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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

An old Los Angeles gas station is getting a new life as a drive-thru authentication hub for eBay , according to a company statement on Friday (Nov. Right now, authentication is available for sneakers and watches through Nov. The deal is supposed to close in early 2021. The company is closing a $9.2

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Authentication NOV Verification Global Payments 98

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Starting Tuesday (Nov. Those who have made real-money purchases in Fortnite since Friday (Nov. Disney+ is partnering with Epic Games ’ Fortnite on a free two-month subscription for the popular movie streaming service, according to a post on the Epic Games website.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One of the nation’s most powerful bankers lashed out at Congress on Wednesday (Nov. Morgan Chase bank chief, any stimulus package Congress passes should be designed to tide over the country’s economy until mid-2021, when new coronavirus vaccines may finally become available to the wider public. In the view of the J.P.

NOV 113

NOV Economy Government Governance 113

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

The survey included 6,000 restaurant operators and 250 supply chain businesses Nov. He added that “we appreciate” the recent effort by lawmakers to strike a compromise for new stimulus aid but the amount is not enough unless it’s "a down payment for a larger relief package in early 2021.” . 7) letter.

NOV 90

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

New Jersey-based invoice-to-cash platform Billtrust has upgraded the machine learning (ML) capabilities of its business-to-business (B2B) cash application software, the company announced Wednesday (Nov. The deal is expected to close in early 2021 and the combined company will be known as BTRS Holdings.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Despite continued headwinds from the pandemic, which continue to suppress corporate spend around the world, commercial payments technology firm FLEETCOR is retaining an optimistic outlook for 2021 thanks to evidence of a trajectory of recovery, continued modernization efforts, and an aggressive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy ahead.

Payment APIs and Integration 46

Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border Volume NOV 46

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Walmart and MoneyGram have extended their agreement into 2021 to provide MoneyGram-branded money transfers, as well as money transfers, bill payment and money orders powered by white-label Walmart2World services, into 2021, according to a release. On Friday (Nov. Revenues of $324.5 million were off by 6.5 million.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

This year, it falls on Nov. For its part, Alibaba ’s Singles’ Day event on Nov. In honor of concocted commercial holidays and all the actual good they do, PYMNTS presents some phony 2021 spending and finance celebrations on this most special of spending holidays. Preposterous Observances for 2021. 11 did $74.1

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Facing a second national lockdown in Germany, the bank has significantly upped its loan loss provisions, according to a report in the Financial Times on Thursday (Nov.

NOV 52

NOV On-Demand Laws Economy 52

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Google announced on Friday (Nov. 13) that the Expeditions app will not be supported anymore and will be removed from the App Store and Google Play after June 30, 2021. Google Arts & Culture is intended to deliver digital experiences like museums, heritage sites and other destinations worldwide.

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NOV Participant Origination Continuity 88

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The service also offers access to Spaces sub-accounts, Shared Spaces functionality and more, N26 said in a statement on Tuesday (Nov. billion after its $100 million May funding round, the challenger bank is looking ahead to 2021 for more investment opportunities. Value d at $3.5

Online and Mobile Banking 92

Online and Mobile Banking NOV ATM FinTech 92

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

LendingClub , the country’s top provider of personal loans, said in earnings results Wednesday (Nov. The company added that it wouldn’t ask its employees to stop working from home and return to their offices until at least summer 2021. All in, LendingClub reported a Q3 net loss of $34.3 However, that was better than the $78.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 operating results that net merchandise sales climbed 7.7 PriceSmart delivered solid results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. PriceSmart had 46 warehouse clubs running as of Nov. percent for the timeframe of 13 weeks that concluded Nov. million for Q1 fiscal year 2021.

NOV 52

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Chief financial officers (CFOs) taking part in The CFO Survey by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta are "reasonably optimistic about 2021," one of the study's leaders said in a news release. The CFO Survey data was gathered Nov. 30 through Dec.

Economy 72

Economy Federal Reserve Automation On-Demand 72

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The evidence could be seen robustly during and around the country's Singles' Day event Nov. A Morgan Stanley forecast also said that personal consumption would be the primary catalyst for growth in China in 2021, ousting exports and investments in infrastructure, FT reported.

Consumer 70

Consumer NOV Origination Economy 70

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Morgan economists said in a new forecast, CNBC reported Friday (Nov. The projection goes against earlier Wall Street forecasts that largely believed the first quarter of 2021 would be the start of a bouncing-back economy. This winter will be grim, and we believe the economy will contract again in 1Q," the economists wrote. “We

Economy 78

Economy NOV Returns Continuity 78

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Visa and Conferma Pay said Monday (Nov. Collaborative commerce is in its infancy, he said, but will move quickly toward maturity as we head into 2021. The result, according to the firms: simplified money movement between buyers and suppliers and automated payment processing and expense reconciliation.

B2B 115

B2B Payments Reconciliation Payer 115

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Xendit claims more than 3,000 customers, among which Samsung Indonesia, Grab Pay, Ninja Van Philippines, Qoala, Unicef Indonesia, Cashalo and Shopback, and says it tripled annualized transactions from 65 million to 200 million between 2021 and 2022, and increased total payments value from US$6.5 monthly active users in 2021.

FinTech 125

FinTech Online and Mobile Banking Payment APIs and Integration Security 125

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lumin Digital announced today (Nov. The multi-year agreement, which will launch in June 2021 and will be available for all 45,000 of LAFCU’s active users, will give LAFCU the ability to introduce new functionality more frequently to members by using Lumin Digital’s platform.

Credit Union 76

Credit Union Online and Mobile Banking Zelle Agreements 76

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This year, Small Business Saturday will take place Nov. This year, with the global pandemic posing significant financial challenges for businesses everywhere, the release stated 46 percent of SMB owners are depending on a strong showing of holiday spending to stay in business by the time 2021 starts. SMB economy.

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Economy Small Business NOV Participant 80

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The digital currency reached a high of approximately $17,860 on Tuesday (Nov. on Tuesday (Nov. The country’s central bank intends to start pilots in 2021 through which it will see if it can release a digital yen. Miller Tabak + Co. The price of bitcoin was $ 17,764.38 as of 7:16 p.m. 17), according to CoinDesk.

Debit Card 63

Debit Card Bitcoin Digital Currency NOV 63

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

On another note, Colorado-based cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has delisted privacy coin Zcash (ZEC), after delisting monero (XMR) and dash (DASH) on Friday (Nov. 6), CoinDesk reported, citing regulatory concerns.

CBDC 67

CBDC Use Case Privacy Cryptocurrency 67

Fintech News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Airline and travel payments – B2B vendor landscape 2024, Source: Up in the Air via LinkedIn, Nov 2023 Asia’s travel sector rebounds, though challenges remain After the COVID-19 pandemic brought the travel and tourism industry to a near standstill, the sector rebounded in 2022 and 2023. Mastercard estimates that globally, about 1.5

FinTech 109

FinTech Payments Visa B2B 109

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As stocks rallied Thursday (Nov. The self-managed digital identity project is expected to be brought to a real production environment in May 2021, after completing phase two of testing, which is set to roll out this month. 5), bitcoin followed suit, rising to over $15,000, signaling a continued confidence in the cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin 85

Bitcoin Blockchain NOV Cryptocurrency 85

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The true profit of the 2020 holiday season may not be known until the end of January 2021,” it said. eBay has directly addressed the independent seller issue by extending estimated delivery dates for transactions from Nov. Most of the return policies for those sellers are similar to Amazon’s. Items shipped between Oct.

Returns 100

Returns Credit Cards NOV Addressing 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

consumers are growing gloomier as a dark coronavirus winter settles in, as shown in a new Consumer Confidence Survey report released by The Conference Board Tuesday (Nov. The cutoff date for the preliminary results for The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey was Nov. The Dow may just have crossed 30,000, but U.S.

Consumer 61

Consumer NOV Assessments Economy 61

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) said late last month that in a survey of its membership that optimism abounds for a return to traveling in 2021. This is more than the 45 percent who said they were on Nov. 19 and the 40 percent who said so on Nov.

Returns 68

Returns NOV Correspondent On-Demand 68

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Outback Steakhouse has rolled out a new “curbside concierge” option for holiday gift card shopping, according to a Monday (Nov. The service, which the steakhouse restaurant chain describes as “simple, safe, and convenient,” will be provided between Nov. 31 will get a $10 bonus card for use in 2021 between Jan. 30) announcement.

NOV 57

NOV Consumer 57

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

The company revealed its “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021” report Wednesday (Nov. Developing markets are quickly increasing their rate at which paycards are accepted, according to the latest research by RBR. 23) with positive news for developing markets.

Contactless Payments 69

Contactless Payments Regulations Caps NOV 69

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It is just such a solution that the MSUFCU is announcing it is piloting today (Nov. It is why, Steinman said, MSUFCU is their first rollout of dCVV2 going forward, but far from its last as they will be announcing with several financial institutions as 2021 is getting off the ground.

Credit Union 126

Credit Union Crime CVV2 Issuers 126

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday (Nov. The fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 are expected to be weaker than forecasted unless “pandemic dynamics change significantly,” the IMF stated, indicating fiscal and monetary stimulus could be necessary in order to help support the region.

Continuity 67

Continuity NOV Economy Facilitators 67

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Chief financial officers (CFOs) participating in The CFO Survey by the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta in addition to the Fuqua School of Business of Duke University are "reasonably optimistic about 2021,” according to one of the study’s leaders. The survey data was collected between Nov 30 and Dec.

Federal Reserve 67

Federal Reserve NOV Credit Cards Participant 67

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Non-bank lenders in Singapore will soon be granted access to the country’s digital payments platforms PayNow and FAST, according to a statement from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, on Monday (Nov. It will be available starting February 2021.

Non-Bank 68

Non-Bank Real Time Payments eWallet API 68

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The listing could happen early in 2021, although that will depend on the market conditions by that time, Bloomberg reported, and more banks could be added to the deal if the IPO goes forward as planned. Advent has named Citigroup , Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase as global coordinators for the process, Bloomberg reported.

NOV 65

NOV Consumer Transactions Process 65

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 27, 2025

Bluevine FAB Score = 308 (up 34) HQ: San Francisco Founded: 2013 Traction: Raised: $769M prior to 2021 ( Crunchbase ) Valuation : $1B+ (estimate) Website visits: 1.6 Bluevine FAB Score = 308 (up 34) HQ: San Francisco Founded: 2013 Traction: Raised: $769M prior to 2021 ( Crunchbase ) Valuation : $1B+ (estimate) Website visits: 1.6

Small Business 29

Small Business NOV Acquirers Origination 29

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Lime , the electric scooter and bike rental company, announced the official launch of its latest model on Thursday (Nov. The micro-mobility company, which rents scooters in urban areas, had achieved profitability for a full quarter over the summer, and is now on track to be profitable for 2021 as a whole, Lime wrote in a blog post.

Cost Structure 53

Cost Structure NOV On-Demand Posting 53

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Chinese startup Byton announced Monday (Nov. and the European Union in 2021, according to Reuters. 18) that it has secured a distributor license from California, bringing it one step closer to bringing its first electric SUV, Byton M-Byte, to the United States.

NOV 62

NOV Security Mobile Payments Digital Payments 62