PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. The new initiative will include “concentrated investments that will focus on providing Black-owned businesses and Black people access to affordable financial tools and capital,” Mastercard said in a news release. We can and must do better.

Concentration 113

Concentration Economics Financial Systems Investments 113

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

In some cases, hit hard by the economic devastation of the pandemic, they may not have enough money in the proverbial till to issue a refund. Issuers may be eying the coming chargeback and dispute storm, but right now, said Quevedo, they’re concentrating on prioritizing claims processing. The Issuer Side Of The Equation.

Concentration 83

Concentration Prioritization Entertainment Banking 83

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

The most recent, and perhaps most telling, hints of nationalism-as-economic-policy came a few days ago, when a Hindu nationalist group described by Straits Times as being “close” to Modi’s government said that India should not push back those deadlines. Might the comments from the U.S. The jousting between China and the U.S.

eCommerce 75

eCommerce Concentration Economics Startups 75

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we take a look at Canada’s “economic powerhouse” and explore why Toronto may just be the next great tech startup creator. Toronto has one of the largest concentrations of financial services in the Americas. million as of 2016. The city’s GDP tops $304 billion.

Startups 53

Startups Concentration Communication Technology 53

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

This has given rise to certain questions, which range largely around concerns of concentration, need for competition, and the resultant impact on economic efficiency and financial stability,” the bank said. Among the dominant players: UPI, IMPS and others.

Concentration 62

Concentration Banking Leverage Economics 62

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

If you’ve got a undifferentiated, crappy retailer and you’re saying it’s going to have $5 of free cash flow in five years, and you’ve got Visa, MasterCard, most of the magnificent seven, and you say that’s $5, they’re not the same. Low price stock has historically had some very large concentrated positions.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Ten years after Visa and Mastercard launched, they had each licensed their tech to thousands of banks that had cards in the hands of millions of consumers, who were using them to buy things at millions of merchants. Ten years after PayPal launched, it was operating in 190 countries and had 60 million users.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85