Mastercard has launched a new program to promote collaboration with startups worldwide seeking to expand digital payments. Dubbed the Start Path Acceptance program, this initiative allows Mastercard to address crucial challenges within the digital economy through strategic partnerships. Mastercard Teams Up with Fintech Innovators The payment giant’s global acceptance footprint has experienced remarkable growth, doubling […]
Happy Monday! In the absence of central government’s self-regulatory mechanisms, states are framing laws for online real money gaming. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Rise of gig workers in data annotation industry■ Behind Bitcoin’s current market volatility■ Cognizant, Capgemini hired 1.5 lakh less in 2023Emergence of regulatory offshoots in online gaming sector 109868405Multiple regulatory offshoots are emerging in the online gaming sector...
The board of Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday. I, personally or anyone from OCL, have no connection with the payments bank, Vijay Shekhar Sharma said at a webinar. There is an independent board taking care of everything and we have full faith in their capability. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in late January had...
Thunes announced it has a definite agreement to acquire Tilia from Second Life owner Linden Research for an undisclosed price.
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PayPal's quarterly earnings were up, but its CEO stayed relatively quiet on the company's new stablecoin.
Visa is seeing continued momentum in Tap to Pay and digital credential issuance, as consumers continue to spend on their debit and credit cards. CEO Ryan McInerney said on the call that overall payments volume in the second fiscal quarter was up 8% year over year (YoY), while U.S. payments volume was 6% higher YoY. International […]
A Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County DA George Gascón's office has filed a claim alleging that Gascón retaliated against him after he objected to Gascón dropping criminal charges against the CEO of a China-linked election software company for political reasons. In his claim, DDA Eric Neff states that criminal charges against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu were illegally dropped once Gascón realized that the prosecution could help Donald Trump politically and that it would validate the...
“Your company let the country down,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden told Witty.
Norfolk Southern shareholders should elect five of an activist investor’s seven board candidates but retain embattled CEO Alan Shaw, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended today. If institutional shareholders follow the ISS guidance at the NS annual meeting on May 9, it would leave Ancora Holdings two seats short of a majority on the []Read More
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