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DALLAS, 6 de enero de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), líder mundial en pagos persona a persona y transferencias de dinero internacionales, anunció hoy una cifra récord de transacciones online durante la época de fiestas. Para el mes de diciembre, MoneyGram Online (MGO) presentó un crecimiento interanual de transacciones internacionales del 142 %, y reportó la mayor cantidad de transacciones en un mismo mes de su historia. Impulsado por un uso intensivo de la aplicación y la posibilidad de hacer envíos directamente a cuentas bancarias y billeteras móviles en tiempo real, cada país donde funciona MGO presentó una cifra récord de transacciones en el mes.

«Durante estos tiempos inciertos, cuando la confiabilidad, la velocidad y la asequibilidad, combinadas con una novedosa oferta digital han sido más importantes que nunca, los clientes siguen eligiendo la marca MoneyGram en cifras récord», comentó Alex Holmes, presidente y director ejecutivo de MoneyGram. «Nuestro crecimiento en esta temporada de fiestas es otro hito importante para nuestra transformación digital centrada en el cliente, y toda la compañía está increíblemente emocionada por el impulso rampante del negocio directo al consumidor».

MoneyGram anunció anteriormente gran confianza en los consumidores a inicios de la temporada de fiestas 2020, y el crecimiento de las transacciones en diciembre resalta una vez más la resiliencia de los clientes de transferencias internacionales para apoyar a sus seres queridos en el exterior, a pesar de las dificultades económicas causadas por la pandemia de la COVID-19. Los clientes reportaron que el aumento de las necesidades de familiares y amigos en el exterior fue el principal factor que afectó las decisiones para enviar dinero en 2020, por encima de las situaciones personales como cambios en los ingresos. El envío de dinero para gastos de alimentos fue el más destacado de la lista, donde el 70 % de los encuestados reportó que quienes están en el exterior han necesitado más dinero para cuidar de sus familias. A los gastos de alimentos le siguen los de vivienda (55 %) y los de salud (52 %).

En la encuesta, los consumidores también reportaron que la pandemia causó que más familiares y amigos les solicitaran recibir el dinero por métodos digitales, como directamente a una cuenta bancaria o a una billetera móvil, en lugar de usar efectivo. En conformidad con estos hallazgos, durante el mes de diciembre MoneyGram registró el mes de más transferencias directas a cuentas bancarias en su historia. Este crecimiento estuvo impulsado por transferencias en tiempo real por medio de Visa Direct, que se incrementó en más del 500 % en el mes de diciembre en comparación con el año anterior.

«Nuestras capacidades digitales líderes, incluidas las transferencias en tiempo real y la mejor experiencia de usuario en la industria, siguen generando resultados fenomenales y estamos orgullosos de ser la mejor opción de transferencias internacionales de dinero para los clientes durante esta época de fiestas», mencionó Kamila Chytil, directora de operaciones de MoneyGram y líder del negocio digital de la compañía. «De cara al futuro, estamos enfocados en escalar aún más rápido y asegurar que nuestros clientes tengan la mejor experiencia digital que se pueda imaginar».

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MoneyGram es un líder global en pagos persona a persona y transferencias internacionales de dinero. Sus capacidades orientadas al consumidor permiten que familiares y amigos envíen dinero de forma rápida y económica en más de 200 países y territorios, con 81 donde ya es posible hacerlo de forma digital.

MoneyGram aprovecha su moderna plataforma móvil de API y colabora con las principales marcas mundiales para atender a millones de personas todos los años a través de sus empresas abiertas al público y de sus empresas digitales dirigidas al consumidor.

Con una sólida cultura de innovación y un enfoque constante en el uso de tecnología para ofrecer la mejor experiencia a los clientes a nivel global, MoneyGram está liderando la evolución los de pagos digitales persona a persona.

Para obtener más información, por favor visite ir.moneygram.com y siga a @MoneyGram.

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IRVINE, California, 6 de enero de 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) reportó hoy ventas totales en diciembre de 31,308 vehículos, logrando los mejores resultados de cualquier diciembre y un aumento del 18.2 por ciento en comparación con diciembre de 2019. Las ventas totales anuales del 2020 totalizaron 279,076 vehículos vendidos, un aumento del 0.2 por ciento en comparación con el 2019. Con 28 días de ventas en diciembre, en comparación con 25 en el 2019, la compañía registró un aumento del 5.5 por ciento sobre la base de la tasa de venta diaria (DSR) en diciembre. Con 309 días de ventas en el 2020, en comparación con 307 en el 2019, la compañía registró una disminución del 0.5 por ciento sobre la base de la tasa de venta diaria (DSR) para el año.

«En general, nuestras ventas mejoraron en el 2020, lo cual es notable si se consideran los eventos del año», dijo el presidente de MNAO, Jeff Guyton. «Este es el año que nadie esperaba, y el enfoque de Mazda para el 2020 se basó en 100 años de operaciones y en siempre encontrar formas innovadoras de alegrar la vida de las personas. Nuestra dinámica línea de productos, los programas comunitarios con fines específicos, la experiencia mejorada en los concesionarios y un nuevo socio financiero han contribuido a nuestro éxito».

Aspectos más destacados de las ventas 

• Las ventas de la familia de crossovers de Mazda, incluidos el CX-3, CX-30, CX-5 y CX-9, totalizaron 220,457 para el año, un aumento del 11 por ciento en comparación con las del 2019. Las ventas de diciembre de todos los crossovers aumentaron un 20.8 por ciento con 25,671 vehículos vendidos.
• Las ventas del CX-9 aumentaron 2.9 por ciento en el 2020 con 27,638 vehículos vendidos.
• El CX-5 tuvo su mejor mes en diciembre, con un aumento de las ventas del 14.1 por ciento con 17,954 vehículos vendidos.
• El mejor mes para CX-30 fue diciembre con 4,408 vehículos vendidos. Las ventas del CX-30 totalizaron 38,064 en el 2020.
• Las ventas del MX-5 Miata aumentaron un 13.6 por ciento en el 2020 con 8,807 vehículos vendidos. Las ventas de diciembre totalizaron 694 vehículos, un aumento del 58.1 por ciento.
• Las ventas anuales de vehículos de segunda mano certificados (CPO) totalizaron 66,193 vehículos, un aumento del 8.4 por ciento en comparación con el 2019. Las ventas de vehículos CPO totalizaron 5,945 vehículos en diciembre, un aumento del 23.9 por ciento en comparación con diciembre de 2019.

A pesar de sus desafíos, 2020 fue un año memorable para Mazda, ya que la marca se centró en los esfuerzos comunitarios y alcanzó varios objetivos en los EE. UU. Los anuncios principales incluyeron:  

• El lanzamiento del nuevo proveedor de servicios financieros de Mazda, Mazda Financial Services.
• La celebración del centenario de Mazda con el anuncio de la Edición Especial del 100.^o Aniversario, el Mazda MX-5 Miata 2020.
• El anuncio del Mazda3 como ganador del premio World Car Design of the Year.
• El lanzamiento del Essential Car Care Program (Programa de Cuidado de Automóviles para el Personal Esencial), que ayudó a proporcionar cambios de aceite gratuitos y una limpieza mejorada a miles de héroes de la salud.
• El lanzamiento del Mazda3 Turbo y del CX-30 Turbo.
• El lanzamiento del Mazda Heroes Program (Programa de Héroes de Mazda).
• El CX-30 ingresó a la lista de vehículos Mazda premiados por el IIHS como ganadores de la MEJOR OPCIÓN DE SEGURIDAD+ 2020.

Mazda Motor de México (MMdM) reportó ventas en diciembre de 4,843 vehículos, una disminución del 18 por ciento en comparación con diciembre de 2019. Las ventas de todo el año disminuyeron un 23.2 por ciento, con 46,117 vehículos vendidos.

Mazda North American Operations tiene su sede en Irvine, California, y supervisa las ventas, el marketing, las piezas y el servicio al cliente de los vehículos Mazda en los Estados Unidos y México a través de aproximadamente 620 distribuidores. Mazda Motor de México gestiona las operaciones de dicho país en la Ciudad de México. Para obtener más información sobre los vehículos Mazda, incluso la fotografía y la edición B-roll, visite el centro de medios de Mazda en línea en InsideMazda.MazdaUSA.com/Newsroom.

Siga los canales de redes sociales de MNAO en Twitter e Instagram en @MazdaUSA y Facebook en Facebook.com/MazdaUSA.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A new report finds that economic gains attributable to private and public sector defined benefit (DB) pensions in the U.S. are substantial. Retiree spending of pension benefits in 2018 generated $1.3 trillion in total economic output, supporting nearly seven million jobs across the nation. Pension spending also added nearly $192 billion to government coffers at the federal, state and local levels.  

Pensionomics 2021: Measuring the Economic Impact of Defined Benefit Pension Expenditures, released today by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), calculates the national economic impacts of U.S pension plans, as well as the impact of state and local plans on a state-by-state basis.

The full report is available here. Register for the webinar here.

A map with downloadable state fact sheets regarding the economic impact of  state and local pension plans is available here.

«This study comes as the U.S. economy is under severe pressure – as manufacturing and retail sales have dropped, unemployment applications remain high, small business closures are accelerating, and corporations are warning of more layoffs and filing for bankruptcy. Especially at this moment, retirees’ spending of their pension income is critical for sustaining and stabilizing consumer spending, which supports millions of jobs across the nation,» said Dan Doonan, NIRS executive director and report co-author.

Retired Americans with a pension receive a stable income every month—even during a recession, which means they can continue spending at the same level as they did pre-recession. The same cannot be said for retirees relying heavily on savings for retirement income. These retirees may be fearful to spend their 401(k) savings during an economic downturn, a time when  U.S. businesses are already struggling. Thus, pensions can serve as economic stabilizers, similar to Social Security and unemployment insurance. 

«Given the economic stress facing state and local governments, it’s all the more important to understand the tax revenue generated from pension spending.  This tax revenue comes from two major sources: taxes paid by beneficiaries directly on their pension benefits and taxes from expenditures in the local economy, like sales tax on retail purchases. This is a stable source of revenue for governments, which will be increasingly important this year,» Doonan explained.

Pension spending supports jobs and the local economy where retirees reside and spend their benefits. For example, when a retired nurse receives a pension benefit payment, s/he spends the pension check on goods and services in the local community. S/he purchases food, clothing, and medicine at local stores, and may even make larger purchases like a car or a computer. These purchases, combined with those of other retirees with pensions, create a steady economic ripple effect.

This study finds that in 2018:

1.    $578.7 billion in pension benefits were paid to 23.8 million retired Americans, including:

• $308.7 billion paid to some 11.0 million retired employees of state and local government and their beneficiaries (typically surviving spouses);
• $105.9 billion paid to some 2.6 million federal government beneficiaries;
• $164.1 billion paid to some 10.1 million private sector beneficiaries, including:
• $44.2 billion paid out to 3.8 million beneficiaries of multi-employer pension plans, and
• $119.9 billion paid out to 6.3 million beneficiaries of single-employer pension plans.

2.    Expenditures made out of those payments collectively supported:

• 6.9 million American jobs that paid nearly $394.2 billion in labor income;
• $1.3 trillion in total economic output nationwide;
• $703.9 billion in value added (GDP); and
• $191.9 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue.

3.    Pension expenditures have large multiplier effects:

• Each dollar paid out in pension benefits supported $2.19 in total economic output nationally.
• Each taxpayer dollar contributed to state and local pensions supported $8.80 in total output nationally. This represents the leverage afforded by robust long-term investment returns and shared funding responsibility by employers and employees.

The largest employment impacts occurred in the real estate, food services, healthcare, and retail trade sectors.

Pension expenditures are especially vital for small and rural communities where other steady sources of income may not be readily found if the local economy lacks diversity. Recent research found that public pension benefit dollars represented between one and three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on average among the 1,401 counties in 19 states studied in 2018.

The purpose of the Pensionomics 2021 study is to quantify the economic impact of pension payments in the U.S. and in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Using the IMPLAN model, the analysis estimates the employment, output, value added, and tax impacts of pension benefit expenditures at the national and state levels. Because of methodological refinements explained in the Technical Appendix, the state level results are not directly comparable to those in previous versions of this study.

The National Institute on Retirement Security is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established to contribute to informed policymaking by fostering a deep understanding of the value of retirement security to employees, employers and the economy as a whole. Located in Washington, D.C., NIRS membership includes financial services firms, employee benefit plans, trade associations, and other retirement service providers. More information is available at www.nirsonline.org. Follow NIRS on Twitter @NIRSonline.

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RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Energy is awarding $500,000 in scholarships in 2021 to assist African American and other underrepresented minority students who reside in the company’s service area. The scholarships will be the first made under the Dominion Energy Educational Equity Scholarship Program, a six-year, $10 million initiative to provide assistance with higher education expenses.

«As we witness our country’s evolving conversation on racial equity and social justice, we want to do our part to help historically underserved students,» said Robert M. Blue, Dominion Energy’s president and chief executive officer. «We know that education can serve as a springboard for social and economic mobility.»

«We have partnered with historically black colleges and universities for nearly 40 years, offering volunteer and financial support,» said Thomas F. Farrell, II, Dominion Energy’s executive chairman. «This scholarship program is another way for us to support the students who will one day lead our nation.»

The scholarship application period is open until Jan. 25, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.

To be eligible, students must:

• self-identify as Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander with higher education expenses; and
• be high school seniors or graduates, or current college undergraduates residing in Connecticut, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Idaho, Wyoming or Utah, with plans to enroll full time at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

In all, 60 scholarships totaling $500,000 will be awarded in 2021. Of those, 20 scholarships of $5,000 each will be made available for students enrolled in two-year schools, while 40 scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to students enrolled in four-year schools. Scholarship recipients will be able to renew scholarships as they progress in school, provided they meet certain criteria, such as GPA requirements and residence in an eligible state. The program is administered by Scholarship America, a nonprofit that specializes in management of scholarship and tuition assistance programs. Scholarship America will support Dominion Energy in the selection of finalists.      

Students can learn more and apply at DominionEnergy.com/EquityScholarships.

The company also has committed $25 million to 11 historically black colleges and universities in Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina. The six-year «HBCU Promise» program will support endowments, capital projects, operating expenses and educational programs in clean energy.

About Dominion Energy
More than 7 million customers in 16 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable, reliable, affordable and safe energy and to achieving net zero carbon dioxide and methane emissions from its power generation and gas infrastructure operations by 2050. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to learn more.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Enverus, the leading energy SaaS and data analytics company, is releasing its summary of Q4 and Full Year 2020 U.S. upstream M&A. After an anemic start, 2020 upstream M&A accelerated dramatically in the second half of the year. Activity crested in Q4 with $27 billion, the third most active quarter by value since oil prices lost their footing in late 2014.

«As anticipated, additional merger activity during Q4 centered on E&Ps with high quality lands and reasonable debt loads,» said Enverus M&A Analyst Andrew Dittmar.

Consistent with earlier deals in 2020, all the big Q4 public company corporate deals were all-equity, low-premium combinations. «Wall Street appears supportive of E&P deals, but with very specific expectations on deal structure and the quality of the merger target,» added Dittmar.

While big corporate deals lifted M&A value in 2020, deal flow as measured by the number of announced deals fell to historic lows. There were only 140 announced deals with a reported value in 2020, the lowest annual total since at least 2006.

«There was very little appetite for buying upstream assets in 2020,» said Dittmar. «In particular, companies were unwilling to invest substantially in buying undeveloped land, a staple of past upstream deal markets.»

In 2021, upstream M&A is likely to normalize relative to the boom-and-bust cycle of large corporate deals or nothing during 2020. There is a substantial backlog of non-core asset divestments for companies to pursue.

Corporate consolidation is likely to continue as companies look for synergies to drive down their cost structures. However, there may be fewer very large corporate deals because so many of those were accomplished during the last year, winnowing the list of possible participants.

View Enverus’ full announcement including extended commentary and Top Five Deal Table.

About Enverus

Through its SaaS platform, Enverus is the leading data, software and insights company providing innovative technologies and predictive/prescriptive analytics, empowering customers to navigate the future. Enverus’ solutions deliver value to more than 6,000 customers in 50 countries across the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, enabling the industry to be more collaborative, efficient and competitive. Enverus is a portfolio company of Genstar Capital. Creating the future of energy together. Learn more at www.enverus.com.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On December 31, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed into law legislation that expands the reach of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, adding a justice of the Supreme Court, along with the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chairperson for National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

The legislation also expands the geographic reach of the Commission’s meetings outside Philadelphia, creating greater opportunities to convene across the country and connect with Americans in all fifty states. In addition, the Commission shall have the exclusive right to use, and allow others to use, the intellectual property of the commission, including logos and other official marks.

«America 250 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engage all Americans in a celebration of the American spirit as we reflect on our past and look with hope to the future,» said Daniel M. DiLella, Chairman of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. «Today’s legislation underscores the importance of this initiative, which will be the largest and most inclusive commemoration in American history with the opportunity to produce more than 100,000 national and grassroots programs, attract billions of dollars in resources, and promote tourism for cities and states across the country.»

«The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence. The Semiquincentennial will serve to bring our nation together as we celebrate America’s history while also looking forward towards a better future,» said Senator Pat Toomey. «Pennsylvania plays an important part in America’s origin story, but a celebration this historic must be a national event, a point this legislation highlights. With the signing of this bill, the Semiquincentennial is poised to become an epic celebration of America’s history engaging Americans from all across the country.»

«I’m pleased we were able to work together on a bipartisan basis to get this bill passed,» said Congressman Dwight Evans. «The America 250 celebration will be a unique opportunity to remind everyone of our history and hopefully to bring Americans together around shared ideals.»

In late December, the House and Senate reached an agreement on a $1.4 trillion omnibus budget bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. The budget includes $8 million for the Commission, to help with preparation for the America 250 celebration culminating in 2026.  The President signed the bill into law on December 29, 2020.

More information about the Commission’s vision and approach to programming can be found in Inspiring the American Spirit, its report submitted to the President on December 31, 2019.

About the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission
The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission was established by Congress in 2016 as the official body tasked with planning and orchestrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The Commission aims to inspire all Americans and each American to participate in the largest and most inclusive commemoration in our nation’s history.  For more information visit www.america250.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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