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“We are delighted to support Co-operative Bank of Kenya in their drive to increase and improve cross-border payment options for their customers,” Thunes CEO Peter De Caluwe said in the announcement. Our goal is to make financial services affordable and accessible to everyone,” De Caluwe said in a statement at the time.

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We started a review several months ago … and Wirecard is part [of] that review,” Paul de Leusse, deputy CEO for mobile finance services at Orange, said on a Thursday (June 25) call, according to the news outlet. The comments by de Leusse came on the same day Wirecard said it filed for insolvency.

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Businessweek ) • New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit : The company is calling it a ‘de facto’ ban – and it could reshape the housing market in residents’ favour. ( When he asked to borrow a hefty sum from a wealthy farmer, it was the beginning of the end.

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and Canada next month, sources told Bloomberg News. The investment came from its existing shareholders, the Canadian private-equity firm Novacap and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, one of the largest Canadian institutional investors. The news service reported that Nuvei’s potential listing coincides with many U.S.

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The news service, citing a source, said the IPO is expected to push that valuation to more than $3 billion. Last month, Bloomberg News reported if Nuvei’s application to go public gets the green light from regulators, it could be the largest Canadian technology IPO of 2020. Nuvei Corp. and RBC Capital Markets.

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The news comes as Mayor Bill de Blasio told WNYC that dining outside would be permitted throughout the year. I want us to go for the gold here,” de Blasio said. “I By comparison, it has been around 1 percent for weeks in other places in the city and on the state on average.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

and TGI Fridays , along with some McDonald's owners and fine-dining chain Fogo de Chão , have reported higher sales which they credit to the stimulus financial aid. After the first stimulus checks were sent out in April of 2020, the boost to the economy faded rather quickly, the news outlet noted. Restaurant sales dropped 19.5

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JULY 21, 2020

The Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN) as well as the Banco Central de Brasil , its central bank, have created a four-stage plan to introduce open banking. For more on these and other stories, read the report’s News & Trends. How The Pandemic Is Highlighting Open Banking Challenges In Latin America.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Dutch billionaire John de Mol, who created the reality TV program “Big Brother,” is suing Facebook for allowing fake ads which used his name and image to commit bitcoin-related fraud that swindled 1.7 De Mol’s lawyers accuse the social media giant of failing to prevent the ads, as well as not responding fast enough to complaints.

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Since January, the European Central Bank (ECB), which oversees the biggest European Union lenders, has eased regulations to encourage mergers and reduced the capital requirements for such transactions, the news service reported. The reason is not hard to understand. and Asian rivals.

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JUNE 19, 2019

This information came to light through a letter from the French finance minister Bruno Le Maire and the governor of the Banque de France, François Villeroy de Galhau. Also participating in the working group will be the International Monetary Fund. The presidency of the G7 rotates, and France is currently in the presidential seat.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

I think it’s great that our restaurants have come back, but we need tight protocols, regular inspections, to make sure people are safe,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told CNBC. The news comes as Cuomo has lifted coronavirus limitations, but the surfacing of more contagious versions could end that. 28 from a 7.1

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MARCH 18, 2020

As demand grows, Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked that retired medical professionals come back to work, and he is looking into whether there is a way to credential medical students as well. This will be a race against time to create these facilities to get them up and running, to find the personnel and the equipment we need,” de Blasio said. “We

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

In separate news, Argentina has faced a declining economy — as has much of the world — because of the pandemic. As a result, Walmart has decided to leave Argentina and sell its stores there to a local company, Grupo de Narváez, one of the top South American chains. Walmart didn't disclose the price of the deal.

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MAY 20, 2020

In other news, France has become the first nation to test out a blockchain-operational digital euro with successful results, Banque de France announced on Wednesday (May 20). AVA, the native digital currency of Travala.com, will fuel the merged platform “with the added utility of flight bookings,” per the announcement.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Other participating banks include Spain’s Abanca Corporación Bancaria, Banco de Crédito Social Cooperativo and Caja Laboral Popular Cooperativa de Crédito, as well as Germany’s Berlin Hyp and TeamBank. “We PayPal welcomed the news and said it wanted “more collaboration across the payments industry.”.

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JUNE 16, 2020

In today’s top news, Walmart acquired health services tech startup CareZone for $200 million, and Grab will lay off more than 300 employees. Plus, WhatsApp launched digital payments features for its app in Brazil. Walmart Boosts Digital Health, Wellness Capabilities With CareZone Buy.

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In other news, Axie Infinity unveiled the rollout of the public testnet of Ronin, which is an Ethereum sidechain particularly made for the digital game, according to a post. And, Binance welcomed new fan tokens on Binance Launchpool with the company’s “strategic partnership” unveiled last week with Chiliz , according to a post.

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JULY 15, 2020

On July 12, news surfaced that legislators were asking Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, to unveil transcripts of conversations between Markus Braun , the former Wirecard chief executive, and Jörg Kukies , the deputy finance minister. On July 9, news surfaced that the probe into Wirecard AG had grown to include Ireland.

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MAY 26, 2020

The Chinese city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global pandemic, has conducted nearly seven million coronavirus tests in 12 days, Bloomberg News reported. . The massive round of testing came after six new cases of the disease were reported in a Wuhan neighborhood earlier this month. and Canada. And in the U.S.,

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MAY 15, 2019

In other news, Samsung is planning to launch its blockchain technology onto its budget smartphone. “We European Central Bank policy maker Francois Villeroy de Galhau believes that there is more of a future in stablecoins than in bitcoin.

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MAY 17, 2018

With the deal, which may close in the third quarter, iZettle’s co-founder and CEO, Jacob de Geer, will reportedly continue on with iZettle, TechCrunch reported. The news comes almost one year after iZettle said it would enable users across Europe to register local mobile payments methods and send invoices through its point-of-sale app.

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JULY 24, 2020

The news comes as Sam’s Club and Walmart will mandate that customers wear masks beginning July 20. In separate news, Goldman Sachs is advocating a mask mandate to reduce the daily growth rate of coronavirus cases and to aid the economy. McDonald’s is one of an increasing roster of companies, including significant U.S.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments and consumers. . Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . Google Makes Deal to Pay Media Companies for Content in France. 21, according to the report. .

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Another helpful tactic for preventing unintended consequences from getting out of control is for the employer and union to negotiate a process for de-escalating misunderstandings or the response to rogue actors on either side. First, they can increase employee retention (which both Starbucks and Amazon have problems with).

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Xoom is now offering clients in the U.S., the cloud payments and financial messaging company, is speeding up market convergence for the Santiago (Chile) Exchange (Bolsa de Santiago). “As Canada, Europe and U.K. is accelerating market convergence for the Santiago Exchange.

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The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. Gurobi’s chief scientist, Dr. Edward Rothberg, said that while optimization solving has been around for decades, the company has applied new mathematical techniques to spit out results faster. Newsletter Sign-up. WSJ | CIO Journal.

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One7 has bought FinTech Rapidoo in a bid to expand in the Brazilian market and offer more cash flow options to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to news site Contxto. Gerleve said the acquisition would lend Rapidoo the benefits of One7’s more expansive resources.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

His Flor de Cacao depicts the flower-like opening of the cocoa bean when it comes into contact with hot chocolate sauce. This new way of working with chocolate is going to take consumers by surprise, with previously unthinkable shapes produced at scale and with impressive precision,” Roca said.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Revolut has debuted an acquiring solution for its Revolut Business starter pack, while online shopping website JD.com is taking digital yuan. Banco de Sabadell will launch a new strategy that will prioritize its Spanish domestic business,” the financial institution said in a press release.

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MAY 30, 2018

With the deal, which may close in the third quarter, iZettle’s co-founder and CEO, Jacob de Geer, will reportedly continue on with iZettle , TechCrunch reported. The news comes almost one year after iZettle said it would enable users across Europe to register local mobile payments methods and send invoices through its point-of-sale app.

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Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In addition, De Lijn has chosen Conduent Transportation for a new fare collection system in Belgium , and U.K. Coverage includes Network International ’s rollout of Google Pay acceptance in the United Arab Emirates. And in the U.K.,

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As reported in Deal Street Asia , Ayala Chairman and Chief Executive Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala said the focus will be on companies in eCommerce, FinTech and healthcare. According to the report, Zobel de Ayala said during the annual shareholder meeting that the company would invest in startups with “scalable, innovative models.”

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MARCH 6, 2019

The information came to light after a group of news organizations called the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) released a report about the issue. Shares in Dutch banks ABN AMRO and ING fell on the news. million transfers involving 233,000 companies.

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MARCH 4, 2020

The new initiative was introduced in the country in 2017 in hopes of increasing electronic transactions. In other European payments news , Banking Circle is now licensed to operate in Luxembourg after the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) gave the green light.

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MARCH 20, 2020

In today’s top news, Bank of America will offer mortgage, credit card and other loan deferments to customers impacted by the coronavirus, and India is moving to tighten controls on Big Tech companies by requiring them to turn over data. Also, Airbnb is speaking with investors and is considering a fundraising round.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Today we are de facto a very Chinese-oriented company. Diess said, according to prepared remarks seen by the news outlet. It also comes, according to reports, as Volkswagen is seeing its global sales picture getting complicated — which makes partnership with Ford particularly strategically important.

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