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Mumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card

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India’s One Nation One Card will be test-piloted with Mumbai bus operator BEST in November, NFCWorld reported on Tuesday (Aug. The national transit card system uses a bank-issued card that will run on India’s RuPay payments network, the news outlet said. The pilot is to see how the system would work.

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55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators

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The paper cited positive data from a large swath of UK tour operators. Bus operator National Express reported a 185 percent increase in bookings for spring and summer trips compared with bookings made during the same period in 2020.

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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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Pakistan has debuted a government-run instant digital payment system to help with financial inclusion and government revenue, Reuters reports. The new system is called "Raast," or "direct way," and will be rolled out in three phases culminating in early 2022, according to the news outlet.

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Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto

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Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. The Chinese men were charged with money laundering conspiracy and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. IRS-CI is committed to combating the means and methods used by foreign and domestic adversaries to finance operations and activities that pose a threat to U.S.

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Russia To Launch MIR Payment System In UK

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Russia is partnering with PayXpert to test its national payment system MIR in London, RT.com reported on Wednesday (Nov. will be the first country where the system will operate, and PayXpert will become the “unique acquirer” of MIR cards in Europe, the report noted. He added that he would help to connect U.K. sanctions.

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

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He stated that the Figure Pay account will be interoperable with other accounts and payment methods (bypassing some of the vagaries of “closed” systems like MCX, now long-defunct). But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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