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Dubai Ramps Up Efforts to Become Global Metaverse Capital

Dubai Ramps Up Efforts to Become Global Metaverse Capital
Dubai Ramps Up Efforts to Become Global Metaverse Capital
September 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

As key players converge on Wednesday (Sep. 28) for the Dubai Metaverse Assembly, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is making a...

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EMEA Daily: Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
EMEA Daily: Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
September 28, 2022  |  emea

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), central banks in Sweden, Norway and Israel have teamed up to test central bank digital currency...

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New SWIFT Tool Offers Front Row View of Post-Trade Settlement Journey
New SWIFT Tool Offers Front Row View of Post-Trade Settlement Journey
September 28, 2022  |  Technology

A new capability being piloted by SWIFT tackles the lack of visibility in post-trade processing while also helping prevent settlement fails. Get the Full Story...

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Partner Hub, Answer Pay Team on eInvoicing, Request-to-Pay Services
Partner Hub, Answer Pay Team on eInvoicing, Request-to-Pay Services
September 28, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Payments-as-a-service platform Answer Pay and online invoicing service and technology provider Partner Hub have joined forces to make it easier for banks to offer their...

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PingPong, Uncapped Partner on Capital Advance for European Merchants
PingPong, Uncapped Partner on Capital Advance for European Merchants
September 28, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Aiming to help eCommerce merchants that have established their businesses and are now looking to expand, PingPong Payments and Uncapped have partnered to enable PingPong...

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Grover Agrees to $260M Debt Financing Facility With M&G
Grover Agrees to $260M Debt Financing Facility With M&G
September 28, 2022  |  Investments

Berlin-based Grover, which operates a consumer technology subscription platform, has agreed to a new 270-million-euro (about $260 million) debt financing facility with international asset manager...

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Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
September 28, 2022  |  CBDC

The central banks of Sweden and Israel announced Wednesday (Sept. 28) that they will start exploring how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be used...

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ECB Advisor Defends Amazon’s Role in Digital Euro Project
ECB Advisor Defends Amazon’s Role in Digital Euro Project
September 28, 2022  |  CBDC

An advisor to the European Central Bank (ECB) is defending the decision to make Amazon one of the five companies to test a digital euro....

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Payments Startup Satispay Raises €320M, Is Italy’s Newest Unicorn
Payments Startup Satispay Raises €320M, Is Italy’s Newest Unicorn
September 28, 2022  |  Investments

Payments startup Satispay raised 320 million euros ($306 million) in a Series D funding round that boosted its valuation to 1 billion euros, making it the latest...

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