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EMEA Daily: Zopa Taps Into UK’s $7.5B BNPL Market
June 08, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, British digital bank Zopa is launching a suit of regulated buy now, pay later (BNPL) products. Also, payment solutions firm PayU is expanding its business in Africa by establishing operations in Ghana, and...

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EMEA Daily: UK Wants to Court Big Tech
June 07, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the British government is preparing to release a set of policies designed to attract Big Tech companies to the country. Also, Card issuing platform Marqeta is integrating into Western Union’s European digital banking platform,...

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Online Car Seller Cazoo to Cut 15% of Staff
June 07, 2022

Online car retailer Cazoo said it will reduce about 15% of its workforce and slow new hiring in an effort to cut costs. According to the a company news release Tuesday (June 7), the cuts — which will impact approximately 750 people — are part...

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EMEA Daily: Israel’s Perimeter 81 Reaches Unicorn Status
June 06, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Israeli cybersecurity company Perimeter 81 reaches a valuation of $1 billion after a $100 million funding round. Also, payments firm Stripe rolls out a new tool designed to improve payment authentication in the European...

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EMEA Daily: Germany’s N26 Teams With Stripe
June 03, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, German digital bank N26 works with Stripe to expand its account top-up options. Also, African money transfer service M-Pesa teams up with Visa on a virtual payment card service and PYMNTS interviews British FinTech...

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EMEA Daily: DoorDash’s $8B International Expansion
June 02, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, DoorDash acquires Finnish food aggregator Wolt in a bid to expand internationally. Also, Italian payments company Nexi buys the payments business of BPER Banca and its subsidiary Banco Di Sardegna, and MoneyGram forms a...

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EMEA Daily: UK Closer to New Online Ad Rules
May 31, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the U.K. is preparing new ad regulations that could affect companies like Google and Facebook. Also, Dutch food delivery startup Just Eat Takeaway considers taking a loss as it tries to sell Grubhub, and...

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Sterling Bond Market Falls as Rates Rise, Forecasting UK Credit Crunch
May 29, 2022

The U.K. credit market isn’t doing so well, Bloomberg reported Saturday (May 28), citing numerous troubles. A bond market seeing double-digit losses is stressing some companies in need of cash, Bloomberg wrote. The firms are up against rate increases from the Bank of England, a...

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EMEA Daily: Israeli Blockchain Firm StarkWare Valued at $8B
May 27, 2022

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Israeli blockchain builder StarkWare sees its value rise to $8 billion after a $100 million funding round. Also, the EU’s data protection chief calls for people to gain more control over their digital information,...