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Bitcoin Daily: Investors Reimbursed For $2M Hacker Losses By IOTA Exec; Australia To Focus On Crypto Holders For Audits; France Wants Testing Ground For EU Security Tokens; ICOBox Fined $16M For Selling Unlicensed Securities
Bitcoin Daily: Investors Reimbursed For $2M Hacker Losses By IOTA Exec; Australia To Focus On...
March 12, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The founder of IOTA is repaying victims of a wallet hack earlier this year to “preserve” the runway of his endeavor, CoinDesk reported. David Sonstebo,...

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InDebted Notches $14M To Use Machine Learning In Debt Collection
InDebted Notches $14M To Use Machine Learning In Debt Collection
March 05, 2020  |  Consumer Finance

The Australian FinTech InDebted announced it has raised A$14 million ($9 million) in its Series A funding round, co-led by venture capital firms Carthona Capital...

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How DSW Is Using POS Financing To Boost Online Spend
How DSW Is Using POS Financing To Boost Online Spend
March 05, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions seem perfect for the occasional luxury buy — but luxury retailers are far from the only businesses that could...

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Aussie Competition, Finance Regs Collab Against Late Payments
Aussie Competition, Finance Regs Collab Against Late Payments
March 04, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Financial and competition regulators in Australia have teamed up to look into the rising use of supplier payday lending schemes used by big companies, according...

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Afterpay Now Has More Customers In US Than Down Under
Afterpay Now Has More Customers In US Than Down Under
February 28, 2020  |  International

In its half-yearly financial results, Australian FinTech firm Afterpay Limited reported more customers in the United States than in Australia. The company said it had 3.6 million...

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PayPal Eyes ‘Major Opportunity’ Of Aussie SMB Lending
PayPal Eyes ‘Major Opportunity’ Of Aussie SMB Lending
February 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Payment company PayPal is looking at small business credit as a new field of opportunity. The company is championing a national digital framework in Australia...

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Aussie Tax Office Reminds SMBs To Pay Debt
Aussie Tax Office Reminds SMBs To Pay Debt
February 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Australia are being reminded by the country’s tax office that owing money to the agency is not OK, Broker...

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Joint Venture Delivers Payments To Singapore
Joint Venture Delivers Payments To Singapore
February 14, 2020  |  B2B Payments

British bank Standard Chartered and payments firm Assembly Payments have established a joint venture in Singapore to bring payment solutions to its $29 trillion global...

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Bitcoin Daily: Token Marketplace Buys Majority Of Australia Football Club; Circle Sells Crypto Investing App
Bitcoin Daily: Token Marketplace Buys Majority Of Australia Football Club; Circle Sells Crypto Investing App
February 13, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Circle Invest will be sold to Canada-based Voyager Digital by its current owner Circle Internet Financial, with Circle Invest gaining an equity stake in Voyager...

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