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Connected Car Fleets Become New B2B and B2C Revenue Drivers

Connected Car Fleets Become New B2B and B2C Revenue Drivers
Connected Car Fleets Become New B2B and B2C Revenue Drivers
October 31, 2022  |  B2B Payments

As the number of connected vehicles on the road continues to grow, developers are producing tools that serve a variety of use cases for consumers,...

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Hooters Adds 196 Virtual Locations to Drive New Sales
Hooters Adds 196 Virtual Locations to Drive New Sales
October 31, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

With Hooters’ latest launch, the restaurant chain is taking its customers at their word when they say they come for the food. The brand, which...

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Payer Facilitates American Express for Nordic B2B Payments
Payer Facilitates American Express for Nordic B2B Payments
October 31, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Swedish B2B payments FinTech Payer has announced it will now facilitate American Express Payments in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Companies using Payer as a...

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BIS Sees Cross-Border CBDC Payments as Realistic and Achievable Goal 
BIS Sees Cross-Border CBDC Payments as Realistic and Achievable Goal 
October 31, 2022  |  CBDC

A four-country test of a cross-border payments system using central bank digital currencies was a success, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) declared last week,...

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Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
October 31, 2022  |  Banking

Against the backdrop of increasing competition in its home market of South Africa, Standard Bank Group is open to acquisitions in Kenya and Nigeria as...

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Singapore Tests Programmable Money as CBDC Alternative
Singapore Tests Programmable Money as CBDC Alternative
October 31, 2022  |  CBDC

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and DBS Bank are running a trial of tokenized Singapore dollars that can be programmed for specific uses and allow merchants...

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New Car Prices Downshift After Summer Record
New Car Prices Downshift After Summer Record
October 31, 2022  |  Economy

Car buyers could begin to feel less pain when paying for a new vehicle following a years-long spike in the price of new automobiles. Get...

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Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today With 23% of Consumers Owning Crypto
Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today With 23% of Consumers Owning Crypto
October 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Fourteen years ago today, a still unidentified person or group using the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” sent out an email about a nine-page white paper outlining...

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Rising Card Delinquencies Fuel Demand for Debt Consolidation Loans
Rising Card Delinquencies Fuel Demand for Debt Consolidation Loans
October 31, 2022  |  Earnings

In navigating the credit cycle, in getting ready for what comes next, prudence is the best policy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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