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Payments Firm MFS Africa Buys US FinTech Global Technology Partners
Payments Firm MFS Africa Buys US FinTech Global Technology Partners
June 06, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Digital payment company MFS Africa is set to acquire the U.S. FinTech Global Technology Partners to help issue prepaid cards — a rare incident of...

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EMEA Daily: Israel’s Perimeter 81 Reaches Unicorn Status
EMEA Daily: Israel’s Perimeter 81 Reaches Unicorn Status
June 06, 2022  |  emea

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Israeli cybersecurity company Perimeter 81 reaches a valuation of $1 billion after a $100...

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Survey Finds Managing Taxes Is Top Global-Hiring Headache
Survey Finds Managing Taxes Is Top Global-Hiring Headache
June 06, 2022  |  B2B Payments

International hiring skyrocketed in 2021 among businesses in the U.S. and U.K. after the pandemic replaced the office-work paradigm with a remote-first alternative.  Firms most...

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New Stripe Tool Aims to Improve EU Payment Authentications
New Stripe Tool Aims to Improve EU Payment Authentications
June 06, 2022  |  POS Innovation

Financial infrastructure platform Stripe has unveiled a delegated authentication feature that the company said is designed to improve payment conversion rates in Europe. As the...

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Israeli CyberSecurity Firm Perimeter 81 Valued at $1B
Israeli CyberSecurity Firm Perimeter 81 Valued at $1B
June 06, 2022  |  Investments

Israeli cybersecurity firm Perimeter 81 entered unicorn territory Monday (June 6) following a funding round that valued the company at $1 billion, according to a...

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Software, Technology Firms Not Enough to Drive CE100 Index Gains in Choppy Week
Software, Technology Firms Not Enough to Drive CE100 Index Gains in Choppy Week
June 06, 2022  |  Connected Economy

A holiday-shortened trading week ended up in the red. To that end, the CE100 Index fared worse than its brethren, having declined by 2.2% on...

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TransferMate Founder Sees Stablecoins as B2B X-Border Payments Future
TransferMate Founder Sees Stablecoins as B2B X-Border Payments Future
June 06, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Convenience is marking a new wave across different industries, and in the business-to-business (B2B) cross-border payments space, it’s no different. Today, about 98% of all...

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Grubhub Co-Founder Reportedly Wanted to Buy It Back
Grubhub Co-Founder Reportedly Wanted to Buy It Back
June 05, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Grubhub co-founder Matt Maloney might want to buy the company back after selling it to Just Eat Takeaway in 2021, a Seeking Alpha report says....

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IPO Value Plunges 90% in 2022 in US, Europe
IPO Value Plunges 90% in 2022 in US, Europe
June 05, 2022  |  IPO

IPOs in the U.S. and Europe aren’t doing so well, having fallen 90% in value so far this year, Financial Times (FT) reports. That comes...

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