resurgence, as smaller retail space in community centers continue to decline. Retail mall vacancies fell to 7.8 percent in the third quarter, down from 7.9 Although there was an additional 2.53

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

A conflict between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman didn’t derail the eCommerce giant’s launch of its new website in Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported. The website is a re-branding of Middle Eastern eCommerce site Souq.com , which was acquired by Amazon in 2017, PYMNTS reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In addition, the report says, services that were once available only at branches, such as loan or credit card applications, are being moved to mobile apps and ATMs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To that end, Bloomberg reported at least some financial regulators from the European Union say there need to be strict controls governing central bank digital currencies in place — and Libra (among other private efforts) may present a threat to financial stability. Central bank digital coins on the Continent – but plenty of room for cash.

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