China is looking to gain more control over its largest tech companies, including Tencent, Weibo and a unit of Alibaba. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
As modern technologies increasingly make cross-border commerce a feasible feat for companies and investors of all sizes, merchants are increasingly looking beyond their home countries to tap into new markets. But, if those companies can’t get paid, it doesn’t matter how large the marketplace expands...
EU antitrust authorities have launched an investigation into whether Dutch and Polish banking associations and their members are blocking FinTech companies from accessing customer account data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
With tough sanctions by the United Nations effectively isolating North Korea from the world, the country’s embassies have been forced to engage in illicit businesses to shore up cash and support their operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Most two-sided marketplaces — companies that function like Airbnb and Uber — have an ambition to take their businesses global, but they don’t always know what that means or what it takes. They follow their competitors to new international markets and duke it out for...
A marketplace, according to Karen Webster, is like a dance. With complex choreography, it requires precise steps and a balance of buyers and sellers — after all, it takes two to tango — to keep things moving as smoothly and easily as some of the bigger players, such...
Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu and Weibo were all fined the maximum penalties by China’s cyber regulators for allowing content that was banned by the government. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Best, the Chinese logistics company backed by Alibaba, has cut the expected price range of its initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
On Monday (Sept. 18), during the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Mastercard announced a new public-private partnership aimed at accelerating progress toward controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
