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PayPal Hires Chainalysis Exec To Lead Crypto Regulatory Affairs

PayPal Hires Chainalysis Exec To Lead Crypto Regulatory Affairs
PayPal Hires Chainalysis Exec To Lead Crypto Regulatory Affairs
July 25, 2021  |  Personnel

Jesse Spiro, a former Chainalysis head of policy and regulatory affairs, will be working with PayPal’s crypto division, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Biden Administration, TikTok Agree To Drop Lawsuit
Biden Administration, TikTok Agree To Drop Lawsuit
July 25, 2021  |  Legal

Under the U.S. President Joe Biden administration, a lawsuit from the President Donald Trump era attempting to ban TikTok from American shores won’t be going...

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Delta Variant, Natural Disasters Strain Global Supply Chains
Delta Variant, Natural Disasters Strain Global Supply Chains
July 25, 2021  |  Economy

Supply chains connecting the world’s economies are at or near the breaking point due to the COVID-19 surge, natural disasters in Asia and Europe and...

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US Tech Firms, Ecobank Team On Digital Financial Learning For SMBs
US Tech Firms, Ecobank Team On Digital Financial Learning For SMBs
July 25, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Ecobank, based in Lome, Togo, its Ecobank Academy, and U.S. tech giants Microsoft, LinkedIn and Micosoft-owned GitHub are teaming up to expand digital financial literacy...

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American Express Offers New Business Credit Card Perks
American Express Offers New Business Credit Card Perks
July 25, 2021  |  B2B Payments

American Express is offering new recipients of two of the company’s business cards new perks for signing up, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Wells Fargo Taps Derek Ellington As SMB Banking Chief
Wells Fargo Taps Derek Ellington As SMB Banking Chief
July 25, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Wells Fargo has announced its head of Small Business Banking will be Derek Ellington after luring him away from Bank of America where he worked...

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DeFi Player Paystand Raises $50M To Digitize B2B Payments
DeFi Player Paystand Raises $50M To Digitize B2B Payments
July 25, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Paystand, a payments company for businesses that works to reduce transaction costs by relying on blockchain technology, has raised $50 million in a Series C...

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The Olympic Flame Is Lit: Let The Modified Games Begin
The Olympic Flame Is Lit: Let The Modified Games Begin
July 24, 2021  |  What's Trending

Late sleepers probably didn’t see it live, but as of 6:55 a.m. ET yesterday morning (roughly 8 p.m. local time in Tokyo) the Olympics got...

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B2B Payments Today: Flowfy Talks Trade Credit In Fashion; Citi Introduces Real-Time Liquidity Tool
B2B Payments Today: Flowfy Talks Trade Credit In Fashion; Citi Introduces Real-Time Liquidity Tool
July 23, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Flowfy talks trade credit for fashion supply chains, and Citi introduces a real-time liquidity tool. Plus, VARStreet explores VARs’ eProcurement needs,...

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