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JANUARY 19, 2017

The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion. Trade finance, for instance, could see up to $17 billion in new value by integrating blockchain, while cross-border B2B payments could see even more: up to an estimated $60 billion, the report found.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Turns out, too, that the famed iOS ecosystem is not the lure that it may be in other parts of the world, as The Wall Street Journal noted that many consumers prefer to spend their time in the confines of other ecosystems that span social media, payments and, of course, any other number of applications, notably WeChat.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Getting the week off with a bit of a bang, it looks like some European payments power players are joining up to take on the market. According to reports, Swedish payment start-up Klarna has confirmed that it has acquired German payments firm BillPay. We are excited to be working with BillPay and their talented team in Berlin.

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JUNE 13, 2018

New data from Greenwich Associates put a price tag on that effort: According to Bloomberg reports Tuesday (June 12), the financial services market spends an estimated $1.7 SWIFT, a payments messaging company, has introduced its Global Payments Innovation (GPI) initiative to boost innovation in global payments.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

One quote in the book that is particularly relevant to one of the hottest topics in payments today goes like this: “ Comfort is the enemy of progress.”. Inertia can be the death knell of any innovation – and in payments, it’s the proverbial showstopper. In business, comfort is commonly referred to as inertia.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The latest research puts a price tag on the finances of better procurement, banking, cash management and innovation among small and medium-sized businesses. billion wasted in Australia due to SME banking “red tape,” says payments company Tyro. But it may be more effective to actually show how much money can be saved.

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MARCH 16, 2017

based payments startup that enables financial service developers to create cross-border payment tools and services. The end products will likely be comprised of cheaper component parts to bring the price tag down. among others. Speaking of global expansion — on the consumer products end, Alphabet Inc.’s

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Alternative lending, eProcurement and cross-border payments innovators all saw impressive activity (though several funding values remained private), and one single startup raised $165 million — more than the rest of the eight other funding rounds this week combined. Crossflow Payments. Cross-Border Payments.

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