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The Cost of Doing Business With China? A $40,000 Dinner With Xi Jinping Might Be Just the Start
28Nov By adminNo Comments
World

The Cost of Doing Business With China? A $40,000 Dinner With Xi Jinping Might Be Just the Start

Updated Nov. 28, 2023 12:17 am ETBroadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan shelled out $40,000 to sit at Xi Jinping’s table for the Chinese leader’s recent dinner in San Francisco with the heads of American businesses. Tan had a lot more at stake—a $69 billion deal he was waiting on China to approve.For months, Chinese regulators wouldn’t clear the U.S. chipmaker’s bid to buy enterprise software developer VMware, leading Broadcom to put off its date for completion of the deal—first announced in May 2022—three times. Beijing had held up previous mergers involving U.S. companies. Intel’s planned acquisition of Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor, for more than $5 billion, was scuttled in August after Chinese regulators failed to approve it.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reser...
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Fed Floats Deep Cuts to Debit-Card Swipe Fees
26Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Fed Floats Deep Cuts to Debit-Card Swipe Fees

Updated Oct. 25, 2023 2:26 pm ETWASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve proposed lowering by about 30% the fees merchants pay to many banks when consumers shop with debit cards, setting off a fight with banks that oppose the changes. At present, merchants pay large card issuers such as JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America 21 cents plus 0.05% of the transaction amount, which is the level set by the Fed in 2011. The Fed can lower the cap if it determines the costs for processing debit-card payments are declining, but it had never previously done so.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Visa, Mastercard Want a Slice of Africa’s Mobile Money
19Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Visa, Mastercard Want a Slice of Africa’s Mobile Money

Updated Oct. 19, 2023 12:01 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)JOHANNESBURG—African fintech companies have found creative ways to help the continent’s consumers spend their money. Traditional payments companies want in.Global payment giants, including Mastercard and Visa, are pouring billions of dollars into African companies that have powered a sharp expansion in e-commerce on the continent. Recent deals have focused on mobile-money operators, which allow users to send funds using simple cellphones, and platforms that facilitate such payments for merchants such as Uber Technologies, Netflix or Estée Lauder without relying on credit cards or bank accounts.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Visa, Mastercard Want a Slice of Africa’s Mobile Money
19Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Visa, Mastercard Want a Slice of Africa’s Mobile Money

Oct. 18, 2023 11:00 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)JOHANNESBURG—African fintech companies have found creative ways to help the continent’s consumers spend their money. Traditional payments companies want in.Global payment giants, including Mastercard and Visa, are pouring billions of dollars into African companies that have powered a sharp expansion in e-commerce on the continent. Recent deals have focused on mobile-money operators, which allow users to send funds using simple cellphones, and platforms that facilitate such payments for merchants such as Uber Technologies, Netflix or Estée Lauder without relying on credit cards or bank accounts.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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