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Crypto Firms Face Turf War With FinTechs, Neobanks Over Service Offerings

Crypto Firms Face Turf War With FinTechs, Neobanks Over Service Offerings
Crypto Firms Face Turf War With FinTechs, Neobanks Over Service Offerings
April 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Sensors, Apps and APIs Have Become the Real-Time Heroes of the Supply Chain Crunch
Sensors, Apps and APIs Have Become the Real-Time Heroes of the Supply Chain Crunch
April 26, 2022  |  Supply Chain

The last few years have shone a spotlight on just how badly supply chains are suffering. Ports have been clogged, there’s a truck driver shortage...

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EU FinTechs Drawn to MENA Region’s Digital Payments and Merchant Growth
EU FinTechs Drawn to MENA Region’s Digital Payments and Merchant Growth
April 26, 2022  |  Digital Payments

The introduction of open banking, enabled by the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), has significantly transformed the digital payments space in Europe, boosting competition in...

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‘Network Effect’ Is Driving Organic Growth of the Global ConnectedEconomy™
‘Network Effect’ Is Driving Organic Growth of the Global ConnectedEconomy™
April 25, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Since its founding as an app that brought diners and restaurants together for online ordering and delivery, DoorDash has expanded to deliver retail products and...

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Slumping Bitcoin Stokes Conflicting Narratives That Bubble Is Either Shrinking or Popping
Slumping Bitcoin Stokes Conflicting Narratives That Bubble Is Either Shrinking or Popping
April 25, 2022  |  Bitcoin

When fear is the main factor driving investors, they pile back into dollars, driving everything else from the S&P 500 to gold — and especially...

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Will an Elon Musk-Led Twitter Find Friend or Foe With EU Regulators?
Will an Elon Musk-Led Twitter Find Friend or Foe With EU Regulators?
April 25, 2022  |  Regulation

Elon Musk is inches away from sealing a deal to buy Twitter for approximately $43 billion, according to different news outlets. Musk, a self-described “free...

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NEW DATA: 6 in 10 Consumers Buying Only the Essentials as Inflation Rises
NEW DATA: 6 in 10 Consumers Buying Only the Essentials as Inflation Rises
April 25, 2022  |  Connected Economy

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Ghost Kitchens Are Threat and Opportunity for Restaurant Biz
Ghost Kitchens Are Threat and Opportunity for Restaurant Biz
April 25, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

While ghost kitchens were not invented during the pandemic, the digital ordering boom of 2020 supercharged the model, leading to the creation of new virtual...

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Prepaid Cards Use Tokenization, New Form Factors in Pursuit of Better CX
Prepaid Cards Use Tokenization, New Form Factors in Pursuit of Better CX
April 25, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

We never knew how cool — and extremely useful — payments options could be until we began to have so many to choose from. That’s...

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