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Treasury APIs, BNPL And Robinhood’s Outage Top This Week’s News

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We have deep dives into treasury application programming interfaces (APIs) and buy now, pay later (BNPL), as well as a report on Robinhood ’s trading app outage that occurred earlier this week. It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news.

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5 Top Payment Trends Impacting Asia in 2024

Fintech News

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024.

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Paytech in 2024: Intix, Brite, PPRO, emerchantpay, Valopa, Bottomline, Primer, Global Payments

The Fintech Times

.” Rise of alternative payments James Booth, PPRO There will be a further rise in alternative payment methods in 2024, which could take the form of bank transfers, e-wallets or BNPL, predicts James Booth , VP partner management EMEA, at digital payments platform PPRO.

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13 Southeast Asian Fintechs Among CNBC’s Global Top 250 List

Fintech News

The startup started out with buy now, pay later (BNPL) and embedded financing services before expanding to insurance, cards, and loans across various markets. The platform leverages the company’s expertise in risk-managed credit and responsible financing to enhance digital and financial inclusion through technology.

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What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic

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As much as a click from the Kardashians helped spread the brand awareness and jump-start his company, Molnar said, as a spending trend among young consumers set the stage for BNPL's success. According to J.P.

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Roblox, Digital-First Shopping, QR Codes Top This Week’s News

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Hot Affirm IPO Points To Rising Competition And Demand In BNPL Segment. Once considered the leaders of number-crunching and cash management, treasurers today have become enterprise leaders. Digital game platform operator Roblox plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange next month by a direct listing.

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DoorDash, Airbnb IPOs; BNPL Trends; Pet Fraud Top This Week's News

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Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. PayPal’s iZettle Introduces QR Codes At POS For UK Merchants. Trackers And Reports.

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