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SBI and Reliance Launch Credit Card on India’s RuPay Network
SBI and Reliance Launch Credit Card on India’s RuPay Network
October 31, 2023  |  Credit Cards

SBI Cards and Reliance Retail are launching a credit card on India’s RuPay payment network. The co-branded card marks Reliance’s entry into the credit card space, according to a Tuesday...

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Merchants Can Now Accept e-RUPI Through SBI, Hitachi Payments
Merchants Can Now Accept e-RUPI Through SBI, Hitachi Payments
August 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Mumbai-based Hitachi Payments, a shareholder of SBI Payments, will be teaming with SBI on letting smaller companies accept e-RUPI transactions, a press release says. The...

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Bitcoin Daily: SBI Holdings Aims To Make Crypto A ‘Core Pillar;’ Bitcoin Climbs To Almost $50,000
Bitcoin Daily: SBI Holdings Aims To Make Crypto A ‘Core Pillar;’ Bitcoin Climbs To Almost...
February 16, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Buoyed by recent high profile investments, bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $50,000 on Sunday (Feb. 14), according to CNBC. Bitcoin, which is the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hack Victims To Receive $13.8M; Bermuda Gov’t Boosts Blockchain Adoption
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hack Victims To Receive $13.8M; Bermuda Gov’t Boosts Blockchain Adoption
February 03, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Denis Pitcher, chief FinTech advisor to the Premier of Bermuda, told CoinDesk on Sunday (Feb. 2) that he is planning to introduce a platform that...

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Changes To Business Lending Underway At India’s PSU Banks
Changes To Business Lending Underway At India’s PSU Banks
January 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

India’s state-owned banks are going through changes that could mean an overhaul in business lending, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Friday (Jan. 3).  For...

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In Sierra Leone, Late Payments Lay Waste To SMBs
In Sierra Leone, Late Payments Lay Waste To SMBs
May 13, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Sierra Leone is showing the impact of late payments, where a significant number of smaller firms have been forced to shutter operations. In the U.K.,...

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Moven To Buy US Bank, Create Joint Venture In Japan With SBI
Moven To Buy US Bank, Create Joint Venture In Japan With SBI
February 01, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Mobile-first bank Moven has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with financial services provider SBI Group, the Japanese owner of SoftBank. According to a report...

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Ripple’s Value Rises 20 Percent Post-Japanese Credit Card Partnership
Ripple’s Value Rises 20 Percent Post-Japanese Credit Card Partnership
December 28, 2017  |  Blockchain

San Francisco-based startup Ripple rose 20 percent Wednesday (Dec. 27) to an all-time high after news that Tokyo-based financial services company SBI Holdings and its...

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Google, Overstock Among Biggest Blockchain Investors
Google, Overstock Among Biggest Blockchain Investors
October 19, 2017  |  Blockchain

Plenty of industries and companies are eyeing blockchain – the technology that enables cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin – but when it comes to corporate investors,...

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