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        ANNOUNCEMENTS                                             Paysafe brings new approach
                                                                  to iGaming payments
          U.S. Women in Payments Symposium                        Paysafe Group added a new single point of integration
          honors Homberger                                        to its range of payment solutions using a software API.
                                                                  The unified platform is available to iGaming operators
          Carolyn Homberger, group president at ACI Worldwide,    in the United States as the market opens up to online
          was recognized at the U.S. Women in Payment             sports betting and was exhibited at ICE London in early
          Symposium. She received the Rising Star Under 40        February. Using Paysafe's single integration, operators
          award for leadership and professional excellence in     and developers can access the full extent of Paysafe's
          the payments industry.  Since joining  ACI in 2006,     core, alternative and future differentiated payments ser-
          Homberger has held several key roles across different   vices, the company stated.
          business divisions and has led significant transforma-
          tion projects, ACI stated.
                                                                 RESEARCH
          Marqeta on 2019 Forbes Fintech 50
          Marqeta  was  named  to  Forbes'  annual  Fintech  50  list.   Mobile payment now a norm for
          This is its first appearance on the list and validates the   Chinese outbound travelers
          company's innovation and market leadership among the    Alipay released preliminary statistics on Chinese con-
          current wave of innovation in the financial technology   sumers' mobile payment behavior during China's Lunar
          industry, Marqeta stated. Forbes' Fintech 50 list honors   New Year celebrations. Drawn from the 40-plus mar-
          fintech companies with the greatest impact and track    kets where  Alipay is accepted, the findings revealed
          record of innovation.                                   that overseas consumption per capita through  Alipay

          Metabank launches faster payments platform              by outbound travelers from third-and-fourth-tier cities
                                                                  grew faster than that by those from top-tier cities, such
          MetaBank introduced its faster payments platform,       as Beijing and Shanghai.
          designed to enable its partners to disburse funds in
          near real-time. One initial offerings on the platform is   Contactless cards gaining traction
          Mastercard Send, a push payments service that powers    A growing number of banks plan to introduce contact-
          a faster, better, smarter way to send money domesti-    less credit and debit cards, Auriemma Consulting Group
          cally and cross border, MetaBank noted, adding that     stated, adding that contactless cards offer an improved
          this rounds out MetaBank's suite of solutions that also   customer experience and are poised to gain traction in
          includes ACH origination, wire transfers and more.      the U.S. market. "Today, just 22 percent of credit card

          PAI assists in stopping ATM fraud                       companies offer contactless cards in the U.S.  market,"
                                                                  Auriemma said. "But 67 percent of card issuers plan to
          Privately held  ATM provider Payment  Alliance          introduce contactless cards within the next few years."
          International is collaborating with the United States
          Secret Service and local law enforcement agencies to    FNB of Omaha releases 2019 outlook
          thwart man-in-the-middle attacks at ATMs. Using pro-    First National Bank of Omaha released its 2019 Outlook,
          prietary, real-time reporting software, PAI is able to alert   which evaluates the U.S. and global economies. "The
          officials of potential attacks while they occur, enabling   U.S. economy  was  relatively strong in 2018, and  we
          apprehension of criminals on the spot, PAI noted.       think growth will continue in 2019," said Kurt Spieler,
                                                                  Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management at First
                                                                  National Bank of Omaha. "However, our expectation
                                                                  is that economic activity will decelerate this year. We
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