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Facebook Can Now Use Visa Token Service for Payments

Bank Innovation

Continuing its development of financial technologies on its platform, social media firm Facebook has joined a Visa program that enables the network to access its Token Service for payments, Visa announced today.

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The Financial Technologies SMEs Aren’t Using

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24 percent of SMEs don’t use social media for their businesses , found the latest analysis from B2B ratings and reviews company Clutch. Another social media expert, Sociallyin founder and CEO Keith Kakadia, said that social media empowers small businesses with access to data on the performance and impact of a marketing campaign.

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Gamification in Fintech: How Startup Greenlight Financial Intends to Use It

Bank Innovation

Besides the obvious social media channels, another social phenomenon which seems to be advancing is gamification. One such fintech is Greenlight Financial Technology. EXCLUSIVE – One thing is clear: more and more fintechs are looking to create better interaction to engage users.

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Checkout.com Buys Australian Startup Pin Payments

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London-based global payment provider Checkout.com has purchased Pin Payments, an Australian startup, the companies announced Tuesday (May 26). Founded in 2013 by Grant Bissett and Dominic Pym, Pin Payments serves more than 12,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Five At Five: Amazon’s New India Push

PYMNTS

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. There is a new development from the world of real estate payments, and a large social media platform is embracing commerce. Yardi Digitizes Real Estate Vendor Payments. Meanwhile, there’s a new AI effort focus in China.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ping An’s FinTech Arm Teams Up To Launch Blockchain Solution; CFTC Calls For Default Ruling For Alleged Ponzi Scheme Founder

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OneConnect Financial Technology and China Merchants Port Group ( CMPort ) will work to create a blockchain-based system with Shenzhen customs to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The firm claimed it would return customer funds, but allegedly was in the process of liquidating the bitcoin for around $147 million.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

PYMNTS

Jeremy Allaire , CEO of financial technology firm Circle , told PYMNTS that digital currencies are ready to transition from speculation to become more broadly adopted in everyday commerce. . At a high level, that means helping crypto companies and FinTechs come to market with crypto payments across the Visa rails.