Australia

Amazon Seeks Pharmacy Trademarks In Canada, UK, Australia 
Amazon Seeks Pharmacy Trademarks In Canada, UK, Australia 
January 21, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Amazon has filed for a trademark for Amazon Pharmacy in several countries, according to a report by CNBC. Those countries include Australia, Canada and the...

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Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
January 21, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Add Australia to the list of countries with central banks looking to bring fiat currencies into the digital realm — with some conditions attached. As...

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Bitcoin Daily: IDC Identifies Terror-Linked Hamas Bitcoin; Venezuela Opens Crypto Casino
Bitcoin Daily: IDC Identifies Terror-Linked Hamas Bitcoin; Venezuela Opens Crypto Casino
January 21, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The International Data Corp.’s Institute for Counter Terrorism (IDC-ICT) has discovered a bitcoin front linked to Hamas that is associated with Iran, and is used...

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How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US
How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

Never underestimate the value of the “Contact Us” form that every merchant and service provider places somewhere on its website — because no one knows...

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PayPal Hits $10B Charitable Donations Processing Milestone
PayPal Hits $10B Charitable Donations Processing Milestone
January 16, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

From where PayPal sat, the world was a very generous place in the year 2019. According to data released this morning, donation processing had a...

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Afterpay, Red Cross Team To Collect Donations For Australia Fires
Afterpay, Red Cross Team To Collect Donations For Australia Fires
January 07, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Afterpay and the Red Cross are looking for money donations to help Australia amid the bushfire crisis currently ravaging the country. Based in Australia, Afterpay...

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Judo Bank Adds InfraRisk Tech To Bolster SMB Lending
Judo Bank Adds InfraRisk Tech To Bolster SMB Lending
January 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Australia challenger bank Judo Bank has announced a collaboration with credit management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider InfraRisk to bolster its small business lending operations. A press...

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CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle
CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle
January 02, 2020  |  Loans

Sezzle — a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) company based in Minnesota, but listed in Australia — was denied a crucial lending license from California....

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Aussie Auditors’ Role In Reverse Factoring Disclosure Questioned
Aussie Auditors’ Role In Reverse Factoring Disclosure Questioned
January 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance...

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