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Bain Capital Leads $65M Series B for Fidel API

Bain Capital Leads $65M Series B for Fidel API
Bain Capital Leads $65M Series B for Fidel API
April 06, 2022  |  Investments

Financial infrastructure platform Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B round that brings the company’s total funding to $88 million. Get the...

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Acquirers Must Aim for Payments ‘Moon Shots’ to Move Beyond Mere Processing
Acquirers Must Aim for Payments ‘Moon Shots’ to Move Beyond Mere Processing
April 06, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Only a few decades ago — right up until the 1980s, in fact — Walgreens, that behemoth of the pharma industry, had food service as...

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Paysend Launches Products to Help Customers Boost Credit
Paysend Launches Products to Help Customers Boost Credit
April 06, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

United Kingdom FinTech startup Paysend is launching two new products to help customers improve their finances and get their credit scores on track, according to...

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Increasing Demand for Flexibility Will Drive Efficiencies in Remote Hiring
Increasing Demand for Flexibility Will Drive Efficiencies in Remote Hiring
April 06, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Stay-at-home orders and lockdowns in the wake of the pandemic led to an unprecedented boom in remote work — a trend that many say is...

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UK Credit Card FinTech Jaja Finance Wins $157M in Investor Commitments
UK Credit Card FinTech Jaja Finance Wins $157M in Investor Commitments
April 05, 2022  |  Investments

A consortium of investors has committed to fund up to £120 million ($157 million) in credit card lender Jaja Finance, a press release said Tuesday...

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The NFT Bubble Is Deflating – Will a Better User Experience Save It?
The NFT Bubble Is Deflating – Will a Better User Experience Save It?
April 05, 2022  |  NFTs

It’s tempting to take the U.K.’s announcement that it’s going to mint an NFT to signal the launch of new crypto policy as a sign...

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EMEA Weekly: Apple’s Financial Service Ambitions May Clash With EU’s DMA; Transforming Receipts Into Data, Insights for UK Customers, Merchants
EMEA Weekly: Apple’s Financial Service Ambitions May Clash With EU’s DMA; Transforming Receipts Into Data,...
April 05, 2022  |  International

In this week’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Apple’s plan to develop its own payment processing system may test the limits of the...

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Spain Plans New Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Spain Plans New Consumer Financial Protection Agency
April 05, 2022  |  Regulation

Following a flood of financial services complaints from consumers in Spain, the government is planning to create a consumer protection authority, Reuters reported Tuesday (April...

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Giant Online Platforms Could Face Enforcement Fee Under EU Rules
Giant Online Platforms Could Face Enforcement Fee Under EU Rules
April 05, 2022  |  Taxes

The world’s biggest online platforms could be assessed an annual fee of up to 0.1% of yearly net income to cover costs to regulate compliance...

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