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Saudi Arabia Makes Digital Push To Lessen Cash Reliance
Saudi Arabia Makes Digital Push To Lessen Cash Reliance
February 18, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Saudi Payments, a state-owned payments apparatus, has partnered with stc pay, another Saudi Arabia payments company, to grow the breadth of its mobile wallet, and...

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Mastercard: The Role Of ‘Instant’ In Improving Consumer Financial Health
Mastercard: The Role Of ‘Instant’ In Improving Consumer Financial Health
February 11, 2020  |  Mastercard

To improve the financial lives of millions of Americans, speed matters — especially for FinTechs seeking to bring new products to market digitally and to...

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MoneyGram Launches First-Ever Ukraine Bank Deposit Service
MoneyGram Launches First-Ever Ukraine Bank Deposit Service
January 29, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Peer-to-peer payments service MoneyGram will partner with Industrialbank to create a new bank deposit service in Ukraine. MoneyGram is the first company to let users...

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AML/KYC Compliance Just Got Harder
AML/KYC Compliance Just Got Harder
January 28, 2020  |  Regulation

The European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) went into force on Jan. 10, with new regulations for cryptocurrencies, wallets and exchanges. Some operators said...

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NY Lawmakers Push For Public eBanking System
NY Lawmakers Push For Public eBanking System
January 08, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Lawmakers in New York have proposed a public electronic banking system that would essentially function like payment service Venmo, with the purpose of including more...

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How FinTech Tackles Financial Inclusion For India’s SMBs
How FinTech Tackles Financial Inclusion For India’s SMBs
January 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

With a robust community of technological innovators, and a drive toward the digital economy, India currently stands as an exciting market in FinTech. Small- to...

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What The UAE Is Teaching Global FinTechs About SMB Banking
What The UAE Is Teaching Global FinTechs About SMB Banking
November 27, 2019  |  SMBs

It’s not easy being small — especially in business, and often when it comes to banking and payments. The bigger players take up more space...

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Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void
Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void
October 23, 2019  |  Facebook

It may be a bit ironic that the halls of Congress are known, colloquially, as the Hill. It’s an upward climb, after all, for Facebook...

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Mastercard’s Philanthropic Hub Hosts Summit On Financial Inclusion
Mastercard’s Philanthropic Hub Hosts Summit On Financial Inclusion
October 23, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard‘s philanthropic hub hosted its first Global Inclusive Growth Summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday (Oct. 21). Along with The Aspen Institute, the Mastercard Center...

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