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Barclays US Taps Ex-Capital One Exec To Lead Cards And Payments Business

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Barclays announced that it has appointed Shane Holdaway as the company’s CEO of its cards and payments division in the U.S. For the past five years, Holdaway was the president of Capital One’s Canadian division, and played a leading role in the company becoming the exclusive credit card issuer for Costco Wholesale Canada.

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Chime Commands $1.5B Valuation After Capital Raise

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According to a report in CNBC , the San Francisco startup said the Series D round of venture funding was led by DST Global , as well as new investors Coatue, General Atlantic, ICONIQ Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. The company also plans to double its size to more than 200 employees and expand its leadership team.

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Capital One Gauges Payment Execs’ Tech Appetite

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Capital One released a new survey Thursday (April 6) to uncover why payment professionals who aware of the benefits of new technologies are holding themselves back from actually adopting those tools. Capital One and the NAPCP also found patterns based on the size of the company in which a payments professional works.

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Considering The Surcharge Path To Commercial Card Adoption

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Though adoption is on the rise , commercial cards still hold only a fraction of the corporate payments market — and an even smaller share of transaction volumes in accounts payable (AP). does allow, in many cases, for companies to add a surcharge to transactions when accepting commercial card payments. An Evolving Regulatory Framework.

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Press Release: BankBazaar Marks Third Year of Growth; Hits Rs. 215 Crore Revenue

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BankBazaar.com, India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online platform for free Credit Score, marks its third consecutive year of fast and sustainable growth, with an unaudited operating revenue of Rs.215 in co-brand Credit Cards in force compared to the previous year. 215 Crore in FY24.

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UK BaaS Railsbank Closes $37M Funding Deal To Support US Growth

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banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. Also participating in the round were Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. “We

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Freelancer Banking App Lili Nets $15M For Expansion

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The new capital will be used to help Lili boost its ever-growing expansion and add to its product and engineering teams and boost customer adoption, the release says. The round was led by Group 11 , with major participation from Foundation Capital, AltaIR Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Torch Capital, and Zeev Ventures.

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