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PayPal Closes $2.7B Acquisition Deal For Japan’s Paidy
PayPal Closes $2.7B Acquisition Deal For Japan’s Paidy
September 08, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

PayPal is acquiring Japan’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform Paidy for ¥300 billion (about $2.7 billion) in a mostly-cash deal. Get the Full...

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LendingClub CEO Says Breadth of Consumers Living Paycheck to Paycheck Is ‘Wake-up Call’
LendingClub CEO Says Breadth of Consumers Living Paycheck to Paycheck Is ‘Wake-up Call’
September 08, 2021  |  Consumer Finance

The paycheck-to-paycheck economy reaches far and wide, as a growing number of individuals and families across the U.S. struggle mightily to make ends meet. Get...

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A ‘Crypto-Friendly Super App for Global Citizens’ Is Now a Thing
A ‘Crypto-Friendly Super App for Global Citizens’ Is Now a Thing
September 08, 2021  |  Digital Banking

So-called global citizens, who do business in more than one country, have a very specific set of needs when it comes to financial services. Get...

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ModCloth’s Data-Driven Approach to Tackling Fraud, Reducing False Positives
ModCloth’s Data-Driven Approach to Tackling Fraud, Reducing False Positives
September 08, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

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With Proper Regs, Crypto Could Be Crime-Fighter Rather Than Criminal Favorite
With Proper Regs, Crypto Could Be Crime-Fighter Rather Than Criminal Favorite
September 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.S government has made a lot of noise in recent weeks about the need for tougher regulation in crypto to prevent it from being...

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Delta Variant Thwarts Economists’ Labor Day Optimism
Delta Variant Thwarts Economists’ Labor Day Optimism
September 07, 2021  |  Pandenomics

The surge in the delta variant of COVID-19 has the U.S. seeing new hurdles thwarting its economic recovery, according to a report from The Wall...

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

El Salvador adopting bitcoin as an official legal tender has had an adverse effect on the coin’s value, sending it falling 10 percent, CNBC writes....

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MVB Bank Teams With NYDIG to Enable Bitcoin Offerings
MVB Bank Teams With NYDIG to Enable Bitcoin Offerings
September 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

MVB Bank is working with Victor Technologies (a subsidiary of MVB Edge Ventures) and bitcoin-focused tech and finance firm NYDIG on integrating bitcoin into the...

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American Leisure Travelers Banned From Visiting Sweden
American Leisure Travelers Banned From Visiting Sweden
September 07, 2021  |  Pandenomics

Sweden has banned all U.S. travelers, regardless of vaccination status, from traveling to the country, a report from AFAR stated on Tuesday (Sept. 7). Get...

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