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China Issues First Guidelines For Ridesharing Industry

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A Cabinet document laid out the guidelines for registrations, fares, employment of drivers and how much they should get paid. Didi has operations in around 400 of China’s cities and completed 1.4 The new rules issued by the Chinese government are welcome news to the ridesharing startups. billion rides last year. The company raised $7.3

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How TIPS Is Helping ECB Expand Its Real-Time Payments Reach

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Making cross-border payments in the EU therefore requires interconnectivity between the regions’ various real-time payments rails. SCT Inst was developed in 2017 to establish operational guidelines by which all real-time payment rails in the EU are required to comply. Best-Laid Plans.

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Demand For Faster Payments Skyrockets

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Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) disbursement fiasco, coupled with the U.S. The Fed’s Failure.

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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

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Currently, there are 57 real-time payments rails operating in more than 72 countries, with even more under construction. Different regions have their own unique payment rails, and no two abide by the same regulatory framework. Other initiatives are being spearheaded across regions. So, what’s the problem?

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NRF Cautions On Treasure Hunt Shopping

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The National Retail Federation (NRF) and other groups have released guidelines for store operation and design today (May 22) as members begin to come back from the economic devastation of the pandemic. The reopening of retail is bound to portend changes for businesses as well as consumers.

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 FinTech Collaborations and Frameworks Gain Steam in Asia

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Beyond the confines of Europe, Cryptix , a blockchain service provider based in Zug, Switzerland, has said that it acquired Blocktrade, which operates as a digital asset exchange platform. Blocktrade, according to a release, has a European license in place to trade with tokens and digital coins.

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Shifting Latin America’s Open Banking Plans

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Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. Brazilian lawmakers have been developing open banking plans since 2019, for example, outlining rough guidelines to be enacted late this year.

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