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Another Vietnamese bank will issue JCB card

The new LPB JCB Platinum Debit Card will focus to serve and meet the demand of LPB’s customer group

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Bundesbank pilots securities settlement via blockchain

Among the participants involved in the experiment include Commerzbank, Citibank, DZ Bank, Barclays, Société Générale, and Goldman Sachs

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Japan’s first digital bank to start operations this May

It’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

Finance & Economics

COVID-19 influence on small businesses in the USA

Julia Beyers Freelance journalist   There’s no doubt that no one expected such a severe global pandemic as COVID-19 to come our way. Many have faced a problem of financial survival. Especially it’s true for employees who were left without their jobs due to the lockdown and closure of businesses. Same thing goes for small […]

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US economic forecast 2021: what’s coming next?

Andrew Lincoln PaySpace Magazine Analyst   The preceding year had been tough for countries and economies around the world. With countless fatalities and severe economic disruptions such as industrial operations and domestic activities coming to a halt, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be one of the worst outbreaks the world has ever witnessed in […]

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Afterpay launches virtual card for in-store payments in Australia

Customers can pay by simply tapping on the payment terminal at checkout

Moderna

Moderna shipped 100 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to US

The Company expects to deliver the second 100 million doses by the end of May 2021 and the third 100 million doses by the end of July 2021

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Vietnam’s TPBank will soon issue JCB cards

Here’s what the card will offer

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Liverpool will test and develop drones

That would accelerate investment opportunities for the area including economic growth, employment, and skills creation

Finance & Economics

1 in 5 Americans changed their banks amid pandemic: research

The company surveyed over 1,000 Americans about their banking and financial habits over the past year since the pandemic began

Finance & Economics

Here’s how many sales German small businesses generate

Online retail contributes €100 billion to German GDP annually

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Carrefour is set to open 2000 e-commerce stores in France

The initiative is mainly focusing on medium-sized cities which up until now haven’t had access to Carrefour’s whole offering

Finance & Economics

Bank of England unveiled design of new polymer banknote

The banknote will be issued on 23 June 2021, which coincides with Alan Turing’s birthday

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Europol busted major investment fraud network

Investigators estimated that the network has defrauded its German victims of a total of €1.5 million

Finance & Economics

Royal Bank of Canada introduced new initiative for Black entrepreneurs

Last summer RBC announced up to $100 million in business loans to Black entrepreneurs

Fintech & Ecommerce

Aussie debit card payment system is rolling out new anti-fraud tools

The launch is aimed at helping Australians make more secure payments online