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02-May-18 Whether it is buying retail companies or building a global fintech business that includes not just payments but also online banking, wealth management and insurance, investments being made by Alibaba and Tencent are expected to reap substantial returns. [image: My Stock]
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01-May-18 Mobile payment has become more popular in China's rural areas as Internet technology has made transactions faster and more convenient in remote places. Transactions through non-banking mobile payment services totaled USD6.8 tn in rural areas in 2017. [image: China Plus]
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19-Apr-18 While the Indian central bank continues to assert there is no cash shortage, experts say the cash shortfall in the system is a whopping USD10.6 bn, a third of the monthly withdrawals normally made at ATMs. [image: Reuters]
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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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03-Apr-18 By 2020, 600 mn Indians will have 3G and 4G connectivity transforming the country into a USD200 bn e-commerce mega market. For global merchants, marketplaces, and payments system players, the opportunity has only just begun to heat up. [image: The Compliance Blog]
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