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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). Get the...

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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. Get...

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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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Venture Capital Firms Invested Record $5.2B in African Startups in 2021
Venture Capital Firms Invested Record $5.2B in African Startups in 2021
April 19, 2022  |  Investments

Venture capital (VC) firms injected a record $5.2 billion into African startup firms in 2021, a nearly fivefold increase from 2020 levels, which dipped during...

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Société Généralee Launches Trade Finance Accelerator
Société Généralee Launches Trade Finance Accelerator
April 19, 2022  |  B2B Payments

French multinational investment bank Société Générale has launched what it calls the “Payment & Transaction Banking Accelerator” (P&T BAX). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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BOPIS Grows Basket Size as Most Consumers Buy Extra Items When Picking-Up In-Store
BOPIS Grows Basket Size as Most Consumers Buy Extra Items When Picking-Up In-Store
April 19, 2022  |  Retail

Offering in-store and curbside pickup options can encourage customers to spend more in brick-and-mortar stores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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