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Germany’s Deutsche Bank Offers A Lifeline To Wirecard Bank

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Deutsche Bank, the Frankfurt-based multinational financial services company, is in talks with regulators to rescue Wirecard Bank, the deposit-taking division of the German payment company that is facing one of the country’s biggest accounting frauds, the Financial Times reported. The action was triggered when accountants reported $2.1

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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

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According to a report , the Chinese startup PingPong, a FinTech company, will invest €100 million ($113 million) in Luxembourg. Luxembourg had already passed a bill to legally issue “dematerialized securities” in April 2013 through an amendment to a 2001 securities law.

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Elavon Spends $300M For Sage Pay

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payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million, according to reports on Monday (Nov. Elavon was acquired by US Bancorp in 2001 for $2.1 This acquisition brings tremendous talent and leading technology to Elavon, which can be leveraged across the European market.”. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K. and Ireland. “We

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Today In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards

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(FDIC) is looking to modernize bank reporting. The government is expected to end its contract with the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP), the country’s accounting watchdog, as early as Monday. FDIC Looks To Modernize Bank Reporting. New Report: How A Global Pandemic Created A Digital-First Customer In Twelve Weeks.

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Bitcoin Daily: SWIFT India Teams With Blockchain Startup; Giga Watt Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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SWIFT India , a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) in partnership with blockchain startup MonetaGo , Cointelegraph reported. The FinTech firm’s technology will reportedly work with SWIFT’s standardized financial messages, which serve the market in India.

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SWIFT India Teams With Blockchain Startup, Giga Watt Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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SWIFT India, a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) with the help of MonetaGo, Cointelegraph reported. The FinTech firms technology will reportedly work with SWIFT’s standardized financial messages, which serve the market in India.

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Banco BASE Taps Volante For Payments; Azimo Receives Dutch Central Bank License

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Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc. Banco BASE has tapped Volante Technologies Inc. Volante, which was founded in 2001, works with more than 90 financial institutions in 35 countries around the world. Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world.

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