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UAE Car Rental Platform Selfdrive Expands to Qatar, Bahrain
UAE Car Rental Platform Selfdrive Expands to Qatar, Bahrain
April 04, 2022  |  International

Consumers in the Middle East will soon have more options when it comes to renting a car. Dubai-based car rental tech platform Selfdrive is expanding...

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B2B Payments Firm Mondu Names Klarna Veteran as New Legal Chief
B2B Payments Firm Mondu Names Klarna Veteran as New Legal Chief
April 04, 2022  |  B2B Payments

German B2B payments FinTech Mondu has appointed Klarna veteran Miyu Lee to serve as its chief legal officer and general counsel. As Tech EU reported...

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UK Payment Regulator to Close Card-Acquiring Consultation With Remedies in Sight
UK Payment Regulator to Close Card-Acquiring Consultation With Remedies in Sight
April 04, 2022  |  Regulation

The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator on Wednesday (April 6) will close a public consultation on the potential remedies that it considers applying in the card-acquiring...

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London’s Growth Kitchen Debuts With $3.9M Investment
London’s Growth Kitchen Debuts With $3.9M Investment
April 04, 2022  |  Investments

London-based Growth Kitchen, a FoodTech startup that builds satellite kitchen networks, announced it received £3 million ($3.9 million) in seed funding Friday (April 1). Growth...

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 Budget Insight Raises $35M in Funding
 Budget Insight Raises $35M in Funding
April 04, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

Budget Insight, the Paris-based FinTech, announced it has received $35 million (€31 million) in funding Monday (April 4). The company said the cash will be...

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UK Will Mint Its Own NFTs, Regulate Stablecoins
UK Will Mint Its Own NFTs, Regulate Stablecoins
April 04, 2022  |  NFTs

Great Britain unveiled plans Monday (April 4) to mint its own non-fungible token (NFT) in an effort to become a major player on the global...

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Klarna Closes Deal on PriceRunner Acquisition
Klarna Closes Deal on PriceRunner Acquisition
April 04, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later firm, has completed its purchase of PriceRunner, the comparison-shopping service in the Nordic region, the Stockholm-based company announced...

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UK Clothing Retailer Ted Baker Now Open to Sale
UK Clothing Retailer Ted Baker Now Open to Sale
April 04, 2022  |  Retail

One week after declining a pair of takeover offers from an American private equity investor, British fashion retailer Ted Baker said it’s ready to consider...

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EU Oversight of Microsoft, Amazon Cloud Business Goes Beyond Antitrust
EU Oversight of Microsoft, Amazon Cloud Business Goes Beyond Antitrust
April 04, 2022  |  Regulation

Over the course a few days, cloud computing went from “not being an antitrust concern,” according to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, to a being...

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