The new Samsung Wallet looks a lot like the relaunched Google Wallet, which brings together digital document storage and payments across most markets (except the US and Singapore). But unlike Google Wallet, Samsung Wallet will offer other tech features and is only available for Galaxy users.
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| Jun 17, 2022
Both surveys were conducted during March 8-24, 2023 in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, the UK, and the US. Twilio is a provider of communication and authentication technology for software apps.
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It already allows cross-border sellers on other versions of its service, including in the UK, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore. The broader context: TikTok’s push into social commerce makes sense given the way in which its platform has become enmeshed in the lives of consumers—particularly Gen Z.
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Respondents were based in Australia, Colombia, India, Mexico, Singapore, the UK, and the US. Lotame is a data management platform (DMP).
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| Dec 19, 2022
Respondents were based in Australia, Colombia, India, Mexico, Singapore, the UK, and the US. Lotame is a data management platform (DMP).
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Source: Milieu Insights
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Additionally, two surveys were conducted during August and December 2021 among roughly 1,000 respondents each in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, and the UK, as well as two surveys conducted during February and May 2022 among those same countries plus India, Italy, Russia, and South Korea.
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| Sep 26, 2022
In Asia, Japan and Singapore—often considered digital leaders—also passed the threshold, but years after China and South Korea. And of all the countries in this group, it’s Indonesia whose ecommerce sales would surge fastest after 2020, surpassing 30% penetration by 2023. There will be a lull until 2025.
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| Jan 24, 2023
In August, Amazon said it would introduce a customer surcharge in Singapore for any purchase made with a Visa credit card. It introduced the same surcharge in Australia the following month.
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| Feb 18, 2022
Facebook and Google announced they were funding two trans-Pacific cables connecting the US West Coast to Singapore and Indonesia. Amazon and Meta contractor Edge Cable Holdings USA applied to operate a submarine cable linking the Philippines to California, after China Mobile (CMI) bowed out of the project.
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| Dec 20, 2021
For instance, Western Union integrated with Google Pay in May 2021, letting US customers send remittances to both India and Singapore. State-backed payments programs are extremely successful in India, making it harder for global providers to compete.
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| Feb 9, 2022
China and the advanced economies of the Asia-Pacific region (Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong) will all be trudging along in the single digits by 2024, with many in the very low single digits. The story in Asia-Pacific will soon center on India and Southeast Asia, where growth will remain robust for the rest of our forecast period.
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| Feb 2, 2022
Jean-Christophe Gerard, the CEO of Barclays’ private banking arm, said the lender wants to buy assets to grow its presence in regions like Singapore. NatWest is reportedly considering a bid for wealth management firm Quilter in what would be the biggest deal for the lender since the financial crisis.
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| Aug 3, 2022
Countries mentioned: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. Key companies: AirAsia, Gojek, Grab, WeChat. Essential stats: This year, retail sales will reach $970.83 billion across the six major economies we track in Southeast Asia. But only 4.6% of those sales—or $45.07 billion—will transact via ecommerce.
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| Dec 16, 2021
For example, the premium offering from Singapore-based exchange Coinhako offers clients access to a dedicated relationship manager.
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| Dec 10, 2021
The company remains a regional powerhouse and has weathered Latin America’s macroeconomic headwinds better than most. 2023 will be an equally challenging year, but Mercado Libre has the building blocks it needs to find success where others, like Singapore-based Shopee, have struggled.
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| Feb 24, 2023
Ben Claeys, founder and CEO of QRTiger, a provider of QR code generation software based in Singapore, has found that retailers can corral 80% more scans when the QR codes have a call to action, which can include an incentive to scan. The call to action can also provide more information about a product such as its authenticity. Eliminate Data Privacy Concerns.
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| Feb 11, 2022
Deutsche Bank’s ESG Centre of Excellence in Singapore delivers ESG-themed lectures in partnership with academic institutions and produces research content with global think tanks. Insider Intelligence and eMarketer research is based on the idea that multiple sources and a variety of perspectives lead to better analysis.
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After delaying changes for several years due to the pandemic, card networks may cave and adjust fee structures downward as an olive branch to merchants, which are continuing their years-long battle against networks: Amazon is surcharging Visa credit purchases in Australia and Singapore, ceasing acceptance in the UK, and considering switching its US co-brand partner.
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| Feb 8, 2022