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How QR Codes Hook Restaurant Customers For Repeat Visits
How QR Codes Hook Restaurant Customers For Repeat Visits
February 02, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

QR codes have become more commonplace than ever as the pandemic continues, with one study last year finding that roughly 11 million United States households...

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Super Apps Rising: Mobile Drives Digital Payments Uptick In Pakistan
Super Apps Rising: Mobile Drives Digital Payments Uptick In Pakistan
February 02, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In Pakistan, and elsewhere, the stars are aligning for greater use of digital banking and payments to improve financial inclusion. To that end, Amir Wain, CEO...

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Teach Your Children: Mozper Takes Financial Literacy To LATAM
Teach Your Children: Mozper Takes Financial Literacy To LATAM
February 02, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

To teach kids about money, there’s no substitution for learning by doing. That’s the thinking behind Mozper, a debit card and app focused on improving financial...

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Virgin Money Teams With Codat For Business Banking Technology
Virgin Money Teams With Codat For Business Banking Technology
February 01, 2021  |  B2B Payments

As it shores up its online corporate banking qualifications, Virgin Money has brought U.K. FinTech Codat onto its roster of partners. The technology of the...

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Inspector General Wants Answers From Mnuchin, Cruz On Pandemic Lending Program
Inspector General Wants Answers From Mnuchin, Cruz On Pandemic Lending Program
February 01, 2021  |  Loans

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are the subjects of a pair of watchdog investigations, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ontario Man Pleads Guilty For Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange; Hashmasks Sells About $10 Million In Digital Collectible Art
Bitcoin Daily: Ontario Man Pleads Guilty For Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange; Hashmasks Sells About $10...
February 01, 2021  |  Bitcoin

A man has agreed to plead guilty to running an unlicensed company exchanging tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin or cash, a press release...

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Debit Surge Has Ripple Effects On Networks And Issuers
Debit Surge Has Ripple Effects On Networks And Issuers
February 01, 2021  |  Payment Methods

We may be catching a glimpse of economic life beyond the pandemic. The Congressional Budget Office said on Monday (Feb. 1) that it sees gross...

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UK Fashion Leaders Pen Open Letter To Gov’t; Warn Of Brexit Decimation
UK Fashion Leaders Pen Open Letter To Gov’t; Warn Of Brexit Decimation
February 01, 2021  |  International

The U.K. fashion industry is being hit hard amid the shifts from Brexit, according to an open letter from Tamara Cincik, CEO of Fashion Roundtable,...

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Google Closes Stadia Game Studios To Focus On Tech, Partnerships
Google Closes Stadia Game Studios To Focus On Tech, Partnerships
February 01, 2021  |  Google

Google will be winding down new content from its Stadia game studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment (SG&E), according to a blog post from the tech...

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