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14% of Online Consumers Have Used BNPL
14% of Online Consumers Have Used BNPL
September 07, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

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KYODAI Collabs with Western Union for Cross-Border B2B Payments in Japan
KYODAI Collabs with Western Union for Cross-Border B2B Payments in Japan
September 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Tokyo’s KYODAI Remittance is collaborating with Western Union (WU) to introduce cross-border, business-to-business (B2B) money transfers for corporate clients in Japan. Get the Full Story...

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Today in Digital Banking: Blockchain Disrupts Cross-Border Payments, Cashfree Adds Banking as a Service and PSPs Welcome Open Banking
Today in Digital Banking: Blockchain Disrupts Cross-Border Payments, Cashfree Adds Banking as a Service and...
September 07, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Today in digital banking, Cashfree unveils Banking-as-a-Service for FinTechs. Plus, PSPs have started to embrace open banking APIs and blockchain is set to take over...

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PopID Expanding Payment Service Nationwide
PopID Expanding Payment Service Nationwide
September 07, 2021  |  Authentication

The consumer identity authentication service PopID has surpassed the 100-client mark, and has plans to go national. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Credit Card App Ranking Update Doesn’t Want to Alarm Anyone
Credit Card App Ranking Update Doesn’t Want to Alarm Anyone
September 07, 2021  |  Credit Cards

It’s been a busy first half for mobile card apps, as they add features and rack up downloads for a population that’s cracking the code...

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UK’s PawaPay, Fresh With $9M Seed Funding, Eyes Africa Expansion
UK’s PawaPay, Fresh With $9M Seed Funding, Eyes Africa Expansion
September 07, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

Like many founders in the African mobile money space, PawaPay CEO Nikolai Barnwell sees endless opportunities for growth as people increasingly embrace mobile money as a safer and...

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Triggers Price Roller Coaster
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Triggers Price Roller Coaster
September 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Aside from being the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador’s move on Tuesday (Sept. 7) was monumental in...

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Paya, Paradigm Construct Payments Solution for the Building Industry
Paya, Paradigm Construct Payments Solution for the Building Industry
September 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The payments and commerce solutions provider Paya is working with the software firm Paradigm to help people along the building industry supply chain collect and...

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African FinTech Wave Wraps up $200M Series A Funding Round
African FinTech Wave Wraps up $200M Series A Funding Round
September 07, 2021  |  Investments

African mobile money provider Wave recently wrapped up a $200 million Series A funding round that was the largest ever for a company of that...

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