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Moneyhub, Wyzr Partner on Automated Financial Planning
Moneyhub, Wyzr Partner on Automated Financial Planning
April 20, 2022  |  Partnerships

Open data and payments platform Moneyhub and financial technology platform Wyzr are teaming up to enable automated financial planning in the U.K., according to a...

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Google Set to Open First African Product Hub
Google Set to Open First African Product Hub
April 20, 2022  |  Google

Google is opening its first-ever product development center in Africa, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday (April 19). The center, set to be...

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Yapily Partners With Yonder to Offer Credit to Underserved
Yapily Partners With Yonder to Offer Credit to Underserved
April 20, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Credit card startup Yonder is teaming up with open banking platform Yapily to provide consumers access to credit without needing a U.K. credit score. Working...

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Restaurant Tech Platform Foodics Raises $170M
Restaurant Tech Platform Foodics Raises $170M
April 20, 2022  |  Investments

Saudi restaurant tech firm Foodics has raised $170 million in a Series C round, the company announced on its website Wednesday (April 20). According to...

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FCA Taps Victoria McLoughlin as Interim Head for Digital Assets Unit
FCA Taps Victoria McLoughlin as Interim Head for Digital Assets Unit
April 20, 2022  |  Personnel

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Victoria McLoughlin as interim head of its digital assets department, according to her LinkedIn profile, another step...

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Just Eat Takeaway Could Offload Grubhub as Demand Drops
Just Eat Takeaway Could Offload Grubhub as Demand Drops
April 20, 2022  |  Delivery

Just Eat Takeaway (JET) could offload Grubhub for real this time as the public’s taste for home-delivered meals continues to wane post-pandemic and high inflation...

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Growing Smartphone Usage Boosts MENA Non-Cash Payments
Growing Smartphone Usage Boosts MENA Non-Cash Payments
April 20, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Long gone are the days when making mobile or digital purchases in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was an almost impossible task. According...

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EU’s Open Banking’s Payments Transformation Faces FinTech Headwinds
EU’s Open Banking’s Payments Transformation Faces FinTech Headwinds
April 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

The introduction of open banking in 2019, enabled by the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), has significantly transformed the digital payments space in Europe, with...

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Public Comments Reveal Widespread Misunderstanding About Digital Euro’s Role
Public Comments Reveal Widespread Misunderstanding About Digital Euro’s Role
April 19, 2022  |  CBDC

After scrolling through the 11,000-plus comments the European Commission has received about its digital euro project, it isn’t hard to get flashbacks to the reception...

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