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Western Union | March 27, 2020

Western Union has introduced 'Digital Location', a service which enables users to send and receive money from the comfort of their own home. The money transfer operator is running a pilot of the combined telephone and video service, which connects customers to an agent to assist with the transfer, in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Oman. The move away from the traditional hands-on exchange at physical locations comes as more countries implement Covid-19 lockdowns. Western Union Pre...

PAYMENTS, FINTECH

Provenir | October 11, 2022

Provenir, a global leader in AI-powered risk decisioning software, today announced that its AI-Powered Decisioning Platform has been named a gold winner in the “AI Platform” category in Juniper Research’s Future of Digital Awards – Fintech & Payments. The Fintech & Payments awards program honors the very best technologies across the fintech, payments, fraud and security, banking and blockchain sectors. Since 2008, the Juniper Research Future Digital...

Investing.Com | January 27, 2020

The fear factor across markets is like manna from heaven for gold bugs. Both bullion and futures of the yellow metal breached the key $1,580 per ounce resistance on Monday before consolidating gains, although analysts said the $1,600 target seemed well within the market’s reach. Gold futures for February delivery on New York’s COMEX settled up $5.50, or 0.4%, at $1,577.40 per ounce. It earlier reached $1,588.10, a peak since Jan. 8. Spot gold, which tracks live trades in bullion, was...

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,BITCOIN AND CRYPTO

Bakkt and Apex Fintech Solutions | November 03, 2022

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) (the “Company” or “Bakkt”), a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Crypto, LLC from Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc. This acquisition is expected to significantly bolster Bakkt’s cryptocurrency product offering and expand its footprint into additional client verticals including fintechs, tr...