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Vimeo Raises Rates on Creators, Many of Them Patreon Users
Vimeo Raises Rates on Creators, Many of Them Patreon Users
March 20, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Vimeo has recently been telling some heavy users to pay as much as thousands of dollars more a year or be kicked off the platform,...

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FinTech NextPay Plans Bill Payments, Other MSME Services
FinTech NextPay Plans Bill Payments, Other MSME Services
March 20, 2022  |  Startups

FinTech startup NextPay plans to debuting more financial tools and services to help micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) this year, including a planned entry...

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Arab Monetary Fund Offers Alternatives to CBDCs, Including FinTech Wise, SWIFT, Revolut and RippleNet
Arab Monetary Fund Offers Alternatives to CBDCs, Including FinTech Wise, SWIFT, Revolut and RippleNet
March 20, 2022  |  CBDC

The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) has named RippleNet as a potential alternative to adopting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a report said Sunday (March 20)....

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Finra Guidance Sees Compliance Execs as More Advisory Than Supervisors
Finra Guidance Sees Compliance Execs as More Advisory Than Supervisors
March 20, 2022  |  Regulation

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has said it’ll only take actions against chief compliance officers who don’t carry out specific supervisory responsibilities designated by the...

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Loomis Exec Aritz Larrea Named President, CEO
Loomis Exec Aritz Larrea Named President, CEO
March 20, 2022  |  Personnel

The Board of Directors for Swedish company Loomis has named Aritz Larrea as the company’s new president and CEO, set to take the seat as...

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Profishop Nets $35M to Expand Its B2B Supply Storefront
Profishop Nets $35M to Expand Its B2B Supply Storefront
March 20, 2022  |  Investments

Profishop, which sells equipment for business and industry directly from manufacturers, has announced $35 million in new funding, which it plans to use to expand,...

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Today in Crypto: FTX Head ‘Frustrated’ With Industry Sanctions Messaging; Hubspot Data Breach Prompts Crypto Firm Warnings
Today in Crypto: FTX Head ‘Frustrated’ With Industry Sanctions Messaging; Hubspot Data Breach Prompts Crypto...
March 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Communications from the crypto industry around Russian sanctions have been “counterproductive,” according to FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried, Reuters wrote Friday (March 18). Get the Full...

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US Banks Took In $645M in Equity Capital Market Fees This Year, Down From $5.3B in ’21
US Banks Took In $645M in Equity Capital Market Fees This Year, Down From $5.3B...
March 20, 2022  |  Investments

Big U.S. investment banks have taken a $4.6 billion revenue hit from the freeze on equity raisings, a Financial Times report said. Get the Full...

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GM Buys Out SoftBank to Get 80% of Self-Driving Startup Cruise
GM Buys Out SoftBank to Get 80% of Self-Driving Startup Cruise
March 20, 2022  |  Acquisitions

General Motors has bought out SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in Cruise, a self-driving startup, for $2.1 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 18). Get the...

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