This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 14/03
Welcome to The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Tuesday 14 March. Today we hear of a new chief data officer for ComplyAdvantage. Company updates Phos, a software point-of-sale (SoftPoS) orchestration for businesses will now accept QR code-based digital wallets as a payment option for retailers, brands, and businesses. This will include QR digital wallets such […]
Unlocking LatAm: Global Expansion Without a Local Entity
Latin America (LatAm) is one of the world’s most promising markets, especially for payments. But for international companies without a local entity, LatAm may seem like an impossible market to enter. In this podcast, PayRetailers, the LatAm payment solution provider, breaks down how challenges can be overcome with a payments localisation service. The LatAm digital payments […]
Widespread snowfall from 6 to 18 inches coming to northeastern US
• Another atmospheric river creeps into storm-ravaged California, fueling more evacuation alerts and flooding concerns • Biden administration approves controversial Willow oil project in Alaska, which has galvanized online activismRead More
US markets await key CPI inflation data
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What comes next in the banking crisis? The early 1990s hold clues
Investors are searching for clarity in the wake of Friday’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank — the biggest failure of a US bank since 2008. And as they attempt to predict what comes next — be it wider financial chaos, more government regulation, a pause in Fed hikes or something else entirely — they’re looking […]
‘Fear is the big problem now,’ says former FDIC chair
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Several regional banks could get a credit rating downgrade, Moody’s warned, after SVB’s collapse revealed cracks in the system
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Prigozhin, Head of Wagner, Plots Political Advance in Russia
Yevgeny Prigozhin says his Wagner force will shrink when the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is done. Now he’s maneuvering on the home front, for the favor of President Vladimir V. Putin.Read More
Flood of Russians Alters Life for Countries That Took Them In
Russians, fleeing their country and its war, have quickly reshaped the societies of nations like Georgia and Armenia.Read More
To Rein in China’s Banks, Xi Uses Familiar Playbook
Xi Jinping is revamping China’s regulatory framework so the ruling Communist Party can assert more direct control over financial policy.Read More
