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08-Jan-19 The market for cross-border person-to-person remittances was worth USD689 bn in 2018, more than Saudi Arabia's GDP. It is experiencing double-digit growth as people migrate in search of economic opportunities or to escape political upheaval in their home country. [image: The World Bank / PaymentsSource]
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06-Apr-18 Cryptocurrency real-time gross settlement company Ripple is targeting three prominent overseas money transfer companies in order to put the company’s blockchain technology to the test. MoneyGram was the first to start, and Western Union was quick to follow. [image: Adobe Stock_PaymentsSource]
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26-Nov-17 Shanghai medical device maker MicroPort Scientific will pay USD190 mn to acquire the cardiac rhythm management business of the UK's LivaNova, expanding the two companies' ongoing partnership to bring a range of cardiac rhythm devices to China. [image: LivaNova; MicroPort]
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13-Aug-17 A European Parliament research paper on health tourism in the 28 EU countries found health tourism will develop at 2% growth per year, with wellness tourism accounting for three-quarters of all health tourism. [image: IMTJ]
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