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Hungary May Go Hungry For Uber Soon
June 14, 2016

After months of protests, Hungary has finally passed legislation that could block Uber‘s service in the nation of 10 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Paytm’s Cross-Border Payments Problem
June 13, 2016

It looks like Alibaba-backed mobile wallet Paytm may not be very useful when it comes to cross-border payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Why Ant Financial Wants Big Data
June 13, 2016

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings’ Ant Financial affiliate took a 20 percent stake in financial data provider Shanghai Suntime Information Technology, Reuters reported last week. The stake was amassed for a purchase price of $35 million, according to the newswire. Get the Full Story...

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Can Rio de Janeiro Withstand The Olympic Pressure?
June 10, 2016

As the Summer Olympics quickly approach, all eyes are on the host city: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But is this emerging tech center ready to step up to the plate? In the latest installment of the PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup, we travel south to...

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In India, Foreign Retail Won’t Take No For An Answer
June 10, 2016

What Apple wants, Apple usually gets. Usually being the operative word here. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

MasterCard Financial Literacy Index Shows APAC Progress
June 10, 2016

There was a slight cheer for the progress of financial wellbeing or financial literacy in the Asia-Pacific markets, as MasterCard found that its literacy score went up by one point, coming in at 64. Conversely, developed economies and countries showed unchanged scores. Get the Full...

Meet Commerce’s New Global Engine: The ‘Traveling Class’
June 10, 2016

Mix together the growing emerging middle class from markets like China, Russia and Brazil, an aging but healthy population with money to spend and time on their hands, and digital technology that makes it easy for people to discover new places, and you’ve got the...

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Tapping Mobile Technology To Expand Health Care Access
June 10, 2016

For millions of underbanked people around the world, health care can be a service that seems unattainable. But mobile technology is changing the picture across the globe. DaVincian Healthcare CEO Ted Waz sat down with PYMNTS to share the success of his company’s recent pilot...

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Rakuten Closes More Country-Specific Marketplaces
June 09, 2016

The ultimate goal of cross-border commerce is to cross not just one but all borders and set up shops in every country possible. However, sometimes it’s not political issues or cultural roadblocks that keep merchants from realizing this dream; sometimes, like in Rakuten’s case, it’s...