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Council of Economic Advisors to Ring in Marshall Islands’ Final Phase to Launch First Auction of Sovereign Subscription Rights (SSRs) to its National Digital Currency
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Council of Economic Advisors to Ring in Marshall Islands’ Final Phase to Launch First Auction of Sovereign Subscription Rights (SSRs) to its National Digital Currency

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The SOV Development Foundation, a Marshall Islands foundation overseeing the development, distribution and implementation of the Sovereign (SOV) blockchain,  announced its board of economic and technical advisors as the final phase in preparation for the first public auction of rights to the SOV, a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and the official legal......
HKD Group Hires New Head of M&A
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HKD Group Hires New Head of M&A

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HKD Group, have announced today that Jarrod Aldridge has joined the firm as Head of M&A, replacing Ian McMahon who steps down after leading the firm’s M&A division over the last decade. Jarrod will focus on leading HKD Group’s rapidly growing investment banking practice in the Asia Pacific region. He......
Wells Fargo Invests in Six Black-Owned Bank
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Despite Continued Difficulties, Small Business Owner Optimism Continues to Grow in Latest Wells Fargo Survey

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Q3 study highlights improved future outlook tempered by significant near term headwinds Small business owners have faced unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic and are in the midst of great uncertainty with the upcoming presidential election. However, the Q3 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index indicates there is a continued spirit of......
Crypto.com and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Release New Report on Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
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Crypto.com and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Release New Report on Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

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Report indicates that although DeFi has the potential to disrupt traditional finance, leaders in incumbent financial services also have the opportunity to participate in and shape its impact on their businesses. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) growth has been explosive. In the last year, the value locked into DeFi has increased 1500%......
Deluxe Building FinTech Innovation and Customer Experience Centers in new Metro Atlanta Location
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Deluxe Building FinTech Innovation and Customer Experience Centers in new Metro Atlanta Location

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New Sandy Springs location to support company’s rapidly accelerating growth in FinTech, Payments and Cloud Solutions Deluxe, a Trusted Business Technology™ company, today announced it is building both a FinTech Innovation Center and a Customer Experience Center in its new location in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Read More: Retailers Meet Customer......
Mastercard Extends Open Banking Efforts with Close of Finicity Acquisition
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Mastercard Launches Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Testing Platform, Enabling Central Banks to Assess and Explore National Digital Currencies

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With the global economy racing to embrace digital payments, central banks also are looking to the future and investigating how to support innovation while maintaining monetary policy and financial stability as they issue and distribute currency. In fact, 80 percent of central banks surveyed are engaging in some form of......
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The Evolution of Blockchain in Today’s Finance World

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The Future of Finance Cannot Deny DeFi Over the last few years of blockchain innovation, the technology has been promised as a sort of nostrum for whatever area of society might be riddled with opacity and inefficiency: business supply chains, elections and voting, identity verification and security, and healthcare, among......
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Did Covid-19 Propel A New Wave of FinTech Solutions to Save SME Needs?

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During the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, new fintech solutions helped SMEs and micro-preneurs survive. Covid-19 did dip the world into a situation they that drove businesses across sectors including fintechs into uncertainty. But in many ways, Covid-19 also served as a catalyst for innovation in SaaS and other B2B segments, like......
Melio Raises $144M to keep Small Businesses in Business by Simplifying their B2B Payments
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Melio Raises $144M to keep Small Businesses in Business by Simplifying their B2B Payments

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Melio provides small businesses with digital payments tools to better manage their supplier payments, minimizing time and cost while maximising cash flow. Founded in April 2018, Melio has since raised $144m in investment. Investors who have led the fundraising rounds include Accel, Aleph, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue Management and General......
New Study Reveals the Struggles that Many Businesses Face in Getting Paid During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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GoCardless Appoints Even Walser as Chief Revenue Officer

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Walser to drive adoption of GoCardless to mid-tier and enterprise organizations globally GoCardless, the leading fintech for recurring payments has appointed Even Walser as Chief Revenue Officer. Based at GoCardless’ London Headquarters, Walser will have overall responsibility for the company’s Commercial Sales organization, including Sales, Sales Operations, Partnerships, Solution Engineering,......
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