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    PayPal acquires Japanese buy-now-pay-later venture

    2021-09-08T10:36:00Z

    U.S.-based payment platform PayPal Holdings has announced the acquisition of Paidy, a digital payment platform based in Japan. Paidy develops a two-sided payment platform and is also a provider of buy-now-pay-later solutions in Japan, a strategically important market for PayPal. According to the American company, almost three-quarters of all purchases ...

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    German banks launch unified digital payment service

    2021-05-11T08:52:00Z

    Banks and savings institutes in Germany are driving forward the standardization of their online payment processes. Since May 5, the institutions will gradually offer customers and retailers a bundled payment service for all aspects of checking accounts. The five major banking associations that make up the Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft ( ...

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    Burton pilots sales incentive program in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

    2020-12-18T06:35:00Z

    According to Boardsport Source , Burton has initiated in certain European countries a pilot version of the “Sales Incentive Program” it has set up in the U.S. Employees at its wholesale partners in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are receiving a commission, or “cash bonus,” on the sale of Burton ...