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Fintech & Ecommerce

JCards Launches Time-Tracking App for Mobile Workforces

JCards has launched an application for tracking working hours, which is designed for mobile employees.

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance.US Scrambles to Find Banking Partners

Binance’s American partner is making active efforts to find a bank to serve its customers.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Walmart Suit Seeks to End Capital One Card Relationship

The media reported that Walmart sued Capital One with a demand to terminate a 4-year partnership with credit cards.

Finance & Economics

Bank of England Builds Its CBDC Team

The media reported that the central bank of England has begun to recruit a team of employees who will deal with the digital currency of this financial institution.

Fintech & Ecommerce

BNP Paribas Selects Worldline to Reduce Iban Fraud in Sepa Direct Debits

BNP Paribas Cash Management has selected Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global leader in payment services, to reduce the risk of fraudulent activity in SEPA direct debit transactions.

Science & Technology

Triodos Bank’s 2035 Emission Reduction Targets Validates as Science-Based

The Initiative to Achieve Science-Based Targets (SBTi) confirmed that Triodos Bank’s intentions to reduce the level of harmful emissions to zero have sufficient arguments to recognize this plan as justified.

Blockchain & Crypto

Treasury Department Urges DeFi to Improve AML/CFT Controls

Both providers of DeFi services and the United States government are supposed to reduce AML/CFT vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling criminals to transfer and launder illicit proceeds

Fintech & Ecommerce

Google Bans Loan Apps Access to User Contacts

Android apps offering personal loan services will not be able to access users’ sensitive data, such as photos and contacts, with the new restrictions imposed by Google

Blockchain & Crypto

Solana Reveals Solution to Cut On-Chain Storage Costs

The new solution presented by Solana promises to cut the cost of minting 1 million NFTs on the network to nearly $110

Finance & Economics

Samsung Plans to Cut Memory Chip Production

Samsung Electronics has announced its intention to reduce the production of memory chips.

Finance & Economics

Rodeo Raises $5 Million for Operating System for Gig Workers

Rodeo has announced that it has managed to raise $5 million in funding to develop its operating system for gig economy employees.

Finance & Economics

Union Credit and TransUnion Team to Help Credit Unions Find Borrowers

Union Credit and TransUnion have established a partnership to improve the customer service process.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Robinhood Reaches $10.2 Million Settlement on March 2020 Platform Outage

The American financial company Robinhood has reached an agreement with state securities regulators regarding the settlement of a situation related to operational and technical failures.

Society & Lifestyle

EU Begins Work on Digital Visas for Schengen Visitors

Negotiations on the creation and subsequent implementation of a digital visa for the Schengen area will soon begin in the European Union.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Soft Space Raises Largest Series B by Malaysian Startup

The Malaysian company SoftPOS Soft Space has attracted investment funds in the amount of $ 31.5 million following the results of the Series B1 financing round.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Tillerman Launches Insights Tool Leveraging POS Data

Designed for retail brands and wholesalers, the new Tillerman Insight tool is equipped with an interactive and visual dashboard that facilitates gaining and analysing insights from the POS data