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5 Crypto Startups to Join the Mastercard Start Path

5 Crypto Startups to Join the Mastercard Start Path
5 Crypto Startups to Join the Mastercard Start Path
December 09, 2021  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has announced five new startups on its Start Path Crypto program, which is meant to use blockchain to solve “real world problems” around the...

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UK Digital Bank Monzo Raises $500M at $4.5B Valuation as it Readies for Crypto
UK Digital Bank Monzo Raises $500M at $4.5B Valuation as it Readies for Crypto
December 09, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

U.K. challenger bank Monzo is raising more than $500 million (£377m) at a valuation of $4.5 billion (£3.4bn) as it gets ready to take a...

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SaaS Startup Mambu Closes €235M Funding Deal at €4.9B Valuation
SaaS Startup Mambu Closes €235M Funding Deal at €4.9B Valuation
December 09, 2021  |  Investments

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) banking platform Mambu raised €235 million in Series E funding round led by EQT Growth, bringing its valuation to €4.9 billion and making...

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Buy Now, Pay Later Bulks Up With New Verticals and Bigger Ticket Sizes
Buy Now, Pay Later Bulks Up With New Verticals and Bigger Ticket Sizes
December 09, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) wave first formed around relatively inexpensive fashion and beauty goods, but industry watchers keep looking for new use cases...

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Credit Unions Mix Personal Service, 24/7 Digital Support to Win Small Business Customers
Credit Unions Mix Personal Service, 24/7 Digital Support to Win Small Business Customers
December 09, 2021  |  Credit Unions

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LSE Professor: Big Tech Requires New Thinking, Global Cooperation
LSE Professor: Big Tech Requires New Thinking, Global Cooperation
December 09, 2021  |  Big Tech

In the 20th century, local distribution was the epitome of monopoly power when it came to essential services. The telephone company, the power company and...

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Why Robots Will Staff the Restaurant of the Future
Why Robots Will Staff the Restaurant of the Future
December 09, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

What if someone told you that within a decade, a large number — perhaps even a majority — of national quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast-food chains and even...

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Consumers Bring Domestic eCommerce Demands to Growing Cross-Border Transactions
Consumers Bring Domestic eCommerce Demands to Growing Cross-Border Transactions
December 09, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

More than a decade ago, when cosmetics company 100% Pure was starting to sell internationally, it ran a separate website for each country, which “was...

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Private Equity Firm Accel-KKR Invests in Entersekt to Boost Device Authentication, Security
Private Equity Firm Accel-KKR Invests in Entersekt to Boost Device Authentication, Security
December 09, 2021  |  Investments

Entersekt, which works in device identity and authentication, has seen an investment from Accel-KKR, which works in private equity, the companies announced Thursday (Dec. 9)....

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