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SoftPOS Drives EU Merchants’ Adoption of Contactless Payments
SoftPOS Drives EU Merchants’ Adoption of Contactless Payments
June 20, 2022  |  POS Innovation

Merchants who want to accept contactless payments, either by card or mobile wallet, have traditionally needed card readers to do so, but a new technology,...

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Stripe Offers Bank Transfers to Businesses in UK, EU, Mexico
Stripe Offers Bank Transfers to Businesses in UK, EU, Mexico
June 20, 2022  |  Digital Banking

Stripe has developed a bank transfer solution which will help customers receive and reconcile transfers more easily, according to a Monday (June 20) company blog...

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Discount Clothing Retailer Primark Makes Move to eCommerce
Discount Clothing Retailer Primark Makes Move to eCommerce
June 20, 2022  |  Retail

Primark will be venturing into online shopping with a new “click and collect” feature for children’s products as it looks into moving away from strictly...

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UK InsurTech Startup Instanda Raises $45M
UK InsurTech Startup Instanda Raises $45M
June 20, 2022  |  Insurance

Instanda, provider of a “no-code core insurance platform,” Monday (June 20) announced it raised $45 million in a Series B funding round that was led...

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5 EU Startups Making Waves in the AML Technology Space
5 EU Startups Making Waves in the AML Technology Space
June 20, 2022  |  Startups

The current wave of anti-money laundering (AML) technology has been largely precipitated by a series of directives issued by the European Parliament since 2015. Nevertheless,...

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Real-Time Demand Will Boost EU Open Banking Payments, Says Worldpay EMEA GM
Real-Time Demand Will Boost EU Open Banking Payments, Says Worldpay EMEA GM
June 20, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Whether it’s the rapid normalization of contactless payments, the buy-now-pay-later boom or the growing interest in cryptocurrencies, the payments industry has been evolving at a...

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CE100 Held On as BNPL Firms, Platforms Extend Losses
CE100 Held On as BNPL Firms, Platforms Extend Losses
June 20, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The week that was: a week that many investors wish had not been. The Connected Economy 100 stock index did marginally better than the broader...

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HSBC Egypt Offers Financing Options for Green Purchases
HSBC Egypt Offers Financing Options for Green Purchases
June 19, 2022  |  Banking

HSBC Egypt has debuted a green personal finance program for Egyptian customers, a press release says, helping the bank support clients working towards a goal...

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Appletree Campaigns to Raise $5B to Fund 1 Million African eCommerce SMEs
Appletree Campaigns to Raise $5B to Fund 1 Million African eCommerce SMEs
June 19, 2022  |  Investments

Appletree Digital Commerce, an eCommerce company, has debuted the Taking One Million African Traders Online Movement (TOMATO) initiative, to help out with African youths with...

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