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B2B Payments
Driving Trust In The Cross-Border B2B Used Vehicle Trade
March 02, 2021

With the rise of eCommerce elevating shoppers’ standards to new heights, digitization has the potential to make even the most notoriously “un-fun” shopping experience a positive one. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Investments
Zoom Expects Post-Pandemic Business Will Remain Brisk 
March 02, 2021

Wall Street is predicting that as vaccines are more widely distributed, the need for remote business tools like Zoom will plummet. Zoom, however, begs to differ and is forecasting that demand will remain brisk post-pandemic, The Financial Times (FT) wrote on Tuesday (March 2). Get...

Investments
US SPAC Tailwind Hunting For European Unicorns To Take Public
March 02, 2021

Tailwind International, a U.S. special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is on the hunt for European tech unicorns to take public, according to The Financial Times (FT) on Tuesday (March 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Payment Methods
Circle CEO: Programmable Money Ushers In Era Of ‘Continuous, Streaming Payments’
March 02, 2021

Stablecoins and blockchain grab their fair share of separate headlines. But brought together, they can help usher in a new paradigm for global payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Faster Payments
Pandemic Relief: When Speed Of Payment Alone Isn’t Enough
March 02, 2021

The pandemic has put a fine point — an exclamation point, really — on the need to make disbursements more efficient by digitizing them. Part of that efficiency can be seen in the form of speed, which can make all the difference to the person...

Digital Banking
DIY Banking Takes Consumers Beyond The Branch
March 02, 2021

The pandemic has quickly pushed the payments world toward the direction of “hands-off.” The rise of contactless payments and digital banking will attest to that. But that doesn’t mean banks can leave consumers to figure out their financial lives on their own. In fact, the...

Banking
Banks Avoid Large Deposits As Negative Interest Looms
March 02, 2021

The biggest German lenders, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, are shying away from larger deposits, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Monday (March 1), as they try to avoid negative interest rates. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

IPO
Singapore’s PropertyGuru In Talks With SPACs For US IPO, Report Says
March 01, 2021

Singaporean real estate firm PropertyGuru is considering a listing in the U.S. via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: NY AG Sends Warning Out To Crypto Industry; MicroStrategy Buys 328 More Bitcoin...
March 01, 2021

New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned crypto firms to “play by the rules” or risk getting shut down, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...