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ECB Says Digital Euro Would Protect Privacy
ECB Says Digital Euro Would Protect Privacy
June 20, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The European central banker in charge of the creation of a digital version of the euro said such a currency would both protect the privacy...

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Today In Payments Around The World: UK Gets 100th Tech Unicorn; Investment Heats Up In Middle East, Southeast Asia
Today In Payments Around The World: UK Gets 100th Tech Unicorn; Investment Heats Up In...
June 17, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, the technology industry in the United Kingdom has achieved a significant milestone, while global investment is heating...

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Klarna Rolls Out CSS Tool To Help European Retailers Save
Klarna Rolls Out CSS Tool To Help European Retailers Save
June 15, 2021  |  eCommerce

Digital bank Klarna is rolling out a new Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) solution to help its European partner retailers increase their return on Google ads....

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Payment Methods Make Or Break Food Marketplaces’ International Expansion
Payment Methods Make Or Break Food Marketplaces’ International Expansion
June 03, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

The United States’ restaurant delivery marketplace seems like a complex tangle of emerging and incumbent delivery services, technological platforms and payment methods, but it has...

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H&M’s Secondhand eShop Sellpy Debuts In 20 European Countries
H&M’s Secondhand eShop Sellpy Debuts In 20 European Countries
May 31, 2021  |  Retail

Sellpy, which is majority-owned by H&M, will be expanding to 20 more European countries, U.S. News reported. The move seems designed on the gamble that...

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Fed: Pandemic’s Length Presents Significant Risks To Financial System
Fed: Pandemic’s Length Presents Significant Risks To Financial System
May 06, 2021  |  Economy

The ultimate scope and length of the pandemic are still among the “most significant risks to the financial system,” according to a Financial Stability Report...

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Today In Payments: EPI Looks To Topple US FinTechs; Sweden’s Trustly Scraps $950 Million IPO Plans
Today In Payments: EPI Looks To Topple US FinTechs; Sweden’s Trustly Scraps $950 Million IPO Plans
May 03, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the European Payments Initiative aims to take on U.S. FinTechs with a new pan-European payments firm, and Trustly is scrapping its...

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European Payments Initiative Looking To Topple US FinTechs
European Payments Initiative Looking To Topple US FinTechs
May 03, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is looking to create a payments firm that can take on some of the biggest U.S. FinTechs and payments companies,...

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IMF: Europe Could See Pre-COVID Economic Levels Next Year
IMF: Europe Could See Pre-COVID Economic Levels Next Year
April 14, 2021  |  Economy

While Europe’s economic recovery in the wake of COVID has been “halting and uneven,” there are promising signs on the horizon, the International Monetary Fund...

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