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Cash Secures Future as Lawmakers Prioritize Inclusive Payment Methods
Cash Secures Future as Lawmakers Prioritize Inclusive Payment Methods
March 12, 2024  |  Cash

The recent move by Norway to enact rules ensuring consumers’ ability to pay with cash reflects a growing concern over the potential exclusion of certain...

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Norway Considers Rules to Ensure Consumers Can Pay With Cash
Norway Considers Rules to Ensure Consumers Can Pay With Cash
March 08, 2024  |  Cash

The government of Norway has reportedly proposed rules designed to ensure that consumers can pay with cash. These measures are meant to ensure that those...

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Peru and Pakistan Expect Massive Real-Time Payments Growth by 2027
Peru and Pakistan Expect Massive Real-Time Payments Growth by 2027
June 01, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Each country implementing real-time payment methods has to balance various factors, including its banked population, the current favored payment schemes of the populace and penetration...

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Plunging Cash Use, Digital Wallet Partnership Help Boost Instant Payments in Norway
Plunging Cash Use, Digital Wallet Partnership Help Boost Instant Payments in Norway
April 17, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Scandinavian countries are some of the most technologically advanced in the world, including in the area of real-time payments. Take Norway for example. The Nordic...

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Cazoo Latest Exit Signals Trouble in Europe’s Once-Booming Used Car Market
Cazoo Latest Exit Signals Trouble in Europe’s Once-Booming Used Car Market
February 17, 2023  |  Retail

British auto marketplace Cazoo is selling its German subscription business two years after buying it.  The decision, announced in a Friday (Feb. 17) statement, comes after the online...

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Europe’s Budget Airlines Battle for Market Share as Competition Shrinks
Europe’s Budget Airlines Battle for Market Share as Competition Shrinks
February 01, 2023  |  emea

Europe’s airlines are bouncing back from the pandemic-induced collapse of international travel. At least, some of them are. In a recently published trading update, British...

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ShipManager Hack Puts 1,000 Vessels’ Data at Risk
ShipManager Hack Puts 1,000 Vessels’ Data at Risk
January 18, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

ShipManager servers fell victim to a ransomware attack on Jan. 7. DNV, the Oslo-based company that operates the fleet management platform, announced the cybersecurity breach...

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Norwegian Online Grocery Store Oda Raises $150M for Expansion
Norwegian Online Grocery Store Oda Raises $150M for Expansion
December 06, 2022  |  eCommerce

Norwegian online grocery store Oda has raised 1.5 billion Norwegian krone (about $150 million).  The firm said the capital came from both new and existing investors and...

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Shared Vision Will Give EU Digital Wallets Sharper Competitive Edge on Global Scale
Shared Vision Will Give EU Digital Wallets Sharper Competitive Edge on Global Scale
November 01, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

It’s been a nearly 15-month wait, but finally the European Commission has approved the merger of Danish digital payments app MobilePay and Norwegian smartphone digital...

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