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Thunes, Bank Alfalah Team Up On Real-Time Payments Service In Pakistan
Thunes, Bank Alfalah Team Up On Real-Time Payments Service In Pakistan
August 27, 2021  |  International

In a statement released on Friday (Aug. 27), Singapore-based FinTech company Thunes said it has partnered with leading Pakistani retail bank Bank Alfalah to enable...

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China’s UnionPay Provides Tuition Refunds To International Students Studying In Australia
China’s UnionPay Provides Tuition Refunds To International Students Studying In Australia
August 27, 2021  |  International

Leading global payment services provider UnionPay International (UPI) announced in a press release on Friday (Aug. 27) that it is lending support to international students...

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NYC Commission Cap Hurts Food Delivery Firms 
NYC Commission Cap Hurts Food Delivery Firms 
August 27, 2021  |  Delivery

New York City’s decision to permanently cap the commission rates food delivery services can charge at 23 percent could take a bite out of companies...

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The Week In Payments: NFTs Are The Offspring Of Napster, And Point-of-Sale BNPL Is Set To Scale
The Week In Payments: NFTs Are The Offspring Of Napster, And Point-of-Sale BNPL Is Set...
August 27, 2021  |  News

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were splashed all over the headlines again this week, as Visa emerged as the unlikely buyer of the awkwardly titled pixel art...

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Report: Google Could Pay Apple $15B To Power Search on Safari
Report: Google Could Pay Apple $15B To Power Search on Safari
August 27, 2021  |  Google

Google could pay close to $15 billion to Apple this year in order to retain its dominant search position on Apple products. Get the Full...

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Pizza Hut’s Bid For Grocery Store Presence Marks Move To Grab Bigger Slice Of Consumer Food Spend
Pizza Hut’s Bid For Grocery Store Presence Marks Move To Grab Bigger Slice Of Consumer...
August 27, 2021  |  Retail

With the announcement of Pizza Hut’s new CEO, it looks like the brand may have ambitions to get into consumer-packaged goods (CPG). The restaurant’s parent...

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Walmart’s GoLocal Delivery, Visa’s Jump Into NFTs And Payments Innovation Top This Week’s News
Walmart’s GoLocal Delivery, Visa’s Jump Into NFTs And Payments Innovation Top This Week’s News
August 27, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw Robinhood lure new clients with a $100,00 giveaway, and WWE SummerSlam vendors victimized by systemwide outage. The Weekender is...

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Cuba Officially Endorses Crypto For Payments
Cuba Officially Endorses Crypto For Payments
August 27, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Cuba is opening the door to cryptocurrencies, allowing the digital currency to be used for payments in the country after it explores a framework for...

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Britain Contactless Payment Limit Going Up
Britain Contactless Payment Limit Going Up
August 27, 2021  |  International

British banks will limit contactless payments across the region to 100 pounds ($137) starting Oct. 15, banking industry body UK Finance said on Friday (Aug....

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