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Banking is an industry that handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. Banks provide a safe place to store extra cash and credit. One key step towards financial independence is having a solid banking account.

Digital Pound Could Help UK Compete As Financial Hub
Digital Pound Could Help UK Compete As Financial Hub
April 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), by and large, have been heralded as having utility across a variety of use cases — from speeding stimulus payments...

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CitiConnect API Has Processed 1 Billion Calls Since Launch
CitiConnect API Has Processed 1 Billion Calls Since Launch
April 12, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Citi announced on Monday (April 12) that its application programming interface (API) connectivity platform has processed over 1 billion API calls since launching in 2017....

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TrueLayer CEO: Merchants Will Lead Open Banking Payments To Ubiquity
TrueLayer CEO: Merchants Will Lead Open Banking Payments To Ubiquity
April 12, 2021  |  Digital Banking

All revolutions have leaders. But what about the open banking revolution — the one across the pond in the U.K.? Well, that’s going to be...

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Citigroup Seeks To Maintain Freeze On Inadvertent Loan Payment Of $504 Million
Citigroup Seeks To Maintain Freeze On Inadvertent Loan Payment Of $504 Million
April 09, 2021  |  Loans

Creditors of Revlon Inc. that obtained in excess of $500 million in inadvertent payments by way of Citigroup Inc. want a judge to let them...

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BlackBerry, Embedded Payments, Delegated Authentication Top This Week’s News
BlackBerry, Embedded Payments, Delegated Authentication Top This Week’s News
April 09, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, rumors have been swirling that a new BlackBerry-branded device will be 5G compatible, and new insights on embedded payments and delegated...

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The Week In Payments: Digital Healthcare, COVID-19 Passports And The Banking Innovation Challenge 
The Week In Payments: Digital Healthcare, COVID-19 Passports And The Banking Innovation Challenge 
April 09, 2021  |  News

Big money moves in the world of healthcare. There are public concerns about FinTechs. And there’s the continuing debate about when, where and how consumers...

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Whole Paycheck: Amazon Converting Malls As Walmart Takes On Banks
Whole Paycheck: Amazon Converting Malls As Walmart Takes On Banks
April 09, 2021  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

A week ago in this space, PYMNTS talked about how the two titans of retail, who have found themselves in a market share dead heat,...

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Eastern Bankshares, Century Bancorp To Merge With $22 Billion In Assets
Eastern Bankshares, Century Bancorp To Merge With $22 Billion In Assets
April 08, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Eastern Bankshares, a Boston-based mutual that is the country’s largest of its kind, and Century Bancorp have entered into an agreement to merge companies, with...

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Mogo, LendingClub Bank Partner On Debit Card Issuance
Mogo, LendingClub Bank Partner On Debit Card Issuance
April 08, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Canadian digital payment FinTech Mogo has announced that Carta Worldwide, its payments platform, will be partnering with U.S.-based LendingClub Bank to help power a debit...

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