News - page 269

Blockchain & Crypto

ShadowSwap and LayerZero Combine for Cross-chain Bridging

ShadowSwap will use LayerZero’s framework to offer users cross-chain interoperability.

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Walmart Readies $2.5 Billion Investment in India’s E-Commerce and Payments

Walmart plans to invest more than $2.5 billion to develop its e-commerce and payments business in India.

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FCA Accuses Three Money Transfer Companies of Price Fixing

The UK Financial Supervision Authority (FCA) said that Dollar East, Hafiz Bros Travel & Money Transfer Limited, and LCC Trans-Sending Limited have established a policy of fixed prices charged to customers in Glasgow for transferring money from Great Britain to Pakistan.

Finance & Economics

DailyPay Secures $260 Million in Capital

DailyPay, a leading financial technology company, has announced that it has raised $260 million in the capital.

Finance & Economics

Corlytics Acquires Platform SparQ

Corlytics acquired SparQ, a regulatory monitoring platform spun off from ING.

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Bold Commerce to Cooperate With PayPal

The collaboration between PayPal and Bold Commerce will provide retailers with the opportunity to combine payments and checkout into a single integrated solution.

Blockchain & Crypto

St Maarten Adopts TRON as Legal Tender

St Maarten, a country in the Kingdom of Netherlands, announced plans to adopt TRON’s TRX as a legal tender.

Finance & Economics

EU Lawmakers Pass More Requirements for Banks Holding Cryptocurrency

EU lawmakers vote to impose limitations and strict capital requirements on banks holding cryptocurrency.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Saudi Arabia Central Bank Launches CBDC Experiment

Saudi Central Bank continues CBDC experimentations, currently focusing on domestic wholesale of CBDC in collaboration with local banks and fintechs.

Finance & Economics

Metro Bank Launches Digital Car Loan

UK-based Metro Bank is joining the auto financing market with a new digital car loan offer

Blockchain & Crypto

SEBA Bank Introduces New Crypto Service

Swiss digital assets service provider SEBA Bank introduces a suite of crypto banking offers for various client types

Finance & Economics

Binance Spot Launches Self-Trade Prevention Feature

Binance API users will soon avail of the new Self-Trade Prevention (STP) function for spot trading, to automatically prevent unintentional self-trading

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Samsung Wallet to Go Live in New Markets

Samsung Wallet will soon appear in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Finance & Economics

Mercado Labs Launches Management System for Small Businesses

Mercado Labs has launched an import management system for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBS).

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Qatar National Bank Launches Contactless Biometric Payments

Customers of the Qatar National Bank (QNB) have the opportunity to use contactless payments for purchases at retail outlets in this country without resorting to a physical payment card or smartphone.

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B2B Platform Tranch Raises $100 Million in Debt and Equity

Tranch, a Buy Now, Pay Later platform for SaaS vendors and service providers, has reported raising $100 million in initial equity and debt financing.