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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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The Raast system was also supported by the World Bank, Britain and the United Nations. The app, called TAG, will work to provide assistance for the 100 million Pakistan adults who are unbanked. One goal for the company, according to Reuters, is to boost the role of women in the formal economy.

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Amazon Launches First Pop-Up Store In Spain

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Similar stores will open in Italy, Germany and Britain, an Amazon spokeswoman said. Interestingly, though, there are no price tags. Amazon has opened its first pop-up store in Spain, selling everything from electronic goods to video games to clothing. And earlier this year, Amazon opened an Amazon Books location in Washington D.C.

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In Wake of Vantiv for Worldpay, Europe Beckons?

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The company has some enviable market share in its home base of Britain, where it processes about 40 percent of all retail transactions, The New York Times reported Wednesday – and in total processes about 36 million transactions daily. For Vantiv there is value in going beyond the United States, boosting footprint and gaining scale.

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker

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The purpose is to crack down on fake accounts by preventing other users from downloading, sharing, tagging, or screen-shotting a person’s profile picture. Amazon’s Dash Button can now be used to order Heineken beer , at least for users living in Britain.

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Transcript: Angus Deaton

Barry Ritholtz

I remember reading the Princeton studies and international finance, which seemed to me very interesting at the time I had met Fritz Mope who was at Princeton when I was still in Britain, for instance. 00:13:07 [Speaker Changed] They were then for sure in Britain in those days, pretty much all professors were paid the same. Absolutely.