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SVB Collapse Creates Question Mark for Venture Debt
SVB Collapse Creates Question Mark for Venture Debt
April 10, 2023  |  Investments

What does the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank mean for the venture debt sector? It’s a question asked by a Monday (April 10) report in...

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PC Shipments Suffer ‘Precipitous Drop’ in Q1
PC Shipments Suffer ‘Precipitous Drop’ in Q1
April 10, 2023  |  Retail

Shipments of personal computers fell earlier this year amid the economic downturn. That’s according to a report issued Sunday (April 9) by market research firm...

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Payments Execs Say Q1 ’23 Forced a New Kind of Reality Check
Payments Execs Say Q1 ’23 Forced a New Kind of Reality Check
April 10, 2023  |  Payment Methods

While some dark first-quarter 2023 recessionary imaginings came to pass — witness the tech job cuts and the collapse of important financial institutions — so...

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South Africa’s RTP Scheme Hopes to Turn Highly Banked, Cash-Centric Consumers Into RTP Users
South Africa’s RTP Scheme Hopes to Turn Highly Banked, Cash-Centric Consumers Into RTP Users
April 10, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Compared to other African markets which have high levels of unbanked populations, more than 80% of South Africa’s population has access to a bank account....

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Bank of England Building Its CBDC Team
Bank of England Building Its CBDC Team
April 09, 2023  |  CBDC

England’s central bank has reportedly begun hiring workers to develop its digital currency. The Bank of England (BOE) wants to create a team of up...

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Report: Russians Find US Payments Sanctions Hard to Sidestep
Report: Russians Find US Payments Sanctions Hard to Sidestep
April 09, 2023  |  Payment Methods

One year after the world sanctioned their country, Russians have gotten creative in finding payment solutions. That’s according to a report Sunday (April 9) by...

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Former Google CEO Says Industry Must Develop AI ‘Guardrails’
Former Google CEO Says Industry Must Develop AI ‘Guardrails’
April 07, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Former Google head Eric Schmidt opposes a six-month pause of artificial intelligence (AI) experiments. While the concerns about AI are legitimate — and may even...

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EU Early-Stage Startups Benefit From VC Dry Powder
EU Early-Stage Startups Benefit From VC Dry Powder
April 07, 2023  |  Startups

In a challenging macroeconomic market that has led to a sharpened focus on belt-tightening, FinTech firms are under mounting pressure from investors to pivot from...

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Could Britcoin Change the UK’s Payments Balance of Power?
Could Britcoin Change the UK’s Payments Balance of Power?
April 06, 2023  |  CBDC

Programmability has been pegged as one of the major draws of digital currencies and one of innovative services that central bank digital currency (CBDCs) could...

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