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Crypto Mining Companies Search For New Work Locations After China Aims To Reduce Coal Power Usage
Crypto Mining Companies Search For New Work Locations After China Aims To Reduce Coal Power...
August 22, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency “miners” who deploy powerful computers that perform mathematical calculations essential to maintaining the blockchains that underpin cryptocurrencies in return for opportunities to earn free...

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Paysafe Acquires Germany’s viafintech, Boosts Its Alternative Banking, Payment Solutions
Paysafe Acquires Germany’s viafintech, Boosts Its Alternative Banking, Payment Solutions
August 22, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Specialized payments platform Paysafe will be acquiring Germany-based viafintech, which offers the biggest bank-independent payments structure in the DACH region (Austria, Germany and Swizerland), according...

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Robinhood To Give Cash To New Clients
Robinhood To Give Cash To New Clients
August 22, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Robinhood, the low-cost brokerage some critics say has gamified stock trading so much that new investors may not realize they’re risking losing real money, has...

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East Africa’s Pesapal Can Operate In Kenya, Tanzania After Getting Approvals
East Africa’s Pesapal Can Operate In Kenya, Tanzania After Getting Approvals
August 22, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Kenya-based Pesapal, a provider of payments processing services — primarily point of sale (POS) — is touting two recent approvals for conducting business in major...

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Cardano Partners With Ethiopia Government On National ID Blockchain System
Cardano Partners With Ethiopia Government On National ID Blockchain System
August 20, 2021  |  Blockchain

Input Output (IOHK), the company behind the Cardano cryptocurrency, plans to build a national ID blockchain system in Ethiopia. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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New Amazon Website Blasts Antitrust Laws
New Amazon Website Blasts Antitrust Laws
August 20, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon launched a website on Friday (Aug. 20) designed to get sellers on its side in its battle against proposed antitrust legislation. Get the Full...

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Madison Avenue Left Out Of NYC Shopping Revival
Madison Avenue Left Out Of NYC Shopping Revival
August 20, 2021  |  Retail

While shoppers are returning to New York’s brick-and-mortar retailers looking to upgrade their fashion, one swanky Manhattan shopping district seems to have been forgotten. Get...

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WorldRemit Raising Funds Ahead of Possible IPO At $5B Valuation
WorldRemit Raising Funds Ahead of Possible IPO At $5B Valuation
August 20, 2021  |  Startups

The London-based money transfer startup WorldRemit is preparing to raise cash at a valuation of roughly $5 billion ahead of a potential initial public offering...

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Facebook Launches SMB Loan Program With India’s Indifi 
Facebook Launches SMB Loan Program With India’s Indifi 
August 20, 2021  |  SMBs

Facebook is teaming up with Indifi, an online lender in India, as part of a larger initiative to bring on more local businesses as advertisers,...

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