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Metro Bank UK: 2023’s Next Bank Collapse? | Samsung’s Trackable Card Unveiled | UBS Tests Tokenized Fund on Public Blockchain

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Join our community of 50,000+ subscribers and stay informed on the latest trends and news in the FinTech & AI world with the weekly newsletter provided by Bussmann Advisory. This week’s must-know stories: Metro Bank’s Financial Struggles: Will Metro Bank in the UK be 2023’s next banking collapse?

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Another 44 Banks And Credit Unions Sign Onto Apple Pay

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The list of banks and credit unions issuing cards that will work with the Apple Pay mobile wallet has once again grown. Metro Federal Credit Union. Pendleton Community Bank. Roanoke Valley Community Federal Credit Union. Schneider Community Credit Union. It has been an active week for Apple Pay. Peoples Bank (OH).

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Apple Pay’s Latitudinal Reach

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and Visa and debit cards for Desjardins shoppers in Canada. Apple Pay is now supported by 22 banks after adding The Co-operative Bank and Metro Bank earlier this month, and Apple Pay is now available in the U.K. First Community National Bank. and the U.S. In the U.K., territories of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

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What Does Blockchain Have To Do With The Gig Economy?

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In fact, Head Blockchain Engineer Stan James at decentralized blockchain marketplace provider Origin told PYMNTS in a recent conversation that the central locus of the pre-digital gig economy was the community bulletin board. Overcoming that friction, he added, will be significant work.

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Is the Apple Store approach the future of in-branch banking?

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million) in a new flagship branch in Manchester that aims to combine the services people expect from their branch with an environment that is more community-focused and convenient. New flagship stores a sign of things to come? In the UK, for example, Lloyds has recently invested £3 million ($3.98

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Mobike, Masterpass And Riding Toward A Shared Future Of Innovation

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Here in the States, urban commuters are doubtlessly familiar with bike-sharing based on docking stations — from metro Boston’s Hubway service to Los Angeles’ Metro Bike Share. As of the latest U.S. Department of Transportation’s national count in 2016, there were 3,378 bike-share docking stations across 104 U.S. sometime soon.

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Why Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees

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“I didn’t even want to tell you, ‘I have fines,’” Penkert told the Journal of what she normally hears at work while collecting library fines from friends and family in the community, who usually wear a rather pained hangdog expression. This week, Chicago became the largest metro area to officially say no to library fines – joining St.

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