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FCA Enforcement Chief to Step Down

FCA Enforcement Chief to Step Down
FCA Enforcement Chief to Step Down
October 18, 2022  |  Personnel

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced Tuesday (Oct. 18) that Mark Steward will be stepping down as the regulator’s executive director of enforcement and...

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Meta Will Jettison Giphy Following CMA Ruling
Meta Will Jettison Giphy Following CMA Ruling
October 18, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Meta Platforms says it will sell the GIF generator Giphy following an order from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority Tuesday (Oct. 18). Get the...

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Seamless B2C Transactions Demand Interoperability Across African, Global Payment Systems
Seamless B2C Transactions Demand Interoperability Across African, Global Payment Systems
October 18, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

With some 40 currencies across 54 countries, divergent preferences for payment methods and even the same payment method processed differently depending on the country, it’s...

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Big Tech Eyes Untapped Cloud Opportunities in MEA Markets
Big Tech Eyes Untapped Cloud Opportunities in MEA Markets
October 17, 2022  |  Big Tech

In recent years, cloud data centers and the scalable server power they provide businesses have emerged as one of the most critical infrastructural components of...

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Maintaining Physical Bank Branches Keeps Cash Alive In Underserved European Communities
Maintaining Physical Bank Branches Keeps Cash Alive In Underserved European Communities
October 17, 2022  |  Digital Banking

From the vinyl revival to the enduring appeal of film photography, analog technologies that many thought would give way to the rising tide of digitization...

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Pound Rebounds on New UK Chancellor’s First Day but Import-Export Challenges Remain
Pound Rebounds on New UK Chancellor’s First Day but Import-Export Challenges Remain
October 17, 2022  |  emea

Last month, when then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced sweeping tax cuts in the U.K., the currency markets reacted with swift retribution for what...

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Edenred Buys IPS to Create End-to-End Solution for Managing AP
Edenred Buys IPS to Create End-to-End Solution for Managing AP
October 17, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Digital payments platform Edenred has acquired invoice automation vendor IPS and said this will give the clients of its corporate payment subsidiary, Edenred CSI, access...

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Samsung Wallet to Launch in 11 New EMEA Markets
Samsung Wallet to Launch in 11 New EMEA Markets
October 17, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

Samsung Electronics will launch its Samsung Wallet in 11 new markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) before the end of the year,...

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Mastercard Teams With Paxos to Help Banks With Crypto Trading
Mastercard Teams With Paxos to Help Banks With Crypto Trading
October 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard is expanding its partnership with cryptocurrency trading platform Paxos by launching Crypto Source, a new program to help financial institutions (FIs) up their game...

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