Mario Shiliashki

M-Pesa/Microsoft Pact Underscores Tech’s Role in Small Business Financial Inclusion  
M-Pesa/Microsoft Pact Underscores Tech’s Role in Small Business Financial Inclusion  
January 16, 2024  |  Financial Inclusion

The recent announcement of joint efforts by Microsoft to build new financial services for businesses hints at a multipronged effort to boost financial inclusion …...

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Growing Online Payments Fraud Puts Retailer Data Security in the Spotlight
Growing Online Payments Fraud Puts Retailer Data Security in the Spotlight
May 16, 2023  |  Retail

PYMNTS asked business leaders for their take on how to plan for the rest of 2023 and what they are telling their teams to focus...

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How the Last Five Years Will Shape the Next Five Years of Payments Innovation
How the Last Five Years Will Shape the Next Five Years of Payments Innovation
April 04, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

The old maxim says the more things change, the more they stay the same. The payments industry may have disproved that wisdom, at least in...

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Adidas, PayU and Mastercard Say Emerging Markets Remain Important Stepping Stones for Retail Growth
Adidas, PayU and Mastercard Say Emerging Markets Remain Important Stepping Stones for Retail Growth
March 27, 2023  |  Payment Methods

With the first quarter of 2023 almost a wrap and many developed markets stuck in the latest crisis — collapsing banks — a lot of the...

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Banks and FinTechs See Collaborative Opportunity to Reach Emerging Market Consumers
Banks and FinTechs See Collaborative Opportunity to Reach Emerging Market Consumers
December 29, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Brazil proves boosting financial inclusion and giving underserved populations bank account access is a smartphone away. PayU Global Payments CEO Mario Shiliashki said it will...

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Payments Localization, BNPL and Cross-Border Drive PayU’s 3-Year Roadmap
Payments Localization, BNPL and Cross-Border Drive PayU’s 3-Year Roadmap
November 04, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

In economic crises, companies often reflexively clamp down on new product and market development, when in many cases such times can be exploited as springboards...

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Seamless Payments: A Thing of Beauty
Seamless Payments: A Thing of Beauty
August 29, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The pursuit of beauty could be called universal, but how people want to pay for it varies locally. To bridge legions of buyers and sellers...

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