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DBS Banking Masterstroke Coming to an End Under Piyush Gupta

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A pivotal moment came in 2014, he told the Financial Times, when he met Alibaba founder Jack Ma , who shared his vision for Alipay. Under his leadership, DBS has been integrating AI into its operations since 2014. AI and Data-Driven Leadership Piyush Guptas vision extended beyond digital banking into artificial intelligence.

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Chainalysis Acquires Web3 Security Company Hexagate

Finovate

Chainalysis was founded in 2014 and has raised $537 million. Levin added that protecting the crypto ecosystem will only become more crucial as smart contracts facilitate more value and the use of stablecoins grow. He also noted that governments are increasing the monitoring of smart contracts associated with illicit funds.

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Mastercard and PayTabs Collaborate to Empower Egypt’s Small and Medium Enterprises Through Private-Labeled Digital Payment Solutions

Fintech Finance

Established in 2014, PayTabs became the first Saudi fintech company to provide seamless and secure B2B ecommerce solutions to SME’s.

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6 ways David Marcus transformed Facebook payments

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It was an attention-grabbing decision when Facebook hired PayPal's president, David Marcus, in 2014. At the time, Facebook didn't have much of a dedicated payments business to speak of; when people thought of spending money on Facebook, they typically thought of in-app purchases in Farmville.

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Card is King: Worldpay Reveals Global Payment Preferences as Cash Usage Drops 22%

The Fintech Times

Payment preferences Cash In 2014, 32 per cent of consumers used cash to make their purchases. From 2014 to 2024, the value of e-commerce transactions conducted via digital wallets quadrupled, accounting for 108billion in spending last year. This has been in large part due to the rise of digital wallets.

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Visa looks to generative AI to enhance tokenisation

Finextra

At Money 20/20 Europe, Mehret Habteab, senior VP of product and solutions at Visa Europe, announced the company generated $40 billion in incremental e-commerce revenue globally, after issuing over 10 billion tokens since their launch in 2014.

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Brite Payments Appoints Open Banking Expert George Parks Davie as VP Product

Fintech Finance

In addition to his background in open banking, Davie brings with him extensive knowledge of the German market, having been instrumental in the development of Soforts A2A payments product, including its mobile interface, before the company was acquired by Klarna in 2014.

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