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Deep Dive: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments With Cloud Technology

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Banks are typically required to establish direct links with financial institutions (FIs) in other nations to make or receive cross-border payments. A recent survey found that one-third of businesses were worried about cross-border payments fraud, while 26 percent expressed data security concerns.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating this shift, making financial institutions (FIs), merchants and their regulatory officials race to secure these new digital users. MENA nations’ original rules involved data privacy, but they were focused on developing the open banking ecosystem and allowing information to move freely.

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Olympics Delay Will Spark Race To Recoup Sunk Costs

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One wonders what the world will look like in the summer of 2021, and whether the crowds will be there to cheer on the world’s athletes – or even whether the roster of nations sending those athletes will be the same as it was before COVID-19 took root. Lots of unknowns are in the mix. billion USD. billion tally, there is an additional $9.7

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Return Season Hits Hard; Some Retailers See Bright Side Of Customer Experience

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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. Which means the race in January will be to those that can safely and securely offer returns that are almost as simple as making the purchase in the first place.

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Euronet Prepares To Battle For MoneyGram

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government to take a closer look at the competing bid from Ant Financial, a company based in China, stating that it raises “significant national security risks.”. We feel… there are significant national security risks that merit careful evaluation for any foreign buyer of a company in this industry,” he said.

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Visa’s Digital Footprint Targets The 1.2M Headed To 2016 Olympics

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Visa has secured the spot as the exclusive payment provider for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio for the 30th year running. Visa has always stood for universal acceptance and the most secure and fast way to pay across merchants, borders and currencies,” said Jim McCarthy, executive VP of innovation and strategic partnerships at Visa Inc. “As

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Google Tracker: Making Allies And Enemies

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It used a “packing” technique to compress code with encryption to evade Google’s security filters. It is unclear whether the iPhone X’s $999 price tag will drive Google to raise its prices as well. The idea is to offer more payment options to consumers while creating a more secure online checkout for merchants. Take My Money.