PayPal Eyes ‘Major Opportunity’ Of Aussie SMB Lending
Payment company PayPal is looking at small business credit as a new field of opportunity. ↦
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Shopify Joins Libra Association
Facebook’s Libra Association added a new member after a number of participatory companies left the organization in the past few months, according to a report by CNBC. ↦
The Ultimate Guide to Teaching English in Thailand
Thailand is an English teacher’s dream. With a low cost of living, incredible food, rich culture, plenty of partying, and a mai pen rai (no worries) attitude, the Land of Smiles is a very popular country for English teachers. ↦
Payment security in a world going mobile
If cash is king, we may be in the final days of its reign. According to a recent study, roughly half of American adults no longer worry about carrying cash as they increasingly reach for their smartphones instead of their wallets. ↦
An untapped market - The unbanked shopper
Many of us assume that everyone has a bank account of some sort. But according to the latest report from World Bank Group, around 1.7 billion adults remain unbanked globally. That’s roughly one-fourth of the global population. ↦
Blockchain Application to hit $6.29 Billion by 2024
BIS Research has presented a new market intelligence report dubbed ‘Global Blockchain in Energy Market - Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2024.’ It reveals that blockchain application in the energy market was worth $518.6 million in 2018 and its va ... ↦
Balancing payment innovation and trust
Sixty years ago, the idea that a plastic card was the future of payments would have been perceived quite skeptically, but eventually it became a standard way to pay. ↦
New Laws To Require LLCs To Disclose Owners’ Names
Proposals in both chambers of Congress would limit the use of anonymous shell companies, impacting small businesses in the U.S. ↦
McDonald’s CEO Ousted Over Relationship With Staffer
McDonald’s has fired its chief executive officer because of a consensual relationship he had with an employee. ↦
Why Smart Cities Won’t Be Built In A Day
While smart cities have been in the public consciousness for a long time, we’ve been writing about them here at PYMNTS since at least 2015. Up until very recently, that conversation has been largely theoretical and conceptual. We had been talkin ... ↦