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EMEA Daily: Instabox Raises $190M for Its Delivery Platform; Flow Your Money Picks Up 3.5M...
April 21, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Swedish delivery company Instabox has raised $190 million in growth equity, while money automation startup Flow Your Money brought in 3.5 million euros (about $3.8 million) to further help freelancers with money management. Get the...

Latin America
RecargaPay on How Pix Propelled Brazil Into the Global Digital Payments Spotlight
April 21, 2022

When Brazil’s central bank launched Pix last year, the country was thrust into the global payments spotlight. In this month’s "Digitizing Payments In Latin America Playbook," PYMNTS talked with RecargaPay’s Rodrigo Teijeiro about how this instant payments option shifted a mixed cash and credit card...

International
EMEA Daily: Google Opens Its First African Product Hub; Moneyhub, Wyzr Team on Automated Financial...
April 20, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Google plans to open its first product development center in Kenya, while Moneyhub partners with Wyzr to make automated financial planning possible in the U.K. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Latin America
Digitizing Payments in Latin America Playbook: Brazil Is Setting the Standard
April 20, 2022

Open banking is an emerging practice in the financial sector these days, with consumers embracing the opportunity to control their financial data and prevent banks from blocking the movement of money between other financial services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Latin America
How Pix Ignited Digital Payments in Brazil
April 20, 2022

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EMEA Daily: Robinhood Acquires Ziglu; SEON Raises $94M in Series B Funding
April 19, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Robinhood takes a step toward European expansion by acquiring crypto platform Ziglu. Plus, online fraud prevention platform SEON raised $94 million to boost its global presence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

International
EMEA Daily: Zambia-Based Union54 Raises $12M; Francois Pinault, I2PO Buy Deezer for Over $1B
April 18, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, the Zambian card-issuing company Union54 raised $12 million in seed funding. Plus, music-streaming platform Deezer may be going public as part of a $1 billion acquisition by Francois Pinault and I2PO. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Irish Payments Company Planet to Add 500 Jobs Globally
April 17, 2022

Planet, a software and payments company, is adding 100 new jobs in Ireland, the Connacht Tribune reported Sunday (April 17), with many of the roles destined for Planet’s headquarters in Galway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

International
Crowdfunding Sites Finance Ukrainian Journalism
April 17, 2022

Ukrainian journalists have been looking to the crowdfunding site Patreon to help finance their own coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Financial Times reported Saturday (April 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...