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IPO
2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon
January 01, 2019

Tech companies are taking more time to reach their initial public offerings, with the median gap between their early financing and their IPOs hitting 10.1 years in 2017, up from 6.9 years in 2013, according to a recent estimate. A robust supply of private capital...

Payment Methods
2019: The Year Of Instant Payments
January 01, 2019

Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be paid slower in 2019 than they were in 2018. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Security & Fraud
2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
December 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. If that’s not...

Retail
Amazon To Expand Whole Foods Footprint
December 30, 2018

Amazon is reportedly gearing up to expand the number of Whole Foods stores around the country to enable more customers to use its speedy delivery service, reported the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

International
North Korea Sidesteps UN Sanctions To Help Its Economy
December 28, 2018

North Korea, hurt by U.S. and U.N. sanctions, has found creative workarounds to aid the country’s economy, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Security & Fraud
Gov’t Shutdown Stalls FTC Facebook Probe
December 28, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission, which was conducting a probe into Facebook and its practices, will be forced to shutter the investigation due to the government shutdown, according to a report by The Washington Post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

International
North Korea Suspected In Hacking Of South Koreans
December 28, 2018

Hackers stole the information of close to 1,000 North Korean settlers who fled to South Korea, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

International
EU Wants Tougher AML Enforcement
December 28, 2018

The vice president of the European Commission in charge of the euro, Valdis Dombrovskis, said Brussels wants more stringent enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) rules after a series of scandals that rocked the industry, according to the Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the...

International
SMBs Say India’s eCommerce Curb Too Late
December 28, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is feeling pressure as many small retailers and traders — a key bloc for his reelection hopes — view his recent curbs on eCommerce as not doing enough for them, according to a report by Reuters. Get the Full Story...