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Japan’s Line Social Network Approved To Trade Cryptocurrency

February 02, 2020
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Convenience Stores Losing ATMs In UK Over Higher Fees
International // December 31, 2019

A decline in ATM usage in the U.K. has left many people resorting to only using their local shops to withdraw cash, due to a declining number of bank branches and free-to-use ATMs. However, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) said that the Link service’s...

Creating A Horseshoe For The Human Foot 
Retail // August 06, 2019

Many new ideas and innovations start with a problem that has no easy or obvious solution. Many founders we talk to tell a similar story of how they were minding their own business traveling amiably through life until they hit an unexpected and annoyingly persistent...

Link, ATM Operator Face Potential Court Fight
Bank Regulation // February 03, 2019

NoteMachine, one of the biggest ATM operators in the U.K., is threatening to sue Link, the U.K. body that oversees the network of cash machines in the country. According to a report in The Financial Times, NoteMachine contends Link ran afoul of competition rules by...

UK Cash Usage Falls, ATM Fee Cuts Partially Canceled
Banking // July 17, 2018

ATM network operator LINK has partially canceled its plans to cut the fees that banks pay to British cash machines operators. Finextra reported that, earlier this year, LINK had announced a phased 20-percent reduction in interchange rates over four years. The first 5 percent cut took...

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Japan’s Line Social Network Approved To Trade Cryptocurrency

February 02, 2020
Japanese social media network Line can begin trading its own digital currency among its 700 million users beginning in April 2020. Available since 2018, Line’s currency is called Link and has not been available in the Japanese or United States markets due to government regulation in its country of origin. As a result, Line began […]

Convenience Stores Losing ATMs In UK Over Higher Fees

December 31, 2019
A decline in ATM usage in the U.K. has left many people resorting to only using their local shops to withdraw cash, due to a declining number of bank branches...

Link, ATM Operator Face Potential Court Fight

February 03, 2019
NoteMachine, one of the biggest ATM operators in the U.K., is threatening to sue Link, the U.K. body that oversees the network of cash machines in the country. According to...

UK Cash Usage Falls, ATM Fee Cuts Partially Canceled

July 17, 2018
ATM network operator LINK has partially canceled its plans to cut the fees that banks pay to British cash machines operators. Finextra reported that, earlier this year, LINK had announced a...