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Wirex | March 01, 2022

Wirex, a leading crypto provider, has announced that it is expanding its sphere to enable access to the popular Avalanche blockchain and tokens for 4.5 million users. The popular Avalanche blockchain and tokens recently launched the award-winning Wirex Wallet and the app. Wirex is available in more than 120 countries and has been on a mission to allow customers to reap the benefits of crypto and DeFi. The mission also includes the expansion of Avalanche, which will accelerate prog...

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Credit Suisse | July 06, 2021

Credit Suisse will collaborate with Klara on new open banking alternatives. Both firms have been focusing on developing solutions and providing value for their corporate clients, such as seamlessly sharing payment information and online credit applications. According to the announcement, private clients of Credit Suisse will be able to begin digital payments through a one-time opt-in process as a result of the cooperation. These customers can then connect the...

Investing.Com | March 18, 2020

Financial markets spasmed, sending U.S. stocks down to December 2018 levels and Bloomberg’s dollar index to a record, as the economic fallout from the pandemic outpaced the massive response from governments and central banks. The S&P 500 fell more than 7%, triggering a 15-minute pause, with stocks adding to losses when trading resumed. The next halt would occur at a 13% decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average wiped out all the gains logged since Donald Trump’s inauguration, dro...

Mastercard | January 31, 2020

Mastercard has made a strategic investment in AI-generated identity authentication company Trust Stamp. Trust Stamp is a graduate of the 2018 Mastercard Start Path accelerator programme. The two companies introduced their first collaboration with a secure non-PII authentication network for both online and offline environments at the June 2019 ID4Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Trust Stamp's technology maps biometric identity data which is translated into a proprietary hash, ...