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UK Unicorn Checkout.com Makes Deal To Acquire ProcessOut
UK Unicorn Checkout.com Makes Deal To Acquire ProcessOut
February 26, 2020  |  Acquiring

Checkout.com, which works in global payment solutions, has made an acquisition in French payment company ProcessOut, the company said in an emailed press release. Financial...

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Saudi Arabia Makes Digital Push To Lessen Cash Reliance
Saudi Arabia Makes Digital Push To Lessen Cash Reliance
February 18, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Saudi Payments, a state-owned payments apparatus, has partnered with stc pay, another Saudi Arabia payments company, to grow the breadth of its mobile wallet, and...

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Why Casper’s IPO May Join Ghosts Of Unicorns Past — Or Never To Be
Why Casper’s IPO May Join Ghosts Of Unicorns Past — Or Never To Be
January 28, 2020  |  IPO

For Casper Sleep, a billion dollar valuation amid an initial public offering (IPO) — and with it, vaunted “unicorn” status in the public markets —...

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Brazil’s Unicorn FinTech EBANX Pilots Digital Wallet
Brazil’s Unicorn FinTech EBANX Pilots Digital Wallet
January 15, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Brazil’s unicorn FinTech and payments startup EBANX is trialing a digital wallet, called Ebanx Go, with 10,000 consumers on a test basis, the company announced...

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HighRadius Hits Unicorn Status With $125M Round
HighRadius Hits Unicorn Status With $125M Round
January 07, 2020  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn...

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India’s InMobi Ad Platform Sees 53 Pct. Increase In YOY Losses
India’s InMobi Ad Platform Sees 53 Pct. Increase In YOY Losses
January 05, 2020  |  Investments

Indian unicorn startup InMobi reported a net loss of ₹54 crore in the fiscal year ending in March of last year, which is a year-on-year...

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52 Monday Conversations About Payments In 2019
52 Monday Conversations About Payments In 2019
December 30, 2019  |  Karen Webster

Mondays have a bad reputation, and that’s understandable. The magic of the weekend is fading into memory, and sometimes even the strongest coffee has a...

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UK Digital Bank Monzo Taps Visa Exec As US CEO 
UK Digital Bank Monzo Taps Visa Exec As US CEO 
December 03, 2019  |  Digital Banking

London’s digital unicorn Monzo has appointed TS Anil to head U.S. operations as chief executive officer (CEO), Monzo said in a press release on Tuesday...

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Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
November 12, 2019  |  Investments

Africa’s veteran FinTech firm Interswitch became the sector’s first unicorn following a $200 million investment by Visa that gave it a 20 percent equity stake...

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