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Happiness Development Unveils $6.7M Direct Offering for B2B Auto Business

Happiness Development Unveils $6.7M Direct Offering for B2B Auto Business
Happiness Development Unveils $6.7M Direct Offering for B2B Auto Business
March 11, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Automotive sales and eCommerce company Happiness Development Group Limited on Friday (March 11) inked a securities purchase agreement with overseas strategic investors for a registered...

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83% of Businesses Say Third-Party Software Applications Are Critical Part of Operating Strategy
83% of Businesses Say Third-Party Software Applications Are Critical Part of Operating Strategy
March 11, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Application programming interfaces (APIs) for payments orchestration can help businesses more easily add new capabilities to their tech stacks. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Digital Bank Lunar Raises $76M
Digital Bank Lunar Raises $76M
March 11, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Digital bank Lunar has closed a $76 million (€70 million) Series D-2 funding round, the Scandinavian company said in a blog post Friday (March 11)....

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Revolut CRO Alan Chang Leaving to Start Crypto Platform
Revolut CRO Alan Chang Leaving to Start Crypto Platform
March 11, 2022  |  Personnel

Revolut Ltd. Chief Revenue Officer Alan Chang will leave the U.K. financial super app company to launch a cryptocurrency platform after launching an effort to...

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Brazil Imposes Stricter FinTech Rules
Brazil Imposes Stricter FinTech Rules
March 11, 2022  |  Regulation

The Central Bank of Brazil unveiled stricter regulations for FinTech firms Friday (March 11), imposing regulations based on the size and complexity of these companies...

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EU Data Strategy May Facilitate Open Finance in Europe
EU Data Strategy May Facilitate Open Finance in Europe
March 11, 2022  |  Regulation

Since 2016, the European Commission has been designing a data strategy that aims to facilitate companies’ access to vast amounts of data they couldn’t access...

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Today in FinTech Ukraine: Revolut Raises $10.9M for War Victims; Santander Bank Suspends Fees on Transfers
Today in FinTech Ukraine: Revolut Raises $10.9M for War Victims; Santander Bank Suspends Fees on...
March 11, 2022  |  International

Revolut, the global financial super app, has raised more than 10 million euros ($10.9 million) to support victims of the war in Ukraine through donations...

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UK Watchdog Orders Crypto ATM Agents to Pull Plugs
UK Watchdog Orders Crypto ATM Agents to Pull Plugs
March 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

All of the cryptocurrency ATMs currently available in the U.K. are operating illegally and are being warned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to cease...

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Illinois Bill Seeks to Limit App Stores’ Control Over Payments
Illinois Bill Seeks to Limit App Stores’ Control Over Payments
March 11, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The groundswell against the app stores and their commissions comes to the states. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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