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Marqeta shuts down Australia operations

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The modern card-issuing company is closing its outpost in Australia as part of its cost-cutting campaign.

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Virtual Cards Help Companies Manage Spend In Real Time

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Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. RLJ Financial On Managing B2B Spend With Virtual Cards. The benefits of using digital B2B payments solutions extend far beyond their ability to support a decentralized workforce.

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Uber Money Head Quits As Company Moves Away From Financial Operations

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Uber financial services leader Peter Hazlehurst has stepped down from his position as the rideshare company has put its plan to start a digital wallet on hold, Bloomberg reported. The company is instead focused more on ridesharing and food delivery instead of the planned financial expansions.

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New DBS Card Offers Contactless Payments For Logistics Companies

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The new DBS Logistics Purchasing Card aims to save time and help prevent the spread of coronavirus for logistics companies with a cashless, contactless interface , according to a press release on Thursday (May 7). In line with the card, DBS also recently debuted a way for clients to use virtual methods to set up business accounts.

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Amex Cleared To Operate In China

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The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. In November of 2018, Amex got approval to clear card payments by the PBOC , making it the first company of its kind to get access to what will become the largest card network this year. Lianlian counts PayPal and Apple among its strategic partners.

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Wirecard Makes Deals To Sell Its Brazil, Britain Operations

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As Wirecard AG’s global operations close following its bankruptcy filing, the German payment company has agreed to sell what’s left, the Financial Times reported. In addition, he noted that the sale of some of the company’s operations in Britain and North America could be announced soon. billion euros ($2.1

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Deep Dive: How Businesses Are Preparing Their Workers, Payments Operations For A Digital B2B Future

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This is highlighting companies’ needs to reduce accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes’ costs as well as to support daily expenditures for remote workforces. Firms with remote employees have to improvise to keep their payments operations running smoothly. Reshaping Business Payments . Much of the U.S.