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Finance
Kyash, a would-be challenger bank in Japan, raises $14M
The new era of tech-enabled banks is coming, even in regulation-heavy Japan. Kyash, a fintech company with visions on becoming…
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Finance
Indonesia’s KoinWorks raises $12 million to grow its P2P SME lending platform
KoinWorks, an Indonesian startup that helps small and medium-sized businesses secure financial services through its online peer-to-peer platform, has raised…
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Google Pay expands its integration with PayPal to online merchants
Google and PayPal have been strategic partners for some time. The companies in 2017 announced that PayPal would become a…
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Trends
Google’s new plan to push Google Pay in India: cashback incentives in Android apps
Google is gunning for India’s payment companies. The U.S. search giant entered India’s payment space in 2017, and now it…
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Finance
Venmo launches a ‘limited edition’ rainbow debit card for its payment app users
Hoping to entice more users to attach the Venmo Mastercard to their account, Venmo this morning announced it’s launching a…
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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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Finance
Amazon, WesternUnion debut PayCode to sell goods in emerging markets and let shoppers pay in cash
While Amazon has been methodical (read: a little slow) in launching local versions of its site for various global markets,…
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