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Mastercard Teams With 4thWave to Tap a $7 Trillion Payments Market
Mastercard Teams With 4thWave to Tap a $7 Trillion Payments Market
January 09, 2024  |  Partnerships

Mastercard teamed with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider 4thWave to streamline B2B payment flows. The partnership targets businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as...

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Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
July 03, 2023  |  Partnerships

Alipay and Tinaba have expanded their partnership to help Italian travelers make payments in Asia. Tinaba, a Milian-based payments company, announced in a press release the latest iteration...

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Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale
Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale
May 31, 2023  |  Spend Management

Companies navigating the shifting landscape of global commerce see the promise of new markets, of bringing their products and services to new geographies. As they...

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Fintiv and Geoswift Partner on Digital Remittances to Asia
Fintiv and Geoswift Partner on Digital Remittances to Asia
February 03, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Fintiv and Geoswift have partnered on enabling cross-border remittance payments into Asia. The collaboration — which brings together Fintiv’s mobile commerce platform and Geoswift’s payment...

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ACI Expands; Says It Covers Third of Countries Offering Real-Time Payments
ACI Expands; Says It Covers Third of Countries Offering Real-Time Payments
February 01, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Software firm ACI Worldwide says it is expanding amid a global boom in real-time payments. The expansion means ACI now covers about a third of the world’s...

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Crypto Lender Matrixport Raises Valuation to $1.5B Despite FTX Collapse
Crypto Lender Matrixport Raises Valuation to $1.5B Despite FTX Collapse
November 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Asian cryptocurrency unicorn Matrixport Technologies is seeking $100 million in funding despite its presence in a digital asset market still feeling the shockwaves of FTX’s...

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AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
November 11, 2022  |  Digital Payments

During the 10 days leading up to China’s Singles Day shopping event, there was a 40% increase in the number of online transactions via the...

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Report: China’s Singles Day Retail Growth Expected to be Weakest Ever
Report: China’s Singles Day Retail Growth Expected to be Weakest Ever
November 11, 2022  |  Retail

China’s Singles Day — a weeks-long shopping event that has become a key measure of consumer demand in the country — has reportedly seen a...

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Coupang Builds Momentum With ‘Milestone’ Q3 Profit
Coupang Builds Momentum With ‘Milestone’ Q3 Profit
November 10, 2022  |  Retail

South Korean eCommerce platform Coupang reported its first-ever profit Wednesday (Nov. 9), a landmark the company attributed to its investments in technology. “We achieved another...

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