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African FinTech Payment Startup Chipper Cash Woos Investors, Including Joe Montana

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African FinTech payment startup Chipper Cash has attracted some high-profile investors and raised $2.4 The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and joined by 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures, which was co-founded by legendary former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. He said having Montana as an investor adds value.

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets

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Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Deciens Capital, according to a report. The last year has been a good one for Africa’s FinTech sector.

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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With the approval in Alabama, CORO is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play store to residents in 13 states: Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington State and Wisconsin.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: We make every day better

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I’ll be speaking at the community banking program at Montana State University, visiting TCM Bank in Tampa, Fla., With a laser focus on community banks, the solutions these fintechs debuted aim to help us better reach target audiences, enhance internal procedures and create external efficiencies. Where I’ll be this month.

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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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Since then, the program has grown even further, and today Amazon accepts SNAP EBT in all states except Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine and Montana. In May, global payments processor and FinTech Fiserv announced it was also taking part in the USDA’s pilot program.

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Payouts Network Serves Restaurant Workers Real-Time Tips

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Montana-based FinTech Payouts Network announced a partnership with Georgia-based Priority Commercial Payments in a press release Tuesday (Oct. The partnership enables instant payouts instead of using checks or ACH to provide payments to consumers, employees and businesses.

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion.

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