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Moody’s Downgrade Fallout May be Muted for China’s Consumers
May 31, 2017

What might be the fallout from last week’s move by Moody’s to cut China’s credit rating for the first time since the 1980s?  Not much, for now and maybe not for later. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

International
Medical Tourism Explodes For Wealthy Chinese Patients
May 30, 2017

While healthcare availability is a topic of great debate in the United States, the quality of healthcare on offer is generally not. So when Chinese citizen Guo Shushi’s stomach cancer was incurable in China and quickly killing him — Guo, with the help of a...

International
Russian Banks Launch FinTech Lab Incubator
May 30, 2017

Mastercard announced Monday (May 29) that Russian financial firms working within the collaborative FinTech acceleration program Fintech Lab has chosen 12 FinTech startups they plan to mentor and guide through the program. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

International
Brexit Exodus Trickling Toward a Steady Stream?
May 25, 2017

The exodus fomented by Brexit may be quickening.   As noted by sources including CNN Money, data shows that 117,000 individuals, who have citizenship in European countries but who were residing in the U.K, left Britain last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Russia Launch Puts Android Pay In 11 Time Zones
May 25, 2017

Google’s Android Pay is now available in Russia as of Wednesday (May 24), which means users can make mobile purchases across all of the 11 time zones. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

South East Asia
Moody’s Downgrades China’s Credit Rating
May 24, 2017

Mounting debt and a potentially slowing economy have pushed Moody’s to downgrade China’s bond rating for the first time in 30 years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

South Asia
Paytm Launches Payments Bank To Serve The Underserved In India
May 23, 2017

Indian digital payments firm Paytm has officially launched a niche payments bank as part of its drive to double its customer base to 500 million over the next three years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
Alibaba Growth Spurt Is Promising, Yet Portentous
May 19, 2017

Alibaba is getting consumers to spend more money online, and that would appear to be a good thing for the Chinese eCommerce giant, which provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business sales services via web portals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Europe
European Banks Warn Against Reversing Screen-Scraping Ban
May 17, 2017

European banks are imploring the European Commission not to give in to the demands of FinTech firms and cancel the implementation of new rules that would ban screen-scraping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...