Sat.Mar 16, 2024

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Visa Joins Forces With Merex Investment and PayMate to Digitise Rental Collection in the UAE

The Fintech Times

Visa , the digital payments leader, has partnered with UAE-based Merex Investment , and PayMate , a B2B payments solution, to digitise rental collections through Visa’s Business Payments Solution Provider (BPSP) solution provided by PayMate. Launched in 2020, the Visa BPSP solution enables non-card-accepting suppliers to receive payments made on card rails into their bank account, by integrating with PayMate’s platform.

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AFC Comes to Community Banks’ Aid to Stop Harmful Legislation Being Passed

The Fintech Times

Recently in the US, there has been talk of regulation to limit the power of community banks. However, the American Fintech Council (AFC), the industry association representing responsible fintech companies and innovative banks, has opposed this potential legislation for fear of removing financial options for rural families, with the potential of further damaging local economies.

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How Could Judge’s Indictment of Craig Wright’s Satoshi Nakamoto Claims Impact the Crypto Industry?

The Fintech Times

This week, the judge overseeing a case between the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) versus Craig Wright , ruled that the defendant is ‘not’ Satoshi Nakamoto, the identity responsible for inventing Bitcoin, citing an ‘overwhelming’ amount of evidence. Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who established nChain , the blockchain technology, IP licensing and consulting service provider, has purported that he is the individual behind the Nakamoto pseudony

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