SoftBank Group Corp. wants a piece of TikTok, the popular but controversial video-sharing app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
U.S. payments company Bottomline Technologies has announced it is now providing Confirmation of Payee (CoP) services to banks in the United Kingdom. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Business-to-business (B2B) cross-border payment provider TransferMate received the green light for a new payment license in Mexico, according to a Thursday (Sept. 3) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Advertisers in Europe are taking a hit as Apple and Amazon join Google in passing along the cost of new taxes aimed at Big Tech by the United Kingdom and other European governments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Chinese consumers who have the money to spend are doing exactly that on retail splurges — but that hasn’t translated evenly across all sectors of the economy, with spending on luxury items up but other more common retail lagging. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Russian lawmaker Fedot Tumusov has submitted draft legislation to cut and cap the commissions for mobile app sales from giants like Apple and Google, Reuters reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
As the clock ticks on a possible sale of TikTok USA, the options for parent company ByteDance could be growing. China has thrown a curve ball into the mix by threatening to impose new restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which would potentially require...
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 24 percent in the second quarter (Q2) as the pandemic took its toll on the nation’s economy, according to a press release from the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Only a few decades ago, the Cold War was fought between the United States and the former Soviet Union by speeches, spying and the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...