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Yapily, Soldo Team to Help SMBs Manage Payments
Yapily, Soldo Team to Help SMBs Manage Payments
July 12, 2022  |  SMBs

Open banking platform Yapily and spend management company Soldo have partnered to help businesses in Europe maintain visibility over their payments and control spending. “Leveraging...

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BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
July 12, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published on Friday (July 8) a report highlighting the benefits of interlinking arrangements and application programming interfaces (APIs) to...

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Visa Says Riding Mass Transit Has Never Been Easier — but Tap to Ride Uptake Is Limited
Visa Says Riding Mass Transit Has Never Been Easier — but Tap to Ride Uptake...
July 12, 2022  |  Transportation

We’ve seen the disappearance of the subway tokens. The tickets — at the bus, on the trains and across mass transit in general — are...

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Staffing Shortage Leads London’s Heathrow to Limit Flights
Staffing Shortage Leads London’s Heathrow to Limit Flights
July 12, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Heathrow Airport in London is limiting the number of departing passengers to 100,000 per day until September and has asked airlines to suspend ticket sales...

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Meta’s EU Future Hangs on Irish Authority’s Draft Data Regulations
Meta’s EU Future Hangs on Irish Authority’s Draft Data Regulations
July 12, 2022  |  Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) will be paying close attention to the discussions that will be held today, July 12, on the plenary session of the European...

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UK Regulator Urges Government To Review Internal Use of WhatsApp, Private Emails 
UK Regulator Urges Government To Review Internal Use of WhatsApp, Private Emails 
July 12, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published on Monday, July 11, a report about the government use of private correspondence channels like WhatsApp, private emails...

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BlackFin Closes €350M Fund for European FinTechs, InsurTechs
BlackFin Closes €350M Fund for European FinTechs, InsurTechs
July 11, 2022  |  Investments

BlackFin Capital Partners has announced Monday (July 11) a second closing, for €350 million ($351 million), of its Tech 2 fund, which is dedicated to...

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PYMNTS GCC Series: High Smartphone Penetration, Govt Support Boosts UAE’s FinTech Growth
PYMNTS GCC Series: High Smartphone Penetration, Govt Support Boosts UAE’s FinTech Growth
July 11, 2022  |  Technology

Although not all countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — are...

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Like Its Predecessor, the Digital Euro Will Require Security, Mobility
Like Its Predecessor, the Digital Euro Will Require Security, Mobility
July 11, 2022  |  emea

Since the first euros went into circulation over twenty years ago, few global developments have come close to the game-changing effect the single currency has...

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