Sweden

Sweden Calls on Europe to Pull the Plug on Bitcoin Mining
Sweden Calls on Europe to Pull the Plug on Bitcoin Mining
November 24, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Sweden’s financial and environmental regulators have called on the European Union to pull the plug on proof-of-work bitcoin mining due to the negative impact on...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine OKs Regulations for Crypto, Legalizes It; Mexico’s Central Bank Chief Says Bitcoin ‘Not Really Money’
Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine OKs Regulations for Crypto, Legalizes It; Mexico’s Central Bank Chief Says Bitcoin...
September 09, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Ukraine is the latest country to put down new official cryptocurrency-related rulings as it moves toward legitimizing the digital currency, CNBC reported. The Ukranian parliament...

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American Leisure Travelers Banned From Visiting Sweden
American Leisure Travelers Banned From Visiting Sweden
September 07, 2021  |  Pandenomics

Sweden has banned all U.S. travelers, regardless of vaccination status, from traveling to the country, a report from AFAR stated on Tuesday (Sept. 7). The...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Kry Lands $300 Million; Icelandair, Cover Genius Collaborate On Medical Cover
Today In Payments Around The World: Kry Lands $300 Million; Icelandair, Cover Genius Collaborate On...
April 27, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Kry raised $300 million in a funding round that values the telehealth platform at $2 billion, while...

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The Swedish Trade Federation On Why FI Collaboration Is Key To Instant Payments Ubiquity
The Swedish Trade Federation On Why FI Collaboration Is Key To Instant Payments Ubiquity
February 02, 2021  |  Disbursements

More than 70 percent of Swedes use the country’s mobile payments service, Swish. But markets eyeing the nation’s model as a blueprint for their instant...

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Sweden’s Trustly Is Latest FinTech To Test IPO Waters
Sweden’s Trustly Is Latest FinTech To Test IPO Waters
January 25, 2021  |  IPO

The Swedish FinTech Trustly is readying up an initial public offering (IPO) for the Stockholm market that could value the company at as much as...

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RTP Picks Up Pace With Corporates, While CBDCs Raise Banker Doubts
RTP Picks Up Pace With Corporates, While CBDCs Raise Banker Doubts
January 14, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The Clearing House’s real-time payments offering, the RTP® network, continues to gather steam with financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and their business customers in this week’s...

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Sweden’s Folksam Insurance Group Reports Data Breach Involving Big Tech
Sweden’s Folksam Insurance Group Reports Data Breach Involving Big Tech
November 03, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

One of Sweden’s largest private insurers, Folksam Group, says a data breach affected one million of its clients. Folksam said it had accidentally allowed big...

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Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden
Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden
October 28, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon is advancing its presence in Sweden with a new eCommerce site and a clean energy grid to support the tech giant’s data centers, according...

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