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APIs Turn Payment Cards Into Programmable Money
APIs Turn Payment Cards Into Programmable Money
April 07, 2022  |  API

Making payments with cards or through banks has contributed to transforming the payments industry, but those systems have not been built in a way to...

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Today in Crypto: Swedish Central Bank Reports Positively on e-Krona Pilot; Binance Takes Lead in $600M Hacker Bailout
Today in Crypto: Swedish Central Bank Reports Positively on e-Krona Pilot; Binance Takes Lead in...
April 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The new phase of the Swedish e-krona project has been going on since February, and now the country wants to test its viability for smart...

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UK Startup Homeppl Debuts B2B Tenant Guarantor Service to Combat Tenancy Fraud
UK Startup Homeppl Debuts B2B Tenant Guarantor Service to Combat Tenancy Fraud
April 06, 2022  |  Real Estate

Homeppl, a London startup that works to create inclusion in property rentals, has rolled out a business-to-business (B2B) version of its tenant guarantor product, according...

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EMEA Daily: German HealthTech Avi Medical Raises $54.5M; Stablecoins Embraced as Valid Payment Form in UK
EMEA Daily: German HealthTech Avi Medical Raises $54.5M; Stablecoins Embraced as Valid Payment Form in...
April 06, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Munich-based HealthTech firm Avi Medical raised $54.5 million in Series B funding, and the United Kingdom...

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UK Shoppers at Westfield Malls to Get BNPL Option
UK Shoppers at Westfield Malls to Get BNPL Option
April 06, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Customers at more than a dozen stores in Westfield’s London and Stratford City shopping centers can now utilize a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option...

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i2c, PingPong Team up on Cross-Border eCommerce
i2c, PingPong Team up on Cross-Border eCommerce
April 06, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Digital payments and banking company i2c has joined forces with Chinese tech unicorn PingPong to provide cross-border eCommerce payment solutions to business owners. According to...

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Stablecoins Embraced as Valid Payment Form in UK
Stablecoins Embraced as Valid Payment Form in UK
April 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.K. is now validating stablecoins as an accepted form of payment and is moving forward to launch an international hub for crypto-asset technology and...

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Bain Capital Leads $65M Series B for Fidel API
Bain Capital Leads $65M Series B for Fidel API
April 06, 2022  |  Investments

Financial infrastructure platform Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B round that brings the company’s total funding to $88 million. As the...

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Acquirers Must Aim for Payments ‘Moon Shots’ to Move Beyond Mere Processing
Acquirers Must Aim for Payments ‘Moon Shots’ to Move Beyond Mere Processing
April 06, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Only a few decades ago — right up until the 1980s, in fact — Walgreens, that behemoth of the pharma industry, had food service as...

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