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Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA

Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
November 17, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 20), soccer fans from around the globe have been arriving in Qatar, giving an economic...

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FIFA World Cup Kicks Off in the Upland Metaverse
FIFA World Cup Kicks Off in the Upland Metaverse
November 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

Upland, a mirror metaverse that replicates real-world locations in virtual reality announced on Wednesday (Nov. 11) that it has begun a multiyear partnership with FIFA...

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Visa Teams With Crypto.com on World Cup NFTs
Visa Teams With Crypto.com on World Cup NFTs
November 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Visa is joining forces with Crypto.com to create and promote a series of NFTs inspired by the upcoming World Cup tournament, the company announced Tuesday...

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Visa: Contactless Payments Big Winners At FIFA Women’s World Cup
Visa: Contactless Payments Big Winners At FIFA Women’s World Cup
July 03, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Contactless payments are making their own big play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, at least according to new Visa data. Get the...

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Alipay Has 700M Active Users
Alipay Has 700M Active Users
September 18, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Eric Jing, Ant Financial’s executive chairman and CEO, revealed that Alipay now has over 700 million annual active users — an increase of more than...

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New Friends Edition: Amazon, Amex, Santander, Ripple, BoA
New Friends Edition: Amazon, Amex, Santander, Ripple, BoA
July 02, 2018  |  Today In Data

This week, the World Cup reminded us all that friendships can emerge in the strangest and most unexpected ways. In a testament to how truly confusing the...

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Contactless Payments Take The Prize At World Cup Stadiums
Contactless Payments Take The Prize At World Cup Stadiums
June 28, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Soccer is a contact sport, but fans are using contactless payments at one of the sport’s most famous events: Approximately 17 percent of purchases with...

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Jewel Paymentech: Automatic Anomaly Detection Is The Best AML
Jewel Paymentech: Automatic Anomaly Detection Is The Best AML
June 28, 2018  |  Startups

For everyone in the world except the U.S. (and even for some sports fans within the U.S.), it’s football season. The World Cup is well...

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