PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

economy since governors began asking their citizens to #stayathome in mid-March, and even well before that. Over the last two weeks, consumers have added 47 days to how long they think it will take for them to return to normal, and when they think the economy will truly reopen. Healthy Or Hermits? percent from 35.5

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Emerging technologies are critical for wealth management firms as economies faced a dampened investment environment in 2023, with disappointing equity returns and sky-high interest rates. In Southeast Asia, firms like Apex Private Wealth Management and Fargo Wealth Management in Singapore are evolving to meet changing demands.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Of course, another key trend to watch is Walmart’s ability to continue to capture the digital shift and grow in the digital-first economy. The quarter-to-quarter increase is the number to watch: Comparing the quarters will most likely show that consumers are returning to Walmart stores instead of shopping online. billion in 2019.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The program improves the digital account opening process by verifying account ownership, lowering account abandonment, reducing non-sufficient fund (NSF) returns, and minimizing manual entry of payment credentials. To meet the demands of today’s increasingly digital world, Mastercard will provide participating U.S. million by 2026.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

Regular readers and retail enthusiasts don’t need much of a background explanation for the current troubles facing the emergent on-demand economy. The barriers for entry into on-demand delivery are relatively low, technologically and logistically speaking. Part of this is a natural winnowing of the field.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The Rise of the Gig Economy. In 2006, four years before anyone ever Uber-ed their way across town, there were rising public and private sector concerns about the conditions facing taxi drivers in the regulated, monopolistic industry – particularly in big cities like San Francisco and New York.

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The Finance Weekly

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Changing Tides The tech sector really took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, with companies hiring aggressively to keep up with the surge in demand for digital products and services. Pandemic Over-Staffing During the pandemic, many tech companies went on a hiring spree, believing the surge in digital demand would last.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 30, 2024

Card payments continue to power the travel economy, providing essential cash flow and payment security. We are dedicated to improving our specialist products to match the changing demands of our customers. It’s essential we give them the digital tools necessary to make the most of their sales opportunities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Connected-economy companies led 2020’s surprisingly successful roster of U.S. Here are some of the most important connected-economy IPOs expected in 2021, listed in order of either their last publicly estimated or confirmed valuation or published reports indicating what a company expects its value at IPO to be: Instacart ($30 Billion) .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Those workers, according to reports, are demanding many things — hazard pay, better and more thorough cleaning in stores, more readily available PPE supplies and more access to the COVID-19 vaccine. For grocery workers, who are deemed in the “essential” retail category, relief has been slow in coming. But on Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In an interview with CNBC , National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay said the inventory that is needed to satisfy demand has already been “pulled” into the supply chain, and is either in transport or in distribution centers. In research issued during last year’s trade war between the U.S. and China, more than 20 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

But for the recipients of the cross-border money transfers and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments usually associated with developing economies, they are lifelines. Person-to-person international transfers form by far the largest foreign economic support for developing economies. It’s an engine for growth enhancing connectivity.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2020

T]he euro area economy is still operating far below its pre-pandemic level," he added. While this in part can be attributed to ongoing supply-side interruptions, the speed of the recovery is also held back by a lack of buoyancy in demand conditions. Lane delivered digitally to a meeting of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

While digital fund disbursements clearly can affect insurance claims, government tax returns and gig economy workers’ paychecks, it’s reimbursements that play a major role for the retail industry. The rise in online shopping means more shoppers needing refunds on returned merchandise. Many Happy Returns.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

If it takes a year to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen economies, global payments could fall by as much as $108.6 By percentage, the Middle East and the Russian Federation experienced the sharpest decline, more than one third, primarily reflecting the effects of low demand and oil prices on remittances.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

As sections of the United States economy continue to reopen, it is growing more apparent that consumers have no intention of reverting back to their pre-pandemic shopping habits. Why are consumers hesitant to return to shopping in stores, and how are merchants meeting their persistent demand to stay at home? percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Canada’s economy has rebounded from the depths of the coronavirus-triggered downturn over the summer but still remains stuck in negative territory, a new Bank of Canada survey finds. Overall, Canada’s business community is divided in its outlook where the nation’s economy is headed over the coming months as the coronavirus crisis drags on.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As alleged, Gutemberg Dos Santos played a key role in an international investment scam that promised extraordinary rates of return on phantom investments in cryptocurrencies, defrauding victims of tens of millions of dollars,” said Acting United States Attorney Audrey Strauss in the release. Eastern Time. The bank is working with J.P.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 12, 2023

So much of LatAm investment is driven by the US rate cycle, and the US economy and recent data have been favourable in that respect. “Another opportunity may be to invest in preferred equity scenarios, particularly where projected returns look similar to traditional equity-level returns.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

“[A solution] that is ubiquitous, digital, 24/7, year-round and on-demand, and offers the ability to provide people with a choice in how they receive their funds, with many instant payment options.”. Remember the old adage “cash is king?”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

As PYMNTS has reported, consumer expectations and retail commerce have both evolved quickly to meet the demand that everything from credit to debit cards to digital wallets be on offer as payments choice. Flexibility Is Key. Technology brings the concept of flexible payments into reality.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

economy posted slight gains in the pandemic year of 2020, after closing the books on what was one of the most dismal economic fallouts in history, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday (Jan. Several months ago, 38 percent of responding economists didn’t expect a recovery before 2022.

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Fintech News

MAY 28, 2024

billion adults in the region remain unbanked, with the majority residing in developing economies such as India, China, and Indonesia. By adopting cloud-native technologies and implementing comprehensive data management solutions, digital banks can improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and scale rapidly to meet growing customer demand.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The waning wave prompts speculation about a potential recession or a return to normal growth levels. There's a significant demand for individuals proficient in data analysis, forecasting, and the associated technologies. Analyze the current economic situation, considering challenges such as inflation and rising interest rates.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Over in this region, Singapore’s DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx), backed by Southeast Asia’s largest banking group, DBS Bank, is set to tap on the growing demand for what it calls a “bank-grade, trusted and licenced platform that offers a complete suite of digital asset services across trading, custody and security token offerings.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the spring and summer, container shipping lines called off hundreds of voyages amid pandemic-fueled lockdowns that negatively impacted economies and international trade that dried up. The news comes as accelerating demand for durable products such as appliances and vehicles is fueling manufacturing at facilities in Europe and Asia.

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EBizCharge

JULY 1, 2024

Managing these expenses effectively allows businesses to allocate resources to areas that can yield the most significant return on investment and support long-term strategic goals. Unlike fixed expenses, discretionary spending offers flexibility, enabling companies to allocate resources towards opportunities that can yield high returns.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The staggering decline is blamed on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has seen countries around the world stop their economies to contain the spread of the virus. Smartphone demand collapsed in Asia last month due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and this dragged down shipments across the world,” said Linda Sui, director at Strategy Analytics.

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Fintech News

MARCH 18, 2024

Over recent years, this appealing proposition has underpinned a surge in BNPL companies globally, proving enticing in both advanced economies with high credit card usage looking for alternative finance, and in emerging nations where access to conventional credit was harder, particularly for the young and those in rural areas.

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BNPL Void On-Demand Economy 125

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Chinese retail economy is on the comeback trail, lending optimism to the thinking that the U.S. Industrial production is often seen as a sign of the beginnings of consumer demand. Now, the return to growth in retail spending shows private demand is also starting to claw back losses earlier in the year.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 24 percent in the second quarter (Q2) as the pandemic took its toll on the nation’s economy, according to a press release from the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI). But consumer demand and manufacturing have not improved, the AP reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

It’s safe to say the sharing economy isn’t going anywhere soon. The success behind the sharing economy is typically due to the fact there’s an unaddressed need demanding attention. GG: Oomf is a cloud software platform that enables the sharing economy. PYMNTS: In your own words, what is Oomf about? This is what Oomf does.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Chinese consumers who have the money to spend are doing exactly that on retail splurges — but that hasn't translated evenly across all sectors of the economy, with spending on luxury items up but other more common retail lagging. Bloomberg reported that luxury items like handbags, cosmetics and cars are doing well.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As is the case with other developed economies, such as in the United States, as consumer spending goes, so does the economy. For China, pent-up demand is here after so much time spent in lockdown. Within certain categories, cosmetics sales were up about 19 percent and auto sales were up 11.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

The pandemic has exposed extreme vulnerabilities in today’s economy where six in 10 Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Workers need to be able to access their funds as those funds are available to them, especially in a downturn” and as individuals return to work, Perlman said.

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Payroll On-Demand Economy Visa 85

Fintech News

JANUARY 16, 2024

In 2024, the banking sector is witnessing a pivotal transformation driven by advanced technologies like AI and cloud computing, evolving customer demands, and changing regulatory landscapes. China’s growing involvement in global economies and risks in its residential property sector demands scrutiny.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has airlines grappling with reduced demand until at least 2024 – and that’s the best-case scenario. s weekend decision to impose a blanket quarantine on all travelers returning from Spain. Consumer confidence is depressed and not helped by the U.K.’s

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