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Investments
New Funding For Custom Spreadsheets Puts Airtable At $2.5B Valuation
September 14, 2020

Airtable, a spreadsheet startup, ended a funding round with a new valuation of $2.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

Loyalty & Rewards
Hotels.com Debuts Loyalty Program Visa Card
September 14, 2020

Hotels.com has launched a credit card to help users access rewards, according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Cross-border Payments
Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances
September 14, 2020

Liberia-based mobile financial services firm Lonestar Cell is partnering with WorldRemit to offer customers mobile remittances straight to their Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) accounts, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Omnicommerce
Gaming Platforms Betting On ‘The Metaverse’ As Next Internet
September 14, 2020

Our first glimpse of the not-so-distant future of handheld tech was ‘the communicator’ on TV’s “Star Trek” in the late 1960s, providing science fiction’s vision of the smartphone. Earthbound versions of actual devices were ubiquitous within 30 short years of their Syfy debut. Get the...

Investments
Klarna Valued At $10.65B After $650M Funding Round
September 14, 2020

Private equity firm Silver Lake is leading a group in a $650 million investment in buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Klarna, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

News
Today In Payments Around The World: Oracle Appointed TikTok US ‘Technology Provider’; Alibaba Mulls Investment...
September 14, 2020

In today’s top news in payments from around the world, Oracle Corp. has said that it was chosen to be ByteDance’s “trusted technology provider” that will take over TikTok’s American operations, and Alibaba is considering an investment in Grab. Plus, new regulations in China will...

B2B Payments
Emirates NBD Debuts International Payments Hub For Six Countries
September 14, 2020

Middle Eastern finance group Emirates National Bank Dubai (NBD) has deployed a centralized international payments hub on Tata Consultancy Services‘ TCS BaNCS For Payments, according to a press release, which will help to boost payments in numerous countries across the world. Get the Full Story...

Regulation
UK Regulator Ends Half Its Money Laundering Probes Without Prosecuting
September 14, 2020

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator has closed the book on seven of 14 criminal investigations into the breach of money laundering rules, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Regulation
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Japan Fair Trade Commission Receives Amazon Japan’s Improvement Blueprint; Italy’s Competition Regulator AGCM Probes...
September 14, 2020

Here’s the latest news for Big Techs Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and officials. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...