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PYMNTS Blockchain Series: What is Cardano?
PYMNTS Blockchain Series: What is Cardano?
January 18, 2022  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Throughout this series of articles, we’re looking at the top blockchains in crypto to help you make sense of the alphabet soup of so-called “altcoins”...

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UK Challenger Bank Helps SMBs Build Credit History and Access Loans
UK Challenger Bank Helps SMBs Build Credit History and Access Loans
January 18, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Sixty-five percent. That’s the proportion of new U.K. businesses that are refused credit, leading to an estimated 6-billion-pound lending gap between small and medium-sized enterprise...

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The Art and the Science of Building Global Payments Partnerships
The Art and the Science of Building Global Payments Partnerships
January 11, 2022  |  Partnerships

Cross-border transactions continue to gain traction around the world, with a staggering $156 trillion expected to cross international borders annually by 2022, according to a...

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Merchants Forced to Adapt Payments Systems as X-Border Mobile Commerce Soars
Merchants Forced to Adapt Payments Systems as X-Border Mobile Commerce Soars
January 04, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Cross-border transactions continue to gain traction around the world, with a staggering $156 trillion expected to cross international borders annually by 2022. In Europe for...

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eBay: More Options, Less Red Tape Needed to Streamline Cross-Border Payments and Purchases
eBay: More Options, Less Red Tape Needed to Streamline Cross-Border Payments and Purchases
January 03, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payments have expanded significantly from businesses to individual consumers in recent years, with payment card giant Visa reporting that cross-border payment volumes on its...

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The Most Ambitious of the ‘Ethereum Killers,’ Polkadot’s Launch Could Begin the Reinvention of DeFi
The Most Ambitious of the ‘Ethereum Killers,’ Polkadot’s Launch Could Begin the Reinvention of DeFi
December 20, 2021  |  Blockchain

Ethereum Co-founder Gavin Wood’s attempt to knock his creation off its pedestal as the blockchain on which almost all DeFi, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and many...

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Deep Dive: The Role of Consent Management in Open Banking Privacy Regulations
Deep Dive: The Role of Consent Management in Open Banking Privacy Regulations
December 07, 2021  |  Authentication

Open banking relies on consumers’ consent for regulated third-party financial services providers to securely access their bank transaction histories. The model makes digital payments easier...

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EMEA Daily: UK FinTech Plum Raises $13.9M in Series A Funding; Nigerian B2B Startup Alerzo Acquires FinTech Firm Shago Payments
EMEA Daily: UK FinTech Plum Raises $13.9M in Series A Funding; Nigerian B2B Startup Alerzo...
October 15, 2021  |  International

In today’s top EMEA news, U.K. FinTech Plum closes a $13.9 million Series A funding round, and The Digital Pound Foundation wants to see a...

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BoA Expands Mobile Wallets To EMEA, APAC Corporate Clients
BoA Expands Mobile Wallets To EMEA, APAC Corporate Clients
July 29, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Bank of America (BoA) has expanded its mobile wallet use to include corporate customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific...

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