Russia

Russia’s VTB Bank Debuts Digital Factoring Portal
Russia’s VTB Bank Debuts Digital Factoring Portal
July 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Russia’s VTB Bank has launched a digital supply chain finance portal via its VTB Factoring subsidiary, according to Global Trade Review reports Wednesday (July 3)....

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock CEO Shares Movement In Bitcoin Efforts; Russia Might Be Open To Crypto Trading
Bitcoin Daily: Overstock CEO Shares Movement In Bitcoin Efforts; Russia Might Be Open To Crypto...
June 23, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said that he welcomes Facebook’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. At the the Fortune Brainstorm Finance conference in Montauk, N.Y., Byrne...

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Russia Joins The Faster Payments Revolution
Russia Joins The Faster Payments Revolution
June 17, 2019  |  Faster Payments

The rise of faster payment systems has become a global phenomenon. In the past few years, several global markets have invested resources into developing payment...

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Russian eCommerce Giant, MegaFon, Alibaba Team For New Venture
Russian eCommerce Giant, MegaFon, Alibaba Team For New Venture
June 05, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Russian eCommerce giant Mail.ru, mobile company MegaFon and Alibaba have announced a joint partnership for a new venture called AliExpress Russia JV, according to reports. The...

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Yandex Delivery App Lets Users Order Off-Menu Foods
Yandex Delivery App Lets Users Order Off-Menu Foods
May 24, 2019  |  Delivery

Yandex, Russia’s largest technology company, is starting a delivery service that will let customers request meals from restaurants even if they’re not on the menu,...

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Paris Metro To Launch Paperless Tickets, Cashless Payments Rise In Russia
Paris Metro To Launch Paperless Tickets, Cashless Payments Rise In Russia
May 20, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the coming rollout of a paperless ticket option for...

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Morgan Stanley Will Shutter Banking Operations In Russia In Q1 Of 2020
Morgan Stanley Will Shutter Banking Operations In Russia In Q1 Of 2020
May 06, 2019  |  Banking

Morgan Stanley will send the Russian central bank a notice that it’s going to formally close of all of its banking operations in the country...

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Mueller Report Reveals Bitcoin’s Russia Connection
Mueller Report Reveals Bitcoin’s Russia Connection
April 23, 2019  |  Bitcoin

No, you still cannot easily buy a cup of coffee with bitcoin. But it turns out you can use the cryptocurrency in an effort to...

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Deutsche Bank Internal Investigation Finds Russian ‘Dirty Money’
Deutsche Bank Internal Investigation Finds Russian ‘Dirty Money’
April 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

An internal investigation at Deutsche Bank has found that it processed at least €175 million (nearly $197 million USD) in dirty money for Russian criminals...

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