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Amazon Boosts Alexa Device Features, Capabilities to Improve Connected Commerce
Amazon Boosts Alexa Device Features, Capabilities to Improve Connected Commerce
August 31, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon released a series of instruction manuals Wednesday (Aug. 31) designed to help users set up their Alexa Echo devices and turn their homes into...

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UK Parliamentary Group Calls for ‘New Big Bang’ as Part of Neobank Regulatory Overhaul
UK Parliamentary Group Calls for ‘New Big Bang’ as Part of Neobank Regulatory Overhaul
August 31, 2022  |  Banking

In the U.K. political system, all-party parliamentary groups (APPG) consist of multi-partisan collaborative panels that bring together members of both houses to investigate important issues...

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JPMorgan’s Farooq: Banks Will Win Coming Crypto Asset Cycle
JPMorgan’s Farooq: Banks Will Win Coming Crypto Asset Cycle
August 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As a competitor with, and even as a threat to, traditional financial institutions (FIs), cryptocurrency has a long way to go, the head of J.P....

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Solid Raises $63M to Expand FinTech-as-a-Service into New Verticals
Solid Raises $63M to Expand FinTech-as-a-Service into New Verticals
August 31, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

FinTech-as-a-Service platform Solid Financial Technologies has raised $63 million in a Series B funding round to speed its expansion into new verticals, including travel, logistics,...

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Santander Taps Trovata for Cash Management
Santander Taps Trovata for Cash Management
August 31, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Santander has tapped Trovata for its cash management solution, Trovata announced in a press release Wednesday (Aug. 31) Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Mobile Money Earns Its Stripes in Ethiopia’s Telecom Liberalization
Mobile Money Earns Its Stripes in Ethiopia’s Telecom Liberalization
August 31, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Kenya has been at the forefront of Africa’s mobile money revolution ever since Safaricom launched the continent’s first mobile money platform M-Pesa, but Ethiopia has...

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EMEA Daily: Thunes, Alipay+ Partner on Mobile Wallet Acceptance in Europe; Santander Taps Trovata for Cash Management
EMEA Daily: Thunes, Alipay+ Partner on Mobile Wallet Acceptance in Europe; Santander Taps Trovata for...
August 31, 2022  |  emea

In today’s news from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Thunes has partnered with Alipay+ to increase eWallet acceptance in Europe and Santander has...

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Report: Happy Endings ‘Mixed’ for FTX Bailout of Crypto Firms
Report: Happy Endings ‘Mixed’ for FTX Bailout of Crypto Firms
August 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Putting up $1 billion for rescues and acquisitions of cryptocurrency firms as the sector started further collapsing following plummeting bitcoin and other prices, FTX boss...

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Will MrBeast Burger’s Digital Success Translate to Physical Restaurants?
Will MrBeast Burger’s Digital Success Translate to Physical Restaurants?
August 31, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

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