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Banco Santander, BBVA, Others Adopt SWIFT gpi
Banco Santander, BBVA, Others Adopt SWIFT gpi
March 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) has gathered steam in Spain, while separately new APIs are being made available to banks through a network to help...

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Line To Expand Into Payments, FinTech To Avoid Complacency
Line To Expand Into Payments, FinTech To Avoid Complacency
March 28, 2019  |  Fintech Investments

Line, the Asian messaging company majority owned by Naver, the South Korean Internet search company, is expanding its business into payments and other FinTech services....

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Using Credit To Close The SMB ‘Funding Gap’
Using Credit To Close The SMB ‘Funding Gap’
March 28, 2019  |  SMBs

FinTech Fundbox said on Thursday (March 28) that it is expanding its partnership with Synchrony, the consumer financial services company, to make B2B credit available...

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Visa Partners With Remitly On Real-Time Global P2P
Visa Partners With Remitly On Real-Time Global P2P
March 28, 2019  |  VISA

Instant payments — and the ability to push funds immediately across the debit rails to consumer bank accounts — has entered something of a renaissance. The demand is...

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Fitness Trackers Could Mean Insurance Savings For Pet Owners
Fitness Trackers Could Mean Insurance Savings For Pet Owners
March 28, 2019  |  Wearables

MoreThan has partnered with PitPat — which offers a FitBit type device for dogs — and will offer up to £100 in cash rewards for...

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Google CEO, Trump Discuss Gov’t Cooperation
Google CEO, Trump Discuss Gov’t Cooperation
March 28, 2019  |  Google

Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday (March 27) to discuss the tech company’s dealings with the U.S. government. “I just...

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US Census Recruits Facebook, Google, Twitter To Fight Fake News
US Census Recruits Facebook, Google, Twitter To Fight Fake News
March 28, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Census Bureau has asked some of the country’s biggest tech companies to help stop the spread of “fake news” campaigns that could potentially disrupt...

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How Freelancer.com Filters Fraudsters From Freelancers
How Freelancer.com Filters Fraudsters From Freelancers
March 28, 2019  |  Digital Onboarding

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Can AI Turn Banks Into FinTech Firms?
Can AI Turn Banks Into FinTech Firms?
March 28, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

There are no incumbent banks that are not paying attention to what the challenger banks are doing. What might have been written off even five years ago as a...

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