Germany

Could Super App Users Spell the End of Germany’s Cash-Heavy Retail Economy?
Could Super App Users Spell the End of Germany’s Cash-Heavy Retail Economy?
July 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

It has frequently been observed that German consumers are an anomaly among their northern European neighbors due to their comparably high preference for cash. For...

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Deutsche Bank Partners With Credi2 to Pilot White Label BNPL Product
Deutsche Bank Partners With Credi2 to Pilot White Label BNPL Product
July 13, 2022  |  BNPL

Deutsche Bank is partnering with the FinTech startup Credi2 to introduce a white label buy now, pay later (BNPL) product for online merchants and eCommerce...

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Report Alleges Wirecard Forged Client Data to Obtain €900M SoftBank Investment
Report Alleges Wirecard Forged Client Data to Obtain €900M SoftBank Investment
July 10, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Once-mighty payments giant Wirecard reportedly faked client data and was lying about internal records in order to get a SoftBank investment for €900 million ($913...

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Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: Germany
Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: Germany
July 05, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In this third edition of a five-part series on digital transformation in the European Union, PYMNTS will be looking at data from Germany to uncover...

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Today in Food Commerce: Rewe Announces Autonomous Store; General Mills Notes Shift Away from Restaurants
Today in Food Commerce: Rewe Announces Autonomous Store; General Mills Notes Shift Away from Restaurants
June 29, 2022  |  Retail

Today in food commerce, Sharebite raises $39 million in its Series B funding round and Israel-based computer vision company Trigo announces an autonomous grocery store...

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German Supply Chain Platform TradeLink Nets $12.6M in Series A Funding
German Supply Chain Platform TradeLink Nets $12.6M in Series A Funding
June 21, 2022  |  B2B Payments

TradeLink, the supply chain optimization platform that streamlines warehouse operations, announced that it had secured €12 million (about $12.6 million) in Series A funding. The...

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EMEA Daily: Germany’s N26 Teams With Stripe
EMEA Daily: Germany’s N26 Teams With Stripe
June 03, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, German digital bank N26 works with Stripe to expand its account top-up options. Also,...

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Today in Crypto: DOJ Charges Ex-OpenSea Employee in NFT Insider Trading Scheme; SEC Targets Crypto Investing With Ads
Today in Crypto: DOJ Charges Ex-OpenSea Employee in NFT Insider Trading Scheme; SEC Targets Crypto...
June 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A former product manager at OpenSea has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering through a scheme to commit insider trading with NFTs, a...

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EMEA Daily: Google Ad Practices Investigated in UK
EMEA Daily: Google Ad Practices Investigated in UK
May 26, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the U.K.’s Competition and Market Authority launches its second investigation this year into Google’s...

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