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German Railway Bets Industrial Metaverse Will Cut Delays and Boost Safety

German Railway Bets Industrial Metaverse Will Cut Delays and Boost Safety
German Railway Bets Industrial Metaverse Will Cut Delays and Boost Safety
October 25, 2022  |  Metaverse

German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn is building an industrial metaverse of its entire 20,500-mile rail network that it hopes will help it stop crashing...

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FCA Exploring Implications of Big Tech Entry Into Financial Services
FCA Exploring Implications of Big Tech Entry Into Financial Services
October 25, 2022  |  Big Tech

As the likes of Google and Apple have diversified their offering to include payments and other financial services, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is...

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Report: Stablecoin Caps are Being Reconsidered as MiCA Vote Nears
Report: Stablecoin Caps are Being Reconsidered as MiCA Vote Nears
October 25, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The caps placed on stablecoins in the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) legislation that is now being considered by the European Parliament are reportedly...

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Biometrics Offers MENA Customers Frictionless, Secure Online Authentication
Biometrics Offers MENA Customers Frictionless, Secure Online Authentication
October 25, 2022  |  Biometrics

Along with the pressure to speed up digital transformation at the onset of the pandemic, businesses around the world soon realized that the acceleration would...

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Kuwait’s Central Bank Asks Volunteers to Test Its BNPL Product
Kuwait’s Central Bank Asks Volunteers to Test Its BNPL Product
October 24, 2022  |  BNPL

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced that it has allowed a new buy now, pay later (BNPL) product to begin testing with volunteer customers...

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Dutch B2B Lending Platform Floryn Secures $64M From NatWest
Dutch B2B Lending Platform Floryn Secures $64M From NatWest
October 24, 2022  |  Investments

Floryn, a Netherlands-based online lending firm for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced on Friday (Oct. 21) that it has raised 65 million euros ($64...

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Mobile Money-Telecom Decoupling to Bolster Interoperability, Benefit Africa’s PSPs
Mobile Money-Telecom Decoupling to Bolster Interoperability, Benefit Africa’s PSPs
October 24, 2022  |  Mobile

As part of the ongoing separation of Airtel Africa’s mobile money business from the parent telecommunications company, Airtel Kenya’s division has become the latest to...

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Credit Suisse Settles French Tax Case for $235M
Credit Suisse Settles French Tax Case for $235M
October 24, 2022  |  AML

Credit Suisse will pay 238 million euros ($235 million) to settle a tax fraud and money laundering case in France. Get the Full Story Complete...

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