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Hong Kong Alt-Lender Oriente Raises $50M

Hong Kong Alt-Lender Oriente Raises $50M
Hong Kong Alt-Lender Oriente Raises $50M
April 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Hong Kong-based FinTech Oriente has raised $50 million in its ongoing Series B round, according to finews.asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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TripAdvisor Cuts 900 Staff As COVID-19 Decimates Travel
TripAdvisor Cuts 900 Staff As COVID-19 Decimates Travel
April 28, 2020  |  Coronavirus

TripAdvisor is further cutting staff after already doing so earlier this year, with the coronavirus’s crippling blow crushing the travel business, according to a report...

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Coronavirus Refunds: California Universities Sued Over Campus Fees; SXSW Faces Suit For No-Refund Rule
Coronavirus Refunds: California Universities Sued Over Campus Fees; SXSW Faces Suit For No-Refund Rule
April 28, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is upsetting normal life the world over, and plenty of consumers want refunds on things they paid for but aren’t able to...

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Brattleboro S&L Picks NCR To Streamline Its Digital Banking
Brattleboro S&L Picks NCR To Streamline Its Digital Banking
April 28, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Brattleboro Savings & Loan (BS&L) has chosen NCR Corporation, a global enterprise technology provider for the financial industry, to provide customers with an improved digital...

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Toast Launches Flat-Rate On-Demand Restaurant Delivery
Toast Launches Flat-Rate On-Demand Restaurant Delivery
April 28, 2020  |  Delivery

Toast, a restaurant point-of-sale (POS) software provider, has unveiled a new service to provide restaurants with a delivery network of drivers free of high commissions,...

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Fed Turns To Banks For Feedback On Main Street Lending Program
Fed Turns To Banks For Feedback On Main Street Lending Program
April 28, 2020  |  Loans

The Federal Reserve is nearly ready to debut its new Main Street lending program, and it is reaching out to banks for advice, according to...

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Macy’s Loses Credit Insurance Coverage
Macy’s Loses Credit Insurance Coverage
April 28, 2020  |  Retail

As if closing stores, laying off workers and incurring mounting debt amid the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t bad enough, now retailers face another obstacle, Bloomberg News reported....

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Uber Considers Cutting 20 Pct Of Workers
Uber Considers Cutting 20 Pct Of Workers
April 28, 2020  |  Coronavirus

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic still keeping people at home, Uber could be in dire straits, facing potentially laying off 20 percent of its workforce,...

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Bitcoin Daily: NY Taps Crypto Fraud Expert As General Counsel; Matrixport Collaborates With Simplex On Card Payments
Bitcoin Daily: NY Taps Crypto Fraud Expert As General Counsel; Matrixport Collaborates With Simplex On...
April 28, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Richard Weber has been named to the position of general counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), according to an announcement...

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