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Today in TechREG: California Regulator Probes Crypto Lenders; UK Parliament Wants Visa, Mastercard to Explain Swipe Fees Hike
Today in TechREG: California Regulator Probes Crypto Lenders; UK Parliament Wants Visa, Mastercard to Explain...
July 14, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, the U.K. Parliament sent letters to Visa and Mastercard demanding an explanation for the increase on cross-border fees after the U.K. left...

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Digital Banking Platform Clair, Criterion Team to Offer On-Demand Pay
Digital Banking Platform Clair, Criterion Team to Offer On-Demand Pay
July 14, 2022  |  Partnerships

Digital banking platform Clair has joined forces with human capital management (HCM) software company Criterion to offer free on-demand pay to Criterion’s employees and clients....

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BNPL Provider Affirm Teams With Ticket Platform SeatGeek
BNPL Provider Affirm Teams With Ticket Platform SeatGeek
July 14, 2022  |  Partnerships

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Affirm and ticketing platform SeatGeek have formed a partnership to give fans more ways to access live entertainment, according...

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Nuvei, GoldBet Extend Gaming Payment Partnership
Nuvei, GoldBet Extend Gaming Payment Partnership
July 14, 2022  |  Partnerships

Payments platform Nuvei announced the broadening of its partnership with Italian sports betting, online casino and poker platform GoldBet, allowing the portal to add new...

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Amazon Grabs 8.8% of Gross Retail Spending to Outpace Walmart
Amazon Grabs 8.8% of Gross Retail Spending to Outpace Walmart
July 14, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon is maintaining its retail dominance, capturing 8.8% in gross retail spending compared to Walmart’s 8.2% in the second quarter of 2022, PYMNTS reported in...

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Ape Now, Pay Later: DeFi Lender Brings BNPL to NFTs as Crypto Lending Market Crumbles
Ape Now, Pay Later: DeFi Lender Brings BNPL to NFTs as Crypto Lending Market Crumbles
July 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The NFT market is flatlining, the DeFi lending market has seen some big bankruptcies, and bitcoin has been dipping under $20,000 regularly for a month....

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Pod Foods Launches Financing Tool for Emerging Brands
Pod Foods Launches Financing Tool for Emerging Brands
July 14, 2022  |  Investments

Logistics-equipped wholesale B2B grocery marketplace Pod Foods has debuted Pod Foods Capital, a financing tool for emerging brands that need help gaining access to capital,...

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PSCU Expands Partnerships With 3 Credit Unions
PSCU Expands Partnerships With 3 Credit Unions
July 14, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU has expanded its partnership with three credit unions (CUs) based in the northeast, according to a Thursday (July 14)...

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Focus on Invisible Payments and a Seamless Customer Journey to Achieve Success
Focus on Invisible Payments and a Seamless Customer Journey to Achieve Success
July 14, 2022  |  Opinion

Expect real-time payments to pick up steam, FISPAN CEO and Co-founder Clayton Weir writes in the PYMNTS eBook “Baseline 2022: What the Next Six Months...

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