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UK’s Payment Strategy Focuses on Fraud Detection, Instant Payments
March 10, 2022

The United Kingdom continues developing its New Payment Architecture (NPA), which will allow financial institutions (FIs), payment providers and other players to access a new payment platform to provide instant payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Merchants Are Meeting Latin American Millennial, Generation Z Consumers’ Payment Preferences
March 10, 2022

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Africa FinTech Sector Continues Upward Trend, Payment Firms Continue to Dominate
March 10, 2022

After a difficult 2020 during which global investment plummeted due to the pandemic, 2021 emerged as a very successful year for both public and private markets, with various sectors recording record growth in funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Today in the FinTech Ukraine Daily: Airbnb, Utah Jazz Foundation Team to Provide Housing for...
March 09, 2022

The Utah Jazz Foundation is partnering with Airbnb.org, a nonprofit that provides temporary stays for people in crisis, to  provide housing to refugees fleeing Ukraine, Airbnb announced Wednesday (March 9). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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EMEA Daily: Telecom MTN Looks for Investors in FinTech Unit; UK-Based Open Finance Partnership Platform...
March 09, 2022

In today’s top Europe, Middle East, and Africa news, South African telecom MTN is seeking minority investors after separating its FinTech unit from its traditional business; London-based embedded finance network mmob has completed a 5 million pound ($6.58 million) seed funding round. Get the Full...

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FinTechs Join Ukraine Fund Appeal
March 09, 2022

Nearly two dozen tech companies have launched a charity to encourage FinTechs to donate and raise money for those impacted by the war in Ukraine. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Latin America
How Millennial, Gen Z Consumers Are Shaping Latin America’s Digital-First Banking Future
March 09, 2022

More than half of young Brazilian consumers are now neobank customers, and legacy FIs are rethinking how to engage with this key demographic. Banco do Brasil’s Neudson Freitas explains why the local banks are turning to “super apps” and open finance to win them over.

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Specialized Digital Hubs Set Germany Apart From Other EU Tech Ecosystems
March 09, 2022

Germany is considered one of the hotbeds of venture capital (VC) funding in Europe, with startups in the country raising a record 11.3 billion euros (around $12.3 billion) in the first three quarters of 2021, a jump of more than 70% from total fundraising the...

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Today in FinTech Ukraine Daily: Uber Launches In-App Button for Ukraine Donations; Google Offers to...
March 08, 2022

Uber plans to launch an in-app donation button to allow U.S. customers to make donations to the International Rescue Committee to assist Ukraine. Plans are in the works to make in-app donation features available to Uber users in more countries in the coming days, the...