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Deep Dive: Taking The Temperature Of The Middle Eastern Real-Time Payments Landscape
Deep Dive: Taking The Temperature Of The Middle Eastern Real-Time Payments Landscape
March 29, 2021  |  Faster Payments

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Swedish FinTech Developing Crypto Solution For Mobile Phones
Swedish FinTech Developing Crypto Solution For Mobile Phones
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Crunchfish, the Swedish FinTech backed by billionaire Mohammed Al Amoudi, has now come up with a new digital cash fix, Bloomberg writes. The new technology...

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We’ve Seen The Future of Retail – And It’s At The Grocery Store
We’ve Seen The Future of Retail – And It’s At The Grocery Store
March 29, 2021  |  Retail

The U.S. has 40,460 grocery stores. If you want to see how physical retail might look 20 years from now, you might want to watch...

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Visa Network Will Settle Transactions In Crypto, First Use Case USD Stablecoin
Visa Network Will Settle Transactions In Crypto, First Use Case USD Stablecoin
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa announced Monday (March 29) that it is the first major payments network to settle transactions in dollar denominated stablecoins, which the company claimed is...

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NEW REPORT: Where Restaurants Should Look For New Loyalty Opportunities
NEW REPORT: Where Restaurants Should Look For New Loyalty Opportunities
March 29, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

The first wave of lockdowns in the United States put consumers’ lives – and their menus – on reset. Working professionals no longer had the...

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BlueVine’s Allocca: SMB Growth Demands New Vision For Loan Underwriting
BlueVine’s Allocca: SMB Growth Demands New Vision For Loan Underwriting
March 29, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When small business lending FinTech BlueVine took the wraps off its bank offering last October, the solution emerged as a natural extension of the company’s...

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PSCU: CUs Protect Member Base With Touchless Tech
PSCU: CUs Protect Member Base With Touchless Tech
March 29, 2021  |  Credit Unions

It doesn’t take a FinTech to make banking digital. In fact, it doesn’t even require a big bank. Credit unions (CUs) can be perfectly adept...

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Will WeWork Work In SPAC Land? 
Will WeWork Work In SPAC Land? 
March 29, 2021  |  IPO

Among the hallmarks of the special purpose acquisition (SPAC) go-to-market strategy is that small, quickly growing firms — the ones that are in need of...

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Airbnb Sees Inventory Boost Amid Post-Pandemic Travel Expectations
Airbnb Sees Inventory Boost Amid Post-Pandemic Travel Expectations
March 29, 2021  |  Travel Payments

More than a year of worsening cabin fever has Americans ready to hit the road and take to the skies, if Airbnb and Vrbo bookings...

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