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Will Coronavirus Change The Way Indians Love Cash?
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic has emerged, people all around the world have started going towards digital payments and in…
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Trends
African fintech firm Flutterwave launches SME e-commerce portal
San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, a portal for African merchants to create digital shops to sell…
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Trends
Alipay owner Ant Financial takes minority stake in Klarna
Some big moves in the payments platform space: Ant Financial Group, the owner of China’s Alipay payment platform has announced…
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Trends
China Roundup: facial recognition lawsuit and cashless payments for foreigners
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what…
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Trends
Klarna raises $460 million, looks to expand its payments presence in the US
Swedish payments provider Klarna has announced a new round of equity funding, adding $60 million at a post-money valuation of…
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Finance
Razer goes big on payments with Visa prepaid card
The latest pairing between a tech upstart and a financial titan is a digital prepaid card targeted at Southeast Asia’s…
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Line teams up with Visa to boost its mobile payment service
Messaging app Line has partnered with Visa to bring traditional financial clout to its mobile payment service. The deal will…
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STARTUPS
A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
At just 26, Waiz Rahim is supposed to be involved in the family business, having returned home in 2016 with…
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STARTUPS
Alibaba-backed facial recognition startup Megvii raises $750 million
One of China’s most ambitious artificial intelligence startups, Megvii, more commonly known for its facial recognition brand Face++, announced Wednesday…
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Finance
China wants its rural villages to go cashless by 2020
Residents of even the tiniest far-flung villages in China may soon be able to pay on their phones to run…
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