Blockchain Technology Could Solve Many Challenges in Africa’s Payments Space

Blockchain Technology Could Solve Many Challenges in Africa’s Payments Space
Blockchain Technology Could Solve Many Challenges in Africa’s Payments Space
December 06, 2021  |  Blockchain

Over the past year, Africa has been widely reported as the next crypto frontier, helped by an under-developed infrastructure and a heavily fragmented digital payments...

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Car Apps Add Vehicle Financing to Acquire, Retain Customers
Car Apps Add Vehicle Financing to Acquire, Retain Customers
December 06, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

It’s been a turbulent 18 months for car owners. Since March 2020, there have been huge swings in the number of miles driven, rapid inflation...

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UK’s Carwow Raises $55M to Expand Online Car Marketplace
UK’s Carwow Raises $55M to Expand Online Car Marketplace
December 06, 2021  |  Investments

Fueled by the pandemic, digital car sales are still going strong. On Monday (Dec 6.), London-based online car marketplace Carwow announced that it has secured...

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Card Issuer Tutuka Merges With Paymentology 
Card Issuer Tutuka Merges With Paymentology 
December 06, 2021  |  B2B Payments

A pair of issuer-processors — Tutuka and Paymentology — announced Monday (Dec. 6) they would merge into a single entity.   Get the Full Story...

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Down $10,000 In One Hour? What Happened to Bitcoin This Weekend?
Down $10,000 In One Hour? What Happened to Bitcoin This Weekend?
December 06, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Big flash crashes in bitcoin are nothing new, but this weekend’s trip below $42,300 highlighted what seems to be a growing trend in the first...

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Retail Exec Lauds Strong Online Holiday Shopping, Predicts Pandemic-Era Conveniences Will Continue
Retail Exec Lauds Strong Online Holiday Shopping, Predicts Pandemic-Era Conveniences Will Continue
December 06, 2021  |  Retail

Australian global payments platform EML Payments and its North American malls partner, Cadillac Fairview, which operates 35 million square feet of retail and office space, credit...

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Smartphone Procurement Firm everphone Raises $200M 
Smartphone Procurement Firm everphone Raises $200M 
December 06, 2021  |  Investments

The German phone-as-a-service provider everphone has raised $200 million in new funding, money the company says it will use to expand its efforts in Europe,...

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Stripe Acquires OpenChannel for Ecosystem Integration
Stripe Acquires OpenChannel for Ecosystem Integration
December 06, 2021  |  Acquisitions

Digital payment processing firm Stripe on Monday (Dec. 6) announced the acquisition of app marketplace software platform OpenChannel, which helps businesses build app ecosystems for...

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New Study: Debit, Credit in Physical Stores Pull Ahead of Digital Wallets
New Study: Debit, Credit in Physical Stores Pull Ahead of Digital Wallets
December 06, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In early December 2019, few had yet heard of COVID-19. News reports were only just trickling in. It didn’t seem like the entire world was...

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