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Digital Shopping, Remittances, Mastercard’s FinTech Accelerator Top This Week’s News

Digital Shopping, Remittances, Mastercard’s FinTech Accelerator Top This Week’s News
Digital Shopping, Remittances, Mastercard’s FinTech Accelerator Top This Week’s News
November 13, 2020  |  The Weekender

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. We have deep dives...

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India’s Diwali Festival To Boost Economy, But Stokes COVID Fears
India’s Diwali Festival To Boost Economy, But Stokes COVID Fears
November 13, 2020  |  Retail

Consumers are flocking to shopping areas in India’s major cities and towns in advance of Diwali, India’s festival of lights, this Saturday (Nov. 14), boosting...

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Google Moves Expedition VR Tool To Culture App For Home Learning
Google Moves Expedition VR Tool To Culture App For Home Learning
November 13, 2020  |  Google

Google is integrating its Expedition 360 virtual reality (VR) tools to Google Arts & Culture app to allow teachers to keep offering students digital adventures...

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Today In Payments: People Keep Saving Despite Low Interest Rates; Instacart IPO Could Come In Early 2021
Today In Payments: People Keep Saving Despite Low Interest Rates; Instacart IPO Could Come In...
November 13, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, people are still stocking their savings accounts despite low interest rates, and Instacart could file an IPO in early 2021. Plus,...

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Gojek Curbs Losses As Indonesia’s Largest Startup Ramps Up Grocery Delivery
Gojek Curbs Losses As Indonesia’s Largest Startup Ramps Up Grocery Delivery
November 13, 2020  |  Earnings

Star Indonesian startup Gojek is moving closer to eventual profitability after staunching a tide of ink amid losses on core services like delivery and ride-hailing,...

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Patient Record Breach Prompts Finland To Update Identity Code Laws
Patient Record Breach Prompts Finland To Update Identity Code Laws
November 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Following a cyberattack that exposed patients’ mental health records last month, Finland is moving ahead with legislation that would let people change their personal identity...

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SEC Charges Former Wells Fargo CEO And Bank Head In Fraud Scandal
SEC Charges Former Wells Fargo CEO And Bank Head In Fraud Scandal
November 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday (Nov. 13) civilly charged former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt, ex-head of Wells...

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Ozon Eyes $750M IPO As ‘Russia’s Amazon’ Seeks Cash For Expansion
Ozon Eyes $750M IPO As ‘Russia’s Amazon’ Seeks Cash For Expansion
November 13, 2020  |  IPO

Ozon, the Russian online retailer, is upping the ante and boosting its planned IPO by half, as it pushes closer to making its debut as...

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Tencent Vows To Comply With Chinese Regulators’ Increasing Oversight
Tencent Vows To Comply With Chinese Regulators’ Increasing Oversight
November 13, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

As government regulators in China increase tech industry oversight, Tencent said it will comply with new laws intended to curb antitrust activities and tighten FinTech...

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