PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

It is even more tricky in Europe where the PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) deadline looms large at the end of 2020 (after a significant delay of over a year). When Ekata talked to acquirers and processors in the field in Europe, Kakkar said, they came across two very curious data points.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

The pain started to become very evident on Wednesday (March 18), as the trade group that represents mall owners asked for a government bailout and big retail names started to put a price tag on the revenue losses they expected to incur. Other scary numbers are being thrown around. Add closures across the U.S. How to cope?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It was a “month-long solo backpacking trip to Europe,” he told PYMNTS in an interview. They can indicate which people they would want to stay with by tagging profiles, similar to a dating website. Roost Co-founder and CEO Sam Tate went on an extended vacation two summers ago after his junior year of college.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The exact price tag on the deal has not been confirmed by any of the three principle firms in involved, though early reports indicate the price clocked at £60 million ($75 million). Klarna is looking to strengthen its global brand in Europe — specifically in Germany —and BillPay gives them a better access point. billion in 2015.

Leverage 40

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

Forbes reports highlighted the geography of the FinTechs — all based in Europe — as exemplary of the market’s industry strength. billion price tag when payments giant PayPal acquired the company, which similarly provides payment tools for business customers that include invoicing, analytics and access to business financing.

B2B 40

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Data portability has turned into an important portion of the antitrust discussion domestically and in Europe. The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past.

Compliance 61

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

And so the Amazon effect comes to Europe – this time with a purported Amazonian appetite for (grocery) aisles. And a $1 billion price tag? News came Friday (Sept. 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.

eCommerce 55

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

French customers are also reporting wait times of three or four weeks, as is most of Europe. Both deals offer a significant reduction from the original price tags in China of 5,888 yuan and 7,988 yuan, respectively. Wait times in the U.S. In Japan, Australia and China, shipping times extended to as much as five or six weeks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

have seen Apple Pay for web tagged as “coming this fall.” ” Earlier this year, Apple Pay Vice President Jennifer Bailey said Apple is “working rapidly” to expand the service to additional countries in Asia and Europe.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

WeChat’s new mini-programs will help it consolidate its advantage in offline payments,” said Chen Jin, assistant professor at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai. “People are used to using WeChat to swipe QR codes, rather than Alibaba’s Alipay payments app. And there are more gamified features on offer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

Worldpay: OK, we all know the price tag by now: $9.9 and on Europe, branching from its U.S. At least a bit, and at least in terms of two of the bigger headlines in the payments space. One was a big deal – literally…. That’s how much Vantiv is ponying up to boost its presence round the globe in payments, with an eye on the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

attention on Europe, with the desire to gain a post, or perhaps outpost, in payments processing in the region. billion valuation sported a few years ago may or may not be a yardstick by which to measure where a potential acquirer may find a price tag palatable … but then again, for a U.S.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

A new report from research firm CB Insights said the 2020 funding was raised in at least 5,500 deals, with growth seen in North America, Asia and Europe. Global investments in healthcare startups set a new record in 2020, reaching $80.6 billion in equity funding. billion in 2020.

Healthcare 52

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store. and nearly all of its Asia and Europe locations. The Natick Mall store carries products that are top sellers or new and trending on Amazon’s website.

Retail 43

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Russia was also a leading exporter of these commodities, with a disproportionately large share of its oil and gas production going to Europe; in 2021, Russian gas accounted to 45% of EU gas imports. Ukraine is also primarily a natural resource producer, especially iron ore, albeit on a smaller scale.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

billion price tag, led U.K EMV in the US versus Europe. falls in line with the rollout in Europe, a benchmark market for post-EMV fraud decline, it differs in the way it was actually implemented in Europe. In Europe, for instance, EMV transactions are packaged together with PIN security. For the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

And, fragrance shopping does not see an insignificant amount of spending, either, with approximately $12 billion spent capturing the perfect scent in a bottle in Europe and the U.S. There are also high-end, smaller batch, premium labels, though those come with the associated premium price tags.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We inspect materials, workmanship, details, any tags, labels, logos, hologram stickers, date and/or serial codes, and identify the time period of each item. In July, Amazon announced the expansion of its anti-counterfeiting program called Transparency to Europe, India and Canada.

Sales 40

Sales eCommerce Retail Technology 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

It’s been described as a “fancy price tag,” particularly for an eCommerce up-and-comer most people have never heard of. We intend to increase our investment in Europe, Canada, Australia and, over the longer term, broader Asia Pacific, to bring the full power of our platform to consumers globally. market.”.

Leverage 54

Leverage eCommerce Valuation Retail 54

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

As we broaden out,” Boston said, “we start talking about being able to do bridge tolls,” enabled by RFID tags already in the plates, and being able to interface with parking meters. The company recently raised $11.1 million in financing. “As The ability to expand internationally,” he said, “is basically sealed.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

In Africa, China, Latin America and India, one finds the same thing as in North America and Europe: an increasing penetration of mobile-savvy customers expecting not only to get whatever they want, whenever they want, but also for it to be an easy and straightforward process.

Investments 42

Investments Transportation Leverage Retail 42

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Across the pond, Amazon may be beefing up its insurance offerings in Europe. Similar to the new iPhone X’s $999 price tag, the whole thing may seem like a bit much, but clearly not to the thousands of users uploading these part-cute, part-creepy videos to YouTube and social media.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Securities Sales Technology 40

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

billion price tag represents a hefty profit for Apax, which bought Epicor for $1 billion.
. continues to dominate in the regional breakout of investments – and shall we expect that trend to continue in the wake of the instability in Europe? The biggest deal of the week came as KKR agreed to buy Epicor Software from Apax Partners.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Mastercard got tagged with a $648.3 We’re also concerned about the impact of this ruling on publishers, original content creators and tech companies in Europe and beyond,” the company added. Mastercard and Google Fend Off Fines. million fine by the European Union over charges it had raised the costs of card payments artificially.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Currencies Banking 51

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting for designer names and comparing price tags against the waxing and waning of one’s bank account. They will displace the current queens and kings of the luxury spend, now dominated by Gen X.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

These tools allow merchants to pre-calculate duties and taxes into an order’s final price tag to help consumers anticipate all charges involved. and Europe could create barriers to international trade in the form of unexpected taxes and fees or logistical challenges.

eCommerce 43

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

The region ranks first in terms of capital flows in Europe, proving that innovation is top of mind for capitalists in general, beyond the vagaries of negotiating who, when, where and how much in the way of Brexit particulars. Brexit: The price tag on this divorce is getting higher. VentureBeat has said that U.K.

Retail 40

Retail Sales Startups Technology 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

While open banking is gaining traction in Europe (by regulatory mandate) and is making inroads to the U.S. And upon bringing some of the same solutions that have been a hallmark of Mastercard’s already extant open banking offerings in Europe to the U.S., The move is designed to strengthen Mastercard’s push into open banking in the U.S.,

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And my parents were super indulgent of this at a time when that was very unusual, and they bought me an early Apple II computer, one of the earliest Apple IIs to be sold in Europe, actually. And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. And I’ve stuck with that, my entire life.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

You can put those tags in there but still take a professionally managed strategy… RITHOLTZ: Right. JOHNSON: Well I think a lot of them are deciding that there’s more opportunity even at It used to be they had to come to the US or Europe because that was going to be where the opportunity is. RITHOLTZ:” Right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Love truly has no price tag. For this Valentine’s Day, America’s intimate apparel retailers are safe, since Amazon lingerie is for sale only in Europe under the name Iris and Lilly. Thank you,” on the other hand, does. But it’s a loss leader with a purpose — one that is probably designed to quickly move in an eaten-up market share.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Undeterred by the steep price tag, hundreds and even thousands of walk-in customers queued up outside Apple stores hours, days, and in some cases, months before the new device hit shelves. There’s nothing like a touch of tradition to go along with the thrill of innovation. Like waiting in line to be the first to get experience it.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 23, 2023

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. In fact, at that time, the biggest open outcry exchange in Europe and we had — it was a time when LIFFE was biggest in the bond contract (ph). We have certainly seen an uptick of investment interest in RI in Europe. GREW: It is nothing short of surreal.

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Investments Finance Construction Technology 60

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. And so now you have this surge, this super surge of the thing that made America different from Europe in the first place, Barry, which was business creation. You don’t do any dirty work.

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Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There’s the great resignation so many people leaving the workforce that’s a significant impact globally, certainly not just in Europe or the US. I think as we all know and see there’s unemployment issues, while many of them have abated, there was this long period of heavy unemployment that bounced back.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Bank of America decided they wanted to sell their branch in Lima, Peru, and the price tag was a million dollars. KOENIGSBERGER: And you know, we were talking about potential vacations in Europe in the summer, or what have you. KOENIGSBERGER: That’s right. So one example that was a lot of fun, I think, was ‘89 or ’90.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 2, 2024

And I didn’t get that same sense in Europe. And you know, you have the richest people in the world and you don’t seem to have quite those same extremes in Europe to the same extent. Tag on top of that for healthcare. There’re obviously suicides in Europe and 01:07:01 [Speaker Changed] Some Sure.

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