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Poland’s Allegro Triumphs As Stock Takes Off In Public Debut
Poland’s Allegro Triumphs As Stock Takes Off In Public Debut
October 12, 2020  |  IPO

Allegro’s initial public offering (IPO) on Monday (Oct. 12) was a huge success, with its brand-new stock reportedly surging in value by 50 percent. That...

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Nets Expands Poland Presence With PeP Acquisition
Nets Expands Poland Presence With PeP Acquisition
March 12, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Denmark payments startup Nets said on Thursday (March 12) that it has acquired Polish merchant acquirer Polskie ePłatności (PeP). PeP, valued at €405 million, has...

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Mastercard, BLIK Partner To Bring Contactless Payments To Poland
Mastercard, BLIK Partner To Bring Contactless Payments To Poland
December 17, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Mastercard, the global payments company, and Polish Payment Standard, the operator of BLIK, a Polish mobile payment system and scheme, announced Monday (Dec. 17) that...

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Alior, solarisBank, Raisin And Mastercard Partner On European Digital Bank
Alior, solarisBank, Raisin And Mastercard Partner On European Digital Bank
June 14, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The Poland-based Alior Bank is teaming up with solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to roll out a digital bank in Europe open to all European Union...

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Apple Pay Coming Soon To Poland, Norway, Ukraine
Apple Pay Coming Soon To Poland, Norway, Ukraine
May 02, 2018  |  Apple Pay

Apple is in expansion mode when it comes to Apple Pay, with the digital payment service arriving in three new countries. According to news from 9to5Mac,...

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B2B Not A Vital Part Of Real-Time Payments Innovation, Yet
B2B Not A Vital Part Of Real-Time Payments Innovation, Yet
November 08, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Faster payments schemes across the globe are placing new definitions on what it means to be fast, especially as more initiatives heard towards real-time transacting....

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Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
August 31, 2017  |  Mastercard

Poland has been hard at work burnishing its image as a tech hub over the last several years. A country in which financial services were largely...

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Idea Bank Is Driving ATM Innovation — Literally, In A BMW
Idea Bank Is Driving ATM Innovation — Literally, In A BMW
July 13, 2017  |  Cash

Cash is one of the more underrated players in the payments and commerce ecosystem. It’s often declared dead, innovators of all stripes are constantly declaring...

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Data Breach Hits UK Payday Loan Firm Wonga
Data Breach Hits UK Payday Loan Firm Wonga
April 11, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Payday lender Wonga issued a warning to its customers in the wake of a massive data breach. The company notified roughly 270,000 of its customers — more...

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