As Latin America’s gig economy expands, these same employees are also looking for flexibility and convenience in how they're paid. In PYMNTS new "Digitizing Payments In Latin America Playbook," Cabify’s Ruth Sosa explains how the rideshare company is offering payment tools that balance the strengths...
Canada is working on a bill to make tech companies pay local news publishers for content, which is intended as a boon for media companies that have seen online advertising eat up their money, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 5). Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said he...
Today in the FinTech Ukraine Daily: Epic Games has raised $144 million for the humanitarian effort in Ukraine; AGI has donated $200,000 and launched a fundraising effort and voluntary donation link for war victims. Epic Games has raised $144 million for the humanitarian effort in...
In this week’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Apple’s plan to develop its own payment processing system may test the limits of the European Digital Markets Act, and London-based startup Slip is working to turn receipts into actionable data in the U.K. Plus,...
Consumers worldwide are reconsidering the way they do everything from pay bills to meet their job responsibilities in the aftermath of the global health crisis, as remote, virtual-first interactions have become the norm for many workers. Many individuals are also considering participating in the gig...
Consumers in the Middle East will soon have more options when it comes to renting a car. Dubai-based car rental tech platform Selfdrive is expanding to Qatar on the Persian Gulf in Eastern Arabia and Bahrain, a collection of islands off the eastern coast of...
Finixio, a London digital media firm, is rolling out sports betting products in the Balkan, German and Japanese markets, a press release said Friday (April 1). The products are Kladionica.com for the Balkans, WettanbieterBonus.de for Germany and JapaneseBetting.com for Japan. The Finixio products let users...
This week in the FinTech Ukraine, more than 1,200 people have received temporary accommodations through Airbnb.org in Europe, and Google will contribute $5 million toward the Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund this year. Following President Joe Biden’s announcement that the United States will welcome...
In this week’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, not everyone has purchased cryptocurrencies, but crypto awareness is through the roof; and Dutch payments group Adyen introduces a suite of embedded financial products. Plus, London-based property technology startup Goodlord raises 27 million British...
