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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Point to launch new challenger bank with rewards on debit card purchases

  TechCrunch - Romain Dillet

  Meet Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S. that has been available as a private beta for the past year. Today, the company is announcing new fundraising — later this month, the company is launching a major new version of its service and opening its doors to everyone. There’s a waitlist for …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  PBOC ‘blazing trail’ as central banks step up digital currency plans: BIS

  South China Morning Post  - Georgina Lee

  The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated central banks’ efforts to create sovereign digital currencies as they look to channel stimulus money more …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Brazilian Authorities Suspend WhatsApp Payments

  Bloomberg - Mario Sergio Lima, Kurt Wagner

  Brazil’s Central Bank and antitrust regulator suspended Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messenger payment features in the country, the app’s second-biggest …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  A new twist in the Grab-Gojek digital banking battle - Kapronasia

  kapronasia.com

  In 2019, GoPay was Indonesia's top e-wallet by transaction value, accounting for 61% of all digital wallet transactions, according to m2 insights. …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  WhatsApp finally launches payments, starting in Brazil

  ampproject.org - Manish Singh

  Manish Singh, Ingrid Lunden @refsrc / @ingridlunden / 5:14 am PDT • June 15, 2020 Image Credits: WhatsApp After months of talks and trials, WhatsApp has …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Revolut: A Normal Bank – Unfortunately

  finews.com

  Revolut has announced the introduction of fees for free account users. This will anger customers and is a perfect example of how to botch an …