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Greenfield Opportunity Looms In India For Online Financing
June 07, 2016

Millions of businesses — many of them small — have limited access to capital by traditional means and a need for speed and efficiency. Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora explains why India beckons as a sweet spot for the online lender’s financing marketplace.

International
Iran’s Plan To Sidestep Payments Regs
June 07, 2016

Iran is slated to go live with an offshore bank within a month in its Gulf islands, Forbes reported. 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...

International
In China, Must All Tech – And Payments – Be Local?
June 03, 2016

In politics, they say, everything is local. In China, the same rule seems to apply. 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,...

Europe
European Commission Approves Visa-Visa Europe Takeover
June 03, 2016

It looks like Visa and Visa Europe will be a single entity by the end of the month. The proposed takeover deal has cleared its last major hurdle with the announcement today that the European Commission has given the deal full regulatory approval. Get the...

International
Unveiling Stockholm’s Stealth Startup Breeding Ground
June 03, 2016

Don’t let Sweden’s relatively small size fool you, for within it lies what many consider to be a hotbed for startups and tech innovation. PYMNTS caught up with Sebastian Siemiatkowski, co-founder and CEO of Klarna, a startup “unicorn” that got its start in Stockholm, to...

International
Intel Plants FinTech Seeds In Tel Aviv
June 02, 2016

The U.S. has its Silicon Valley, and Israel has its own Silicon Wadi of concentrated tech know-how. However, while the former is established, the latter is still growing, in no small part thanks to the money Western companies keep pouring into it. Get the Full Story...

International
Monitise Stock Drops On News It Won’t Sell Voucher Business
June 02, 2016

U.K. mobile payments company Monitise saw its shares fall on Tuesday (May 31) after it announced it will no longer look to sell its voucher business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Consumer Insights
The Retail Politics Of Trump And Airbnb
June 01, 2016

Politics and retail usually mix like oil and water. Look no further than the situation Target seems to have embroiled itself in by making a simple announcement on its in-store bathroom policy. Such a vitriolic reaction to an innocuous issue might make a casual observer...

Europe
Austin Reed Can’t Find A Buyer, Will Close All 120 Stores
June 01, 2016

That another apparel retailer has bit the dust isn’t news in and of itself. A few times every week, the retail headlines can read like the obituaries, but it’s not every day that the dearly departed brands in question can claim a heritage stretching for...