PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

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

Economics 95

Economics Banking 95

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This latest campaign targets gig economy drivers and follows Paytm’s re-signing of an exclusive payment partnership with Uber. . “We Our efforts are well-aligned with the government’s mission to ensure vehicles are equipped with toll tags,” said Satish Kumar Gupta, managing director of Paytm Payments Bank, in a statement.

Transportation 52

Transportation Banking Accounting Planning 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster in an interview that the pandemic and the rise of mobile infrastructure have set the stage to bring people living in developing and emerging economies into the digital realm. To that end, Amir Wain , CEO of i2c Inc. QR codes and even peer-t0-peer (P2P) options are gaining favor, especially for smaller retailers.

eCommerce 94

eCommerce Compliance Numbers Currencies 94

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets of hacking and phishing attempts by cybercriminals. Fed Data: US Economy Is Reopening, But Not Rebounding. economy is reopening, a rebound is still to come. While the U.S.

Economics 52

Economics Banking Investments Finance 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Ghana said in October that it was planning to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year, as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government has claimed that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020.

Currencies 53

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

20) that Google faces an antitrust suit from the Department of Justice — focused on the core search business — makes us wonder what, if anything, might happen to other business lines that, though nascent, represent bids to join and at the same time foster the connected economy. News Tuesday (Oct. Aiding SMBs . buy products) those efforts.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Banking eCommerce Numbers 52

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

The pie chart below, provides a measure of the gross domestic product of Russia and Ukraine, relative to the rest of the world: While Russia’s share of the global economy is small, it does have a significant standing in the natural resource space, as a leading producer and exporter of oil/gas, coal and nickel, among other commodities.

Economics 130

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

The house contains items that come with small wooden tags that printed with the hashtag #SHOPTOSTAY. If the traveler likes an item, they can scan a quick-response (QR) code on the tag and take the product when they leave. Travelers can book through homeshare booking channels such as Airbnb and VRBO.

Prioritization 51

Prioritization Sales Startups Retail 51

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Economy (Inspiring Trust In The New Digital Economy Report). In the Inspiring Trust In The New Digital Economy Report, PYMNTS surveyed 2,437 consumers to find out the 16 features key to gaining their trust and earning their business. Trackers and Reports. New Data: How Online Merchants Build Consumer Trust In The Digital 3.0

Banking 70

Banking Retail eCommerce Leverage 70

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

117 million | Value of investment activity in the Chinese economy this quarter to date, far below the roughly $540 million estimated for the same period last year, though there are still a few weeks left for it to catch up. Here are the numbers: $70 billion | Current valuation of Uber, a ridesharing company which has raised more than $11.5

Investments 53

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Ghana says it plans to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government claims that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020.

Leverage 42

Leverage Planning Technology Numbers 42

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 9, 2023

In this space, Hedge funds lag finance, which in turn lags the broader economy. economist at Morgan Stanley August 19, 2017 Dana Telsey of TAG Retail Group January 7, 2017 Bethany McLean on Enron and Wall Street’s PR Machine March 22, 2016 J.P.

Finance 61

Finance Investments Banking Retail 61

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But a new report from cloud accounting firm Sage has put a price tag on this burden: a whopping $600 billion for firms across the globe. Sage warned that the actual impact on the economy could be worse than what’s estimated. Manual processes are expensive for small businesses, in both time and money. Canada, U.K. Canada, U.K.

Profit and Loss 45

Profit and Loss Accounting Economics Invoicing 45

Simply Treasury

JUNE 3, 2021

The uncertainties surrounding the economy explain the difficulty in producing reliable and accurate forecasts. Tags: Treasurers’ key priorities / Treasury-On-Demand / Real-Time treasury / Digitization. In addition, the C-level has repeatedly called for stress scenarios and sensitivity analyses to predict the most diverse situations.

Cash Flow Forecasting 130

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

Seventeen percent also said they spent more than $12,000 to address the issue, while 9 percent said the price tag exceeded $24,400. economy is heavily tilted toward services, cyberattacks and data breaches evidently present a growing and grave threat to small and medium-sized businesses.” Given that the U.K.

Securities 41

Securities Planning Accounting B2B 41

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Drivers for ridesharing app Uber — among other members of the gig economy — are requesting that the company share data with the drivers themselves. Speaking of changes to payments within the EU, merchants are about to confront a problem with a potential $100 billion price tag. Around the PSD2, GDPR World.

Compliance 74

Compliance Restructuring Securities Banking 74

PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2020

State economies are starting to open up, but consumers — still too fearful about their public health risks — stay put. That pivot is powering a wave of innovation as businesses large and small tap technology, connected devices and payments innovations to meet consumers on this new digital-led path to our connected economy future.

Retail 73

Retail Economics Sales Planning 73

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

That figure is compounded by data that indicated fewer consumers are reporting stronger financial health than 12 months ago and fewer believing the economy is still improving. According to new data out from AlixPartners cited by RetailDive , only 31 percent of consumers are planning to spend the same or more than they did in 2018.

Budgeting 43

Budgeting Retail Planning 43

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

As reported by Reuters , Mercari is set to bow on the public markets in Japan, and while observers of the stock market are watchful of a billion-dollar price tag — which means, of course, unicorn status — the enthusiasm underpins a business model of a different sort.

Budgeting 46

Budgeting Retail Sales Marketing 46

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The price tag of Apple’s latest iPhones, combined with an economic slowdown and extending smartphone replacement cycles, were named by IDC as the culprits behind the dive in sales at the Cupertino, California handset maker. According to a report in Bloomberg citing IDC, the smartphone market in China contracted 9.7

Economics 43

Economics Sales Retail Marketing 43

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Digital payments form a critical facet of the world’s economy, facilitating the flow of tens of trillions of dollars among individuals and businesses each year. Handling such investigations costs banks up to 35 times more than payment processing itself.

Technology 77

Technology Securities Treasury Banking 77

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. From 2ndKitchen to Apple, digital innovation is changing the economy for retail.

Entertainment 44

Entertainment Retail Technology Communication 44

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The app automatically tags those trips as either business or personal use based on the driver’s work schedule. A research report released by the company found that 72 percent of sharing economy drivers are forced to track their miles manually when using a personal vehicle for professional use.

Management Consulting 40

Management Consulting Technology Marketing B2B 40

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million – consumers will be participating in the digital platform ecosystem, per the PYMNTS and the Platform Economy Playbook. and European workers participate in the gig economy. Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app through the function. By 2021, close to 90 million – or 86.5

Communication 63

Communication eCommerce Retail Technology 63

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. Now as the digital-first economy gains traction, returns need to be thought through as a customer strategy.

Retail 86

Retail Auditing eCommerce Forecasting 86

PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Goldman, for its part, may see impact from loan losses should the economy falter, according to Nomura on CNBC. Nomura estimates a price tag of $350 per consumer in terms of acquisition costs, which means breakeven is several years away.

Profit and Loss 59

Profit and Loss Economics Banking Accounting 59

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

The pie chart below, provides a measure of the gross domestic product of Russia and Ukraine, relative to the rest of the world: While Russia's share of the global economy is small, it does have a significant standing in the natural resource space, as a leading producer and exporter of oil/gas, coal and nickel, among other commodities.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The solution links drivers to a Sem Parar tag connected to the vehicle, which uses radio frequency identification to facilitate payment and invoice the user. Sem Parar, Brazil’s largest toll road payments technology firm, was acquired by Fleetcor in 2016 for $1.12 billion, reports in Reuters said Tuesday.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 76

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Accounts Payable Invoicing CFO 76

PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

economy all but shut down to slow that pandemic’s spread. economy would imply, and were unlikely to ever attain their parents’ earnings potential. The data on millennials’ lifetime earnings potential were already fairly grim long before the word “coronavirus” became part of everyone’s daily conversations – and before the U.S.

Economics 61

Economics Education Retail Marketing 61

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

They also include earmarked controls that allow producers to tag and reconcile purchases made for a particular project. On the bookkeeping side, tagging these purchases with an image of the receipt allows us to not hire a full-time bookkeeper,” Tayenaka explained. “We We do our best to make sure they get paid quickly and correctly.”.

Reconciliations 46

Reconciliations Budgeting Entertainment Advertising 46

PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. Fluffy and Spot travel the plant and gather data that can be synthesized into improvements in the production process, according to The Economist. Such robots aren’t cheap.

Manufacturing 95

Manufacturing Technology Retail Numbers 95

PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

Indeed, that taps into another, larger commerce trend: the rise of the sharing, or rental, economy, with its growth being fueled not only by demands and expectations from younger consumers, but digital marketplaces, localized payment options and other such tools. Rise Of Rentals.

Manufacturing 57

Manufacturing eCommerce Startups Marketing 57

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Cook blamed the ongoing trade war , and said the Chinese economy is weaker than expected. And yes, as it does everywhere, at a certain point price matters, as evidenced by the fact that the newer hardware models, such as the iPhone XS Max, retail for north of $1,000, while other Apple models have a price tag of around $300 or so.

Sales 70

Sales Numbers Retail Accounting 70

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

Economists, reported AFP, have said that the country, already reeling from a declining economy, will see further economic pain. That price tag would be divvied up between Tokyo, the aforementioned organizing committee and the central government. The most immediate effects will be felt by the host country, Japan , of course.

Auditing 56

Auditing Advertising Economics Planning 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

That, Kakkar noted, is likely going to change given the magnitude of the disruption to the global economy currently unfolding amid the pandemic. That’s because, in the long run, PSD2 and SCA will strengthen and secure an eCommerce economy that is getting much bigger and much faster than anyone’s previous timetable indicated.

Risk Analysis 68

Risk Analysis eCommerce Securities Leverage 68

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2019

counterfeit goods, software piracy and the theft of trade secrets cost the American economy as much as $600 billion year, according to a report from the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. trillion annually worldwide, according to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC). In the U.S.,

Manufacturing 67

Manufacturing eCommerce Retail Technology 67

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

trillion from the worldwide economy last year, a problem that will become only larger as transfer speeds increase. . Fraud takes many shapes and forms and comes with a hefty price tag. Merchants and FIs have been turning to such solutions to help customers quickly and securely transact. The latter successfully made off with $4.2

Securities 51

Securities Technology Banking Accounting 51