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The World Tour: How Working Capital Is Impacting Eight Global Industries
The World Tour: How Working Capital Is Impacting Eight Global Industries
February 24, 2025  |  Working Capital

Suppose a construction company in Singapore that’s juggling projects from high-rise apartments to infrastructure development is feeling the pinch of rising interest rates and unpredictable...

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Mastercard Launches Tool to Help Firms Trace Money Laundering
Mastercard Launches Tool to Help Firms Trace Money Laundering
February 13, 2025  |  Mastercard

Mastercard is bringing its TRACE financial crime-fighting and anti-money-laundering tool to the Asia-Pacific region. TRACE uses “timely and large-scale payments data from multiple financial institutions”...

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Thunes Adds PayPal’s Hyperwallet to Cross-Border Payments Network
Thunes Adds PayPal’s Hyperwallet to Cross-Border Payments Network
January 14, 2025  |  Cross Border Commerce

Money movement platform Thunes says it has added PayPal’s Hyperwallet to its Direct Global Network. With this movement, Hyperwallet customers can send money in real time to more than 450...

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US Sanctions Chinese Government Contractor Employing Flax Typhoon Hackers
US Sanctions Chinese Government Contractor Employing Flax Typhoon Hackers
January 03, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

The United States imposed sanctions on Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, which is a People’s Republic of China (PRC) government contractor, saying the company...

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Visa and Tencent to Launch Pay-by-Palm Solution in Singapore
Visa and Tencent to Launch Pay-by-Palm Solution in Singapore
November 08, 2024  |  Biometrics

Visa and Tencent partnered to launch a pay-by-palm solution, first in Singapore and then in other markets. The collaboration brings together Tencent’s palm recognition technology...

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Alipay+ and PayPay Expand Partnership for Cross-Border Payments in Japan
Alipay+ and PayPay Expand Partnership for Cross-Border Payments in Japan
November 06, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

PayPay, a QR payments operator in Japan, is expanding its partnership with Alipay+ to widen its merchant coverage network across Japan. More than 3 million...

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Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’
Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’
November 05, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Mastercard debuted a service that lets consumers make card-based payments via local digital wallets. With Pay Local, Mastercard cardholders link their credit or debit cards...

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Mastercard Launches Tokenized Card-Based Bill Pay Solution
Mastercard Launches Tokenized Card-Based Bill Pay Solution
October 28, 2024  |  Mastercard

Mastercard launched a new card-based bill-pay solution for merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators and payment service providers. The new Bill Qkr is live and available globally,...

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Food Delivery Platform HungryPanda Raises $55 Million to Fuel US Expansion
Food Delivery Platform HungryPanda Raises $55 Million to Fuel US Expansion
September 30, 2024  |  Investments

HungryPanda raised $55 million to help expand its Asian food delivery service in the United States. The refinancing and fundraise will help the company “explore...

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