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Today In Payments Around The World: Mynt Lands $175 Million In Funding; Airtel Teams With Amazon On Video

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In today’s top payments news around the world, Globe Fintech Innovations has landed $175 million in additional venture funding, while Airtel has teamed with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video entertainment platform. India’s Airtel Closes Amazon Deal to Launch Mobile-Only Videos.

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The New Wave Of FinTech: The End Of Banking [Video]

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Mike Sigal, an entrepreneur, early-stage investor & Partner at 500 Startups, presents his views on the wave of financial technology startups that facilitate long-term changes in the financial services industry.

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Ant Group’s Value Could Be Cut Further Due To China’s Antitrust Concerns

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That could happen under Chinese regulators’ proposals to curb market concentration in the country’s online payments market, Ant, best known for its Alipay payments service, calls itself a financial technology company (FinTech). But China’s financial regulators are starting to view it as being more like a bank.

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Disbursements In The Time Of Instant Money

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As is laid out in the January 2020 PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker ®, instant money and alternative payment options are transforming everything from medical claims to how we license images and video. Mastercard teamed up with Galileo Financial Technologies to do the same for freelancers. Now, Please.

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Denies Reports Of Police Raid; Blockchain Expands To Gaming Payments

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Paris-based Ultra , which has created its own blockchain, announced that French video game giant Ubisoft will become the first major gaming system to test out payments on its blockchain for gamers.

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VCs And SPACs Raise $1B+ To Invest In Cloud, AI And More Despite Pandemic

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Company Co-Founder and Partner Dana Settle told Bloomberg that Greycroft plans to use the fresh funds to invest in retail-oriented businesses, although it's also interested in working with health technology, financial technology and grocery-related businesses. Salesforce Ventures .

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Digital-First Banking Branches Out

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Interactive Teller Machines (ITMs) are replacing ATMs in more locations, with remote human tellers on video at your beck, real-time transfer capabilities and a stack of helpful banking tasks that customers can do themselves. While there are fewer full-service branches in the U.S.

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