PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

The specification works between all NFC-enabled devices , including smartphones, readers and tags. With almost two billion NFC-enabled devices in use today, the majority of smartphone users around the world have NFC technology as a standard feature in the palm of their hand.”.

Communication 55

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

The price tags attached to the deals were reported as $3.7 billion and $470 million, respectively. Such transactions have been reported to be preconditions of the deal. billion bid takes its place behind the roughly $10 billion bid seen when Vantiv moved to acquire Worldpay.

Sales 43

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In sound-based payments (done in the modern age), sound waves transmit payments data and do not need to rely on the vagaries of the physical environment — such as smartphones or even electricity — that set the stage for other types of contactless transactions. The latter will deploy sound-based contactless payments.

Communication 60

Communication Transportation Retail B2B 60

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

14) that German retailer Metro AG is looking to offload its Real hypermarkets via sale, and the firm, said Reuters , “remains confident” of a transaction. And to get a sense of the competitiveness of the German market, consider the fact that Walmart lost $1 billion there more than a decade ago, selling its stores to Metro.

eCommerce 55

eCommerce Sales Retail Marketing 55

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For example, a company could program the platform to display product care information when customers use their smartphones to engage with the near-field communication (NFC) tag or code on the package. Companies can also get — and provide — important information when customers scan a product’s code or engage with its RFID tag.

Retail 62

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. billion , marking a 73 percent increase over the firm’s estimated average for the previous five years.

Retail 86

Retail Auditing eCommerce Forecasting 86

CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 26, 2021

A mid-sized business ranges from having 24 to 50 employees, with revenue between $10 million – $1 billion. We know, however, that hiring a full-time CFO can come with a hefty price tag. A part-time outsourced CFO provides the strategy of a C-Suite member without the price tag. . What is a Mid-Sized Business? Controller.

Finance 52

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The changes, which are to be implemented in 2019 and 2020, would expand the daily time limit for submitting transactions to the network, make funds for some Same Day and next-day ACH transactions available more quickly, and increase the dollar limit on Same Day ACH transactions. USD) per transaction.

Education 53

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Yet the image of the kiosk is unblemished, as self-service is in high demand and expected to be a $31 billion tech market within four years. Domino’s has GPS tagged 400 U.S. That’s doubly true at a time of fast-paced technological change like we’re experiencing now.

Technology 52

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Reports Wednesday (May 10) said Moneycorp has agreed to acquire Commonwealth FX, though the companies did not disclose the price tag of the deal, but did say that it would finance it by paying 20 percent using cash on hand. and facilitates more than $3 billion in cross-border payments. million in value, according to reports.

Foreign Exchange 43

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

billion deal to merge with Vantiv sets the stage for a cross-border deal that is truly cross border, crossing oceans and the Rubicon that is Brexit. In the payments realm there’s been a bit of focus on the Alipay for MoneyGram deal, with its regulatory oversight of a transaction that would be truly global in scope.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. iPhones can read a near-field communication (NFC) tag that is specially encoded to display an interface for an Apple Pay purchase when a user holds a device near it. And tech companies are already working with retailers on payments innovation.

Entertainment 44

Entertainment Retail Technology Communication 44

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Synthetic fraud is a brave new frontier in bilking billions, as commerce goes increasingly online. Merchants, lenders and banks never see the person on the other side of the transaction, and proving that someone is, well, legitimate is becoming more difficult. To fight a battle, it helps to know a bit about the opponent.

Construction 73

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The site hosts over 175 billion pins on over 3 billion boards. Specifically built for interior design and fashion items, the new tools will offer shoppers a shopping shortcut through stylistically similar items that can be accessed by long holding on an item’s price tag.

Advertising 67

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

billion per year to fake online sales. These authentication checks must be quick, though, as customers, especially younger ones, have come to expect seamless transactions and fast delivery. According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. Globally, the industry loses $30.3

Sales 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Research published in The Harvard Business Review in September 2016 predicted that this ability to “reshape retail” would power as much as $30 billion in AR and VR investments from retailers by the end of the decade. It also increases the overall transaction size, which, in turn, increases on overall sales.”.

Retail 41

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

To achieve this, Ripple is placing its bets on XRP, a digital currency that the firm argues will be instrumental as a bridge asset to facilitate interbank transactions. The Price Tag. What all of this amounts to is billions of dollars saved among financial institutions, Ripple argued.

Currencies 46

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2017

per share in cash, a $1 billion bid. For Ant Financial, the buy impetus may come down to the desire to expand beyond China geographically, which is no surprise given the slowing of that country’s once white-hot GDP growth (and with GDP growth comes the desire to spend more and transact more, and thus a clear benefit accrues to Ant).

Treasury 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

billion due to fraud in 2016, and a significant portion of that stems from chargeback fraud. ” The impact of chargeback fraud and other transaction-related fraud — like account takeovers or payments fraud — on the bottom line is clear. Researchers estimate U.S. eCommerce companies lost $6.7 Facebook recently came close, though.

Securities 44

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Nearly $4 billion of investment activity led the week that ended July 8, with a continuing trend of outsized deals tipping the scales at a few billion dollars, followed up by a series of smaller transactions. billion price tag represents a hefty profit for Apax, which bought Epicor for $1 billion.
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Investments 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The top line, of course, was the announcement that FIS would acquire Worldpay in a deal worth roughly $35 billion. The deal values Worldpay at about $43 billion, including the assumption of Worldpay, debt that FIS said it plans to refinance.

Reconciliations 50

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

startups grabbed $1 billion in the first quarter of 2017, which is a pretty nifty sum when on the heels of Brexit, which took many by surprise and, in fact, is above the tally raised in each of the previous three quarters. billion in funding, the biggest capital raise for a tech co. VentureBeat has said that U.K.

Retail 40

Retail Sales Startups Technology 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

The site is not transactional; it is not a place to shop, so much as a place to look and be exposed to innovative ideas and furnishings. And, generally speaking, they’re buying big — in terms of both the number of items they buy and the price tags on those items. The Resetting Retail Landscape.

eCommerce 56

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

billion price tag, led U.K The two companies recently joined forces to extend their presence in 15 countries with over €1 billion in annual processing value. In Europe, for instance, EMV transactions are packaged together with PIN security. The massive payment infrastructure overhaul, which came with an estimated $8.65

Benchmarking 41

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. So these aren’t big funds in the scheme of things when you have other firms that raised $3 billion. $8 8 billion, $15 billion per fund. I had just finished another project I was been working on. WENGER: Yeah. RITHOLTZ: Just in the U.S.

Valuation 117

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The ongoing pandemic is also changing the status quo regarding cash flows and placing greater emphasis on quick transactions. Checks are cumbersome and costly for businesses and FIs, with a price tag of about $8 to $10 per processed check, and they can take up to 15 days to process. billion in 2018 compared to $8.5

Treasury 76

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Square 's Cash App has a new feature letting customers get bitcoin back with any transaction, CoinDesk reported. currency back with their transactions, according to the report. billion in bitcoin revenue from Cash App in its third quarter earnings. Previously Cash App only allowed clients to get U.S.

Advertising 64

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

What do you recall from that fairly substantial, back then, a billion dollar acquisition was not nothing. billion, is that about right? And the other big one that was exciting for us was Clarion Partners, which now is an $82 billion, I think they were probably 45 at the time, $45 billion, real estate manager.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

For those who see Libra as the hero — where an alternative currency takes root and challenges central bank fiat, gains acceptance, promotes financial inclusion for more than a billion people — this past week’s event means that the Libra Association will live to fight another day. billion individuals targeted by the association.

Currencies 43

Currencies Nonprofit Banking Securities 43

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. That is up from roughly $50 billion at present, with an estimated 175 million individuals shopping online in 2020. The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S.

eCommerce 70

eCommerce Banking Sales Retail 70

PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Being a startup we have been able to do this by using clever technology to provide a high-quality laundry service without the associated price tag. The merger comes as the European on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning market is estimated to be worth around €20 billion per year.

Startups 46

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

In almost four years, only Walmart Pay has managed to cross the 5 percent regular usage mark – and Walmart made it just barely over that line, with 6 percent of customers having used it on their last eligible transaction, according to the latest edition of the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet adoption figures.

Prioritization 46

Prioritization Retail Securities Technology 46

Planful

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

WeWork expected to offer shares to the public at a $47 billion valuation. Also mention noteworthy events and transactions that you’re not required to disclose that still have a significant financial impact on the business. Valuations are a classic example of hole-filled financial reporting.

Financial Reporting 40

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Although the team over at Ava (the Tinder of escort services) would probably like us to remind you that you can transact for a reasonably good facsimile of that on their platform, the real deal is not for sale but is a gift that can be given — but not bought. Love truly has no price tag. billion in 2017 splurging on their loved ones.

Retail 47

Retail Sales Manufacturing eCommerce 47

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2016

The move comes shortly after Uber announced its newest milestone in July: 2 billion trips completed through its app. That comes just just six months after completing its first billion rides. And hotels weren’t alone — retail outfitter for outdoor adventures Eddie Bauer also got tagged in a breach last week. Twenty U.S.

Accounting 40

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2017

billion deal is being refiled with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is the government entity that is charged with reviewing cross-border deals where U.S. billion price tag. That compares with a total tally for 2013 of fewer than 100 transactions. authorities for review.

Securities 40

Securities Investments 40

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But an hour into the walk after I’ve discovered that Forbes has decided he’s worth 22 and half billion dollars, he’s kind of bemused by his whole situation. He’s gone from zero to 22 and a half billion in 18 months. Can I just tag along? He acquired 22 and a $5 billion in a flash.

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