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UK FinTech Stenn Offers SMBs Digital Invoice Financing
November 21, 2022

U.K.-based FinTech Stenn, which specializes in invoice financing, is focusing its energies on to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and emerging markets, where access to trade financing has often been limited. Trade finance is especially critical for export businesses, which often wait months for payment...

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Pomelo Taps Galileo to Power Global Credit Remittances for Families
November 20, 2022

Galileo Financial Technologies has teamed with money transfer company Pomelo to add its API-enabled technology to the Pomelo card. The company said in a news release that the card lets families in the U.S. build and extend credit access abroad without racking up costly remittance...

International
World Cup Runs Dry as Qatar Bans Booze at Stadiums
November 18, 2022

More than one million fans are expected to travel to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as the so-called “beautiful game’s” biggest stage kicks off this Sunday (Nov. 20).  But for all the hype and buzz leading up to the event, a giant unexpected buzzkill...

International
Only 20% of Direct-to-Consumer Merchants Sell to APAC Consumers
November 17, 2022

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) businesses may not have much of a presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) area, but with significant investments planned in the near future, D2Cs are poised to grow dramatically in the region even within the next year. For the PYMNTS study “The Emerging...

International
Millions Committed to Green Tech, Circular Economy Initiatives as COP27 Ends
November 17, 2022

As world leaders prepare to wrap up negotiations at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Friday (Nov. 18), climate tech investment deals signed by participants mark some of the major successes of the nearly two-week event. For example, the European Investment Fund (EIF), a...

International
Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
November 17, 2022

Ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 20), soccer fans from around the globe have been arriving in Qatar, giving an economic boost to the country’s tourism and hospitality sector. But beyond the obvious beneficiaries of an influx of foreign visitors, World...

Global Payments
Payroc Debuts Embedded Finance API Platform
October 20, 2022

Global payments company Payroc has debuted a new API suite and developer documentation site, a press release said, which will give technology providers more embedded payments flexibility. The platform was intended to equip Payroc’s partners with the control to make unique payment experiences within their...

Global Payments
eInvoicing Needs a ‘Translation Layer’ as Business Payments Go Global
October 18, 2022

After a couple of decades, you’d think that electronic invoicing would be pretty much perfected — a done deal, with standardized formats across companies and across countries. As Billtrust President Steve Pinado told Karen Webster, “Companies have been generating PDFs and sending emails with invoice...

International
EMEA Daily: Ikea Pushes Affordability as Inflation Looms
October 13, 2022

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Ikea reaffirms its commitment to affordability, while Adyen announces the launch of its platform in Mexico. Ikea Pushes Affordability as Inflation Looms Swedish home furnishings company Ikea said retail sales have picked up over the...