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Amazon Exec: encouraging ecommerce vital to India

22 August 2019

Amazon’s India boss has said ecommerce needs to thrive to counter slow economic growth in Indi...

Swiss personal finance FinTech becomes unicorn

22 August 2019

A Zurich-based financial technology startup has reached $1bn in valuation. In Brief: Numbrs...

OakNorth expands in Manchester, to take on 60 staff

21 August 2019

British FinTech OakNorth has opened up a Manchester base. In Brief: This comes after ne...

Barclays mobile payments app Pingit launches online shop

21 August 2019

Barclays’ mobile payments business, Pingit, has launched an online platform for the sale of we...

WhatsApp to launch mobile payments in Indonesia

20 August 2019

WhatsApp is reportedly in talks to launch mobile payments in Indonesia. In Brief: The F...

Acorns Grow Inc receives more high-profile investment

20 August 2019

Acorns Grow Inc, or ‘Acorns’, has welcomed two new celebrity investors. In Brief:...

InsurTech Better.com raises £132mn in round including AmEx, Citi and Goldman

19 August 2019

Home-financing startup Better.com has raised £132mn ($160mn) in its series C funding round....

Israel’s regulator to fast track 2,000 FinTech and blockchain licenses

19 August 2019

Israel’s regulator is changing the way it grants business licenses due to a backlog. In Bri...

TransferWise launches debit card in ANZ eyes Singapore market

19 August 2019

Money transfer startup TransferWise has made its debit card available in Australia and New Zealand....

EY helps develop Open Banking in Nigeria

19 August 2019

Global consultancy EY is throwing its weight behind efforts to promote Open Banking in Nigeria. I...

UK FinTech Curve launches first ever crowdfunding campaign

19 August 2019

Curve, a UK FinTech which consolidates multiple cards and accounts on one app and corresponding card...

Alibaba buys Netease’s cross-border ecommerce arm

15 August 2019

Chinese technology giant Alibaba is purchasing Koala for £1.6bn ($2bn). In brief:...

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