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Investments
Indian FinTech Slice Hits Unicorn Status with $220M Funding Round
November 28, 2021

Slice, the India-based FinTech providing credit cards, has become a unicorn as of a new $220 million Series B, which values the company at over $1 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Regulation
EU’s Digital Market Act Clears Hurdle, Would Set Restrictions on Social Media Platforms
November 28, 2021

The European Parliament Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) has approved the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to put more stringent rules about big social media platforms in place. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
UK Expands Financial Regulators’ Duties
November 28, 2021

The U.K. will be looking at making its regulators help boost growth and competition in finance, in addition to their other tasks, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Payment Methods
Visa Says Indian Government Favors Domestic Payments Company RuPay
November 28, 2021

Visa has raised concerns with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) about India favoring the domestic payments card provider RuPay, three years after Mastercard did so privately in 2018, Reuters reported Sunday (Nov. 28).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Cross Border Commerce
Top International eCommerce Merchants Support 24 Currencies for Cross-Border Transactions
November 26, 2021

Payments localization is becoming more integral to cross-border eCommerce success as more merchants personalize checkouts for customers in different geographic locations. Supporting the right mix of currencies and payment options is becoming more paramount as merchants’ competitors add more of both. Get the Full Story...

B2B Payments
Digital Payments Help Small Businesses Solve Back-Office Disconnects
November 26, 2021

Business payments are growing more digital by the day. But with that growth comes the critical importance of maintaining back-office structure. That means connecting several “sides” of the B2B payment and managing layers of interaction between a company’s external and internal activities to achieve scale....

Retail
New Browser Tech Aims to Solve Online Shoppers, Retailer Abandoned Cart Problem
November 26, 2021

You’re shopping for the perfect half-zip for a holiday get-together. You click on something you like and save it to your shopping cart. But you’re sure there has to be something better, somewhere — maybe a lower price,  a shade of burgundy with a bit...

Security & Fraud
Point Solutions and Piecemeal Approach to KYC Hinders Fraud Protection Efforts
November 26, 2021

All industries go through a period of evolution where several service providers crowd into a space, offering a slew of options geared toward making enterprise workflows and back-end processes easier. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

eCommerce
Know Where Your Customer Is: Key to Improving Cross-Border Merchant Sales
November 26, 2021

More than 450 local digital payment methods are used around the world, and how well merchants cater to those local preferences can make or break their efforts to expand internationally. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...