PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 24), according to published reports. Consolidation of this kind has been sweeping the financial technology sector as of late, with Intuit’s deal just the latest example. The deal lays bare the growing need for financial services groups to accumulate data.

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Simply Treasury

JUNE 3, 2021

Here again, it seems to us that the need to dematerialize, digitize and automate is logical to make companies more resilient and efficient in their financial management. Finally, in this top tier, the management of financial risks, including currency risk, which can be explained by the increased volatility of the markets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

The Wall Street Journal reported news on Tuesday (Jan. The financial publication quoted unnamed people “familiar with the matter” and added that component orders had been slashed by 60 percent. The iPhone X sports features such as facial recognition technology and has a $1,000 price tag, higher than competing devices.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

In today’s top news, Google reported a resurgence of hacking and phishing attempts in April, and tech companies are making deals at their fastest pace since 2015. Google Reports Resurgence in Pandemic Hacking, Phishing. Plus, Samsung and SoFi have partnered to offer a new mobile money management tool. SMBs, PPP and America’s Reopening.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Ghana is looking to drop its currency, the cedi, to join the new West African currency called “eco,” anticipated to replace the CFA franc as early as 2020, Reuters reported. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier in December that the UEMOA would sever several financial ties with Paris.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Cross-website cookies have underpinned digital advertising for a quarter of a century, the Financial Times reported. . While sites will still have the ability to tag individuals with “first-party cookies,” third parties will not have the ability to put cookies on websites to create a picture of users as they traverse the internet.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. Yet, some common threads unite the respective bids by LendingClub for Radius Bank and by Morgan Stanley for E-Trade , with a nod toward the changing financial services landscape and serving customers through “one-stop shop” platform models.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

All options cost money, however, and high price tags on gear, classes or personalized training plans can deter individuals from achieving their health goals. Fitness Buffs’ Financial Crunches. BNPL financing options can also be good for consumers’ financial health, as they do not affect credit scores the way many payment cards do.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

The warning coincided with separate reports related to Google and cybersecurity. Although the tactic appears to be new and relatively small in volume, reports in TechRadar said the strategy often involves a fake vendor payment form to infiltrate B2B payment workflows. said recently.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

The Wall Street Journal reports that the company started telling clients yesterday (June 5) that it is shuttering Finn, which had been rolled out as no-fee banking app that had been fashioned to target younger clients. billion tagged for this year and with significant focus on Chase mobile and digital efforts.

Banking 56

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

percent of financial institutions are focused on new products, according to the PYMNTS Bank Innovation Readiness Index. According to reports from within those firms, the service is a competitive advantage against other marketplace businesses that make their workers wait to get paid. To help drive innovation, 25.5 About a third — or 33.2

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CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Everything from poor password protection to lax expense reporting can create opportunities for theft. . 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? Bookkeeper.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

Foursquare is offering small businesses (SMBs) and startups access to its geolocation API, according to VentureBeat reports on Friday (April 13). The tool for SMBs and developers starts at $599, reports said, with Google Places API and Facebook Places Graph offering similar services.

Startups 74

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Trackers and Reports. 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. In the brand new How We Shop Report , PYMNTS surveyed 2,163 U.S.

Banking 70

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This week’s B2B Fraud Tracker looks at the latest cases and allegations of fraud, which show rising sophistication in fraudsters’ tactics: internal bad actors are no longer acting alone, BEC scams are no longer reliant on chance and financial institutions face a growing trend in loan fraud. Mixing Internal and Internal Fraud.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2019

The Financial Times, citing several people familiar with the deals, reported the fact that Apple is spending so much money shows developers it is serious about the new Arcade game subscription service. The budget for the games is expected to surpass $500 million, noted the report. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market.

Investments 43

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

As reported Friday (July 21), American multinational financial services firm Blackstone and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners have bid to acquire payments processor Paysafe Group. The price tags attached to the deals were reported as $3.7 The price tags attached to the deals were reported as $3.7

Sales 43

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that dealmakers on China’s mainland are “struggling to cope with tighter capital controls” and a more cautious deal-making landscape. The drop is reminiscent, said the newswire, of the cliff-dive seen in the nadir of the great financial crisis. Such constraints have had an impact on merger activity.

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Investments 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

As TechCrunch reported Thursday (Jan. 12), citing the Financial Times, the device maker Fitbit is in the midst of patent lawsuits with Jawbone and also tried to buy that company late last year. The price tag? In the battle over wearables, is it a case of buy or be bought?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The company is paying $70 million for the firm, which is based in Cupertino but primarily operates in India, according to reports. PayU Global Chief Financial Officer Aakash Moondhra said, according to the report, “This is a strategic acquisition for PayU that combines our merchant network and Wibmo’s leadership in digital security.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As has been widely reported, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has made an offer to buy eBay. Overall, eBay’s top line has been sliding, as evidenced by last week’s report , which showed that revenues were off 2 percent to $2.8 Dueling Headlines. No, thanks. But also on Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

It is generally accepted that digital supply chain management (SCM) strategies are good for business, yet it can be difficult to put a price tag on just how beneficial enhanced SCM can be. Overall, the report concluded, supply chain management remains a priority for hospital executives, but, unfortunately, is not a key investment focus.

Healthcare 69

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

Gym memberships and fitness class prices can add up, however, leading many fitness buffs to consider home gyms,” the report states. This price tag is more than a four-year public college degree – which currently clocks in at $98,440, on average – and includes both gym memberships and fitness classes like Pilates or spin.

Manufacturing 69

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

Reports in SmallBusiness.co.uk 28) said Gallagher researchers are urging small and medium-sized businesses to develop incidence response plans amid revelations that such crises result in major financial losses. According to Bassett, small business owners must be diligent about more than just the financial cost of a crisis.

Securities 41

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

In a report issued Wednesday by Nomura analysts, the overreaching takeaway is that there is indeed potential for disruption, but the longer term is, well, very long term, according to Investor’s Business Daily. Per the report : “The card may take years to reach our threshold for materiality, or above $1 billion in operating profit.”.

Profit and Loss 59

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The focus, as reported in February , has been that the two most popular mapping sites are under Google’s wing. In other news surrounding eCommerce, Google has reportedly been testing ways users can tag products seen in YouTube videos — and monetize (i.e. In sight has been the $1.1 buy products) those efforts. Banks, Too .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology. The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion.

Treasury 79

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The price tag attached to a data breach on a small business has increased this year, according to new analysis from IBM and Ponemon Institute. With their newly released “ 2016 Cost of Data Breach: Canada ” report, the firms examined the financial impact of data breaches on 24 companies in Canada to assess the damage.

Securities 77

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

According to a report in Bloomberg citing IDC, the smartphone market in China contracted 9.7 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. “The

Economics 43

Economics Sales Retail Marketing 43

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

And digital platforms are handling tens of millions of transactions: Fiverr, for instance, recently reported that it has facilitated more than 50 million transactions between 830,000 freelancers and 5.5 The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said in a report, for instance, that online fraud, theft and exploitation led to $2.7

Communication 63

Communication eCommerce Retail Technology 63

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. What will be consistent year to year, according to the report, will be the timing of holiday shopping. “We

Budgeting 43

Budgeting Retail Planning 43

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. million in value, according to reports. -based foreign exchange company Moneycorp is entering the U.S.

Foreign Exchange 43

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s not entirely clear yet how — or if — blockchain will transform the financial services market, but that hasn’t stopped industry players from scrambling to get a leg up on the technology and ahead of the competition. Reports also noted that the number of employees assigned to blockchain projects has doubled year over year.

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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. “This calculation is likely to underestimate the impact on the economy,” Sage wrote in its report. Manual processes are expensive for small businesses, in both time and money.

Profit and Loss 45

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Many finance processes are already running remotely, and they incorporate some of the most sensitive data within an organization, including customer and supplier financial data. Based on our T2 Threat Report, we found that the three most impersonated brands in phishing emails were Microsoft , DHL and DocuSign.

Securities 52

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

The news sent the company’s shares soaring as high as 12 percent, which was the stock’s largest gain within nearly six years, Bloomberg reported. That deal came with a price tag of $4.65 The company’s financial results and guidance may be subject to change based on the outcome of the audit committee investigation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The severity of the 2007 global financial crisis and the recession that followed may have left a lasting impression on millennials who were coming of age at that time, much like the Great Depression left a lasting impression on the Greatest Generation,” the report noted.

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