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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Many of the region’s consumers remain unbanked or lack access to traditional banking products, but smartphone penetration is increasing, giving many individuals the ability to make online transactions via their mobile phones.

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JULY 21, 2020

The European Union’s financial authorities are monitoring how the pandemic may be affecting banks’ and FinTechs’ compliance with rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), for example.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

GDPR and PSD2 , California’s AB5 and similar legislation popping up around the world finds regulators putting eCommerce and FinTechs on a short leash, as economies wrestle with huge financial changes that happened seemingly overnight. As Chinese eCommerce sellers have found a vast market here, U.S. Let China Be China.

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JUNE 20, 2019

On Wednesday (June 20), Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that the country’s central bank has “significant input into the payments system,” which is the eCommerce system that Libra will affect. The Senate Banking Committee will hold a meeting in July to investigate Libra and its implications for the financial system.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The approval is part of the country’s decision to open its financial system, part of the “phase one” trade deal with the U.S. The company’s official explanation is an overcrowded and competitive eCommerce market. Judge Throws Out Bid By Uber, Postmates To Halt Gig Worker Law.

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MAY 29, 2019

The spokesperson told reporters that later in 2019 the startup will launch an eCommerce store on its app and provide members with access to insurance. It has morphed into a side gig for many of BalanceHero’s customers and an effective way to get the word out. Yoo said that round is slated to close in July.

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MARCH 9, 2020

The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on medical facilities, eCommerce retailers, technology and the economy as a whole. The eCommerce retailer told employees Sunday (March 8) that it would not count unpaid time off if they have to use it this month. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Ant was co-founded by billionaire Jack Ma, who also co-founded eCommerce giant Alibaba. Authorities want to overturn that model, due to what they say is potential for danger to the country’s financial system. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Ma criticized China’s risk-averse regulators and the global financial system in general as suffering from a “disease of the elderly,” arguing that they were strangling innovation.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global finance regulator, warned that the proliferation of eCommerce giants like Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba and Apple in the financial sector is expected to continue and will disrupt the industry, according to a report.

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MARCH 6, 2020

For digital payments, for eCommerce, when a bank gets interrupted … the impact is instantaneous and disruptive.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

PayPal takes its look and feel seriously, recently lodging a complaint against an Indian digital payment services and eCommerce company that it claimed looks too much like PayPal. Taking those notes out of the financial system represents an effort to stymie fraud efforts, corruption and what the site noted as “illegal cash holdings.”

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JUNE 18, 2018

Square and the New York State DFS share a vision of empowering people with greater access to the financial system, and today’s news is an important step in realizing that goal,” he said. According to a report in Reuters, Square is the ninth firm to get a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Singapore’s highly developed legal and financial systems are a draw for major companies, with the city also rising in importance as the future of Hong Kong hangs in the balance amid a crackdown on civil liberties in Beijing.

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JUNE 9, 2017

With eCommerce transactions moving at the speed of light, the ability to have transparency between parties is likely crucial to preventing security breaches. Blockchain could have an impact on the economy — is Russia leading the way with its current investments?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In a series of actions aimed at boosting liquidity (and, by extension, economic stability), China’s central bank has pumped money into the country’s financial system, which had been slowing markedly even before the pandemic. China may be about to find out.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The physical retailer is constrained by square footage, the hybrid retailer joining on an eCommerce platform less so, especially with the drop shipping. Wexler said that the largest players in the space, including Amazon, Alibaba and eBay, really dominate eCommerce.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Despite the dreams and expectations among all kinds of people during the rise of eCommerce and digital payments, cash isn’t really going away. For “people without disposable income, there is no rationale for them to be included in traditional financial systems,” he added.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

“By integrating CurrencyPay into the SmartEquip technology suite, processing payment will be easier than ever at all points of sale, including eCommerce, invoices and in-store transactions,” said Currency EVP Jered Takeuchi in a statement. Edenred Grows Payroll Card Presence. NY Labor Department Secures Payroll Card Win.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Founded in 2012, Honey has grown from an eCommerce price-tracking tool to an expanded suite of services that includes a shopping assistant and rewards program. Planes may fall out of the sky, the financial system may be crippled, the energy grid may go dark — actually, it’s likely that none of this will come to pass.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In the case of the former, there’s obviously a lot more risk to the individual and to the financial system. South of the border this past week, it was reported that in Mexico, that country’s antitrust agency is investigating the nation’s eCommerce market, amid concerns of monopolistic strategies that hurt smaller firms.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Through the creation of a new working group, the Financial System Council will look to develop laws and guidelines that will steer an increase in intermediaries that can support mobile-based cash management services to the public. Making Startups Thrive. The firm’s free mobile app recently saw a surge in U.S. downloads and hit No.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Digital payments firm PayPal is turning to Latin America to strengthen its position in the eCommerce payments and remittance arenas. ” PayPal’s expanded integration with MercadoLibre follows its strategic investment in the eCommerce conglomerate earlier this year. Today (Dec. In March, MercadoLibre announced a $1.85

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Digital payments firm PayPal is turning to Latin America to strengthen its position in the eCommerce payments and remittance arenas. ” PayPal’s expanded integration with Mercado Libre follows PayPal’s strategic investment in the eCommerce conglomerate earlier this year. In March, Mercado Libre announced a $1.85

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

News came this week that the Basel Committee has said in a paper that a “prudential” regulatory framework should be constructed by stakeholders — banks included — in a bid to address concerns over risks to the financial system. And the risks are there, and are far-reaching, as the paper noted.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

On the other hand, passwords are the most common authentication method used by financial services, eCommerce and healthcare companies, so this is what is familiar to consumers. In addition to AI, banks and fraudsters are using neural networks and other behavior-based learning systems to protect or breach financial systems.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Entrepreneurs may be able to get into new markets using these tactics, but the financial system is putting up significant barriers. Accountants must also incorporate digital payment mechanisms on eCommerce platforms. They have exorbitant bank fees, taxes, and transaction costs, making trading unfeasible.

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APRIL 12, 2016

So, no one would argue that having reliable tools by which to assess risk is not central to the financial system. So, a conversation about a well-run, consistently reliable system that assigns credit scores logically 100 percent of the time is not exactly going to be a barnburner.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But lest we rush by a bit too quickly, we have three interesting bits this week worth taking a closer look: the most successful day in eCommerce history happened last weekend, SWIFT shut the door on Ripple rumors and MoneyGram settled with the FTC. Some might call that scary. Singles Day $30B Bonanza. MoneyGram And The FTC Settle.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Yet, what’s amazing to me is that we are still, as an industry, talking about it — bitcoin, now crypto, blockchain — as if its potential to revolutionize our global financial system, and the way money moves between parties around the world, is just around the corner. But as the salvation of our global financial system, not even close.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Libra took the position that the financial system is broken and that the cross-border movement of money is too expensive and clunky. Except the global financial system isn’t broken – even though everyone agrees it could be better. Some innovators the world over are solving the real problems of these 1.5 So now what?

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MARCH 18, 2020

Whenever a seismic event comes on the scene, and threatens to swamp the financial system and the U.S. That sentiment was echoed, at least in part, Wednesday (March 18) in an op-ed that ran in the Financial Times , penned by Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, former heads of the U.S. This time is different, as the saying goes.

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