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BankingNew Alternative Payment Methods Liberate and Empower Communities in Africa and the Middle East
TechnologyDigital Payment Trends in 2022
BankingSeamless Card Payments: The Missing Link to Mass Crypto Adoption?
FinanceAdflex Adopts Click to Pay Service From Mastercard for a Simplified Checkout Experience
This Is Why Cash Is Dying Out
Date: May 9, 2022
By Latifa Alkhanjary, Kinesis Money Preserving cash at first seems like a project doomed to fail, and one that opposes the progressive, accelerating use of digital currencies, such as crypto. This is leading many to ask if physical cash will survive in the wake of fintech and digitised monetary solutions. The Beginning of Money In...
A Pivotal Moment for the Future of Crypto-Asset Payments in the UK
Date: May 9, 2022
By Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, Head of Nium Crypto Around the world, cryptocurrencies are coming under regulatory pressure, but some exciting developments have come out of the UK in the past few weeks. The British Treasury announced that it intends to bring stablecoins under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (the UK regulator) remit if used for...
With Apple Fight Ongoing, Dutch Watchdog Acm to Investigate Google Play Store Practices
Date: May 4, 2022
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced on Wednesday a preliminary investigation into Alphabet Inc’s Google for possible anti-competitive practices in its Play store. Tinder owner Match group had asked the regulator to assess whether Google is abusing a dominant position in the dating app market. “Dating-app providers allegedly are no...
Musk Loses Bid to End Sec Agreement on Oversight of Tesla Tweets
Date: April 27, 2022
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge slammed Elon Musk on Wednesday for trying to escape a settlement with regulators requiring oversight of his Tesla Inc tweets, saying the billionaire was “bemoaning” the 2018 deal now that he felt Tesla was “invincible.” The ruling comes after the Twitter Inc board accepted on Monday Musk’s $44...
Bny Mellon Drives Industry Reduction in Paper Checks as Sustainability Goals Ramp Up
Date: April 27, 2022
NEW YORK—April 26, 2022 BNY Mellon — one of the largest check processors in the U.S. — is leading efforts to reduce check-based payments as sustainability goals and environmental concerns take root across the globe. To support U.S. clients’ transition from paper to electronic transactions, the bank is leveraging a series of digital innovations and...
How Automated Processes Can Streamline Payment Management in 2022
Date: April 5, 2022
Kenny Tsang, industry expert and Managing Director at fintech unicorn, PingPong Payments, discusses how technological advancements within the payments space can help businesses to become more efficient and achieve international expansion in 2022. Traditional business processes have seen a massive upheaval in the past few years, with the pandemic shown to have accelerated the digitization...