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Alchemy Pay and Polyhedra Network Announce Upcoming Collaboration for Seamless Ramp Solution

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Through this collaboration, Alchemy Pay will integrate Polyhedra Network's ZK infrastructure to improve the interoperability, security, and user experience of its global payment system.

Key Points: 
  • Through this collaboration, Alchemy Pay will integrate Polyhedra Network's ZK infrastructure to improve the interoperability, security, and user experience of its global payment system.
  • Polyhedra Network will also integrate Alchemy Pay's seamless ramp solution, significantly improving accessibility and user experience for their global audience and $ZK token holders.
  • Alchemy Pay will also add support for Polyhedra Network's native token $ZK on its Ramp solutions, enabling users to acquire $ZK using fiat currencies and local payment methods in a seamless and compliant way.
  • By integrating Polyhedra Network's ZK infrastructure, Alchemy Pay's On-ramp solution can cover more blockchain networks by zkBridge.

Australia's Leading Spend Management Platform Weel Partners with Nium and Visa to Accelerate Global Growth and Customer Offering

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Monday, March 25, 2024

Nium will serve as Weel's preferred financial services provider, offering a comprehensive suite of products that will enable Weel to accelerate its global growth and customer offering.

Key Points: 
  • Nium will serve as Weel's preferred financial services provider, offering a comprehensive suite of products that will enable Weel to accelerate its global growth and customer offering.
  • A cornerstone of this is Weel's partnership with Visa to introduce Visa Business Debit Cards across the program.
  • Weel is the fastest growing spend management platform in Australia, processing over $500m of payments each year for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) and is used by global industry leaders such as Canva and Eucalyptus.
  • Weel's partnerships with Nium and Visa provides a strong foundation for Weel to take its highly successful product offering to overseas markets.

Australia's Leading Spend Management Platform Weel Partners with Nium and Visa to Accelerate Global Growth and Customer Offering

Retrieved on: 
Monday, March 25, 2024

Nium will serve as Weel's preferred financial services provider, offering a comprehensive suite of products that will enable Weel to accelerate its global growth and customer offering.

Key Points: 
  • Nium will serve as Weel's preferred financial services provider, offering a comprehensive suite of products that will enable Weel to accelerate its global growth and customer offering.
  • A cornerstone of this is Weel's partnership with Visa to introduce Visa Business Debit Cards across the program.
  • Weel is the fastest growing spend management platform in Australia, processing over $500m of payments each year for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) and is used by global industry leaders such as Canva and Eucalyptus.
  • Weel's partnerships with Nium and Visa provides a strong foundation for Weel to take its highly successful product offering to overseas markets.

Biden Administration's Abuse of Parole for Illegal Aliens Now Outpaces Admission of Legal Immigrants, Finds New Report by FAIR

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

The Biden administration has paroled in at least 1.8 million individuals in two years, giving these illegal aliens nearly the same benefits as green card holders.

Key Points: 
  • The Biden administration has paroled in at least 1.8 million individuals in two years, giving these illegal aliens nearly the same benefits as green card holders.
  • This widespread abuse of parole authority has been carried out in order to make the unprecedented influx of illegal aliens under the Biden administration less visible to the American public.
  • "This week Congress is holding hearings to examine the scope and impact of the Biden administration's flagrant abuse of parole.
  • FAIR's full report, Immigration Parole: The Executive Branch's Shadow Immigration System, can be found here .

Coast raises $92 million in new capital, partners with Visa to expand financial tools and software for modern business fleets

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

The company also secured $67 million in committed debt capital from Silicon Valley Bank and TriplePoint Capital.

Key Points: 
  • The company also secured $67 million in committed debt capital from Silicon Valley Bank and TriplePoint Capital.
  • The fleet fuel payments on these specialized cards add up to a staggering $120 billion annually in the US.
  • Coast, led by founder and CEO Daniel Simon, reimagines the fleet payments product category, enabled by mobile technology and state-of-the-art vehicle data and telematics.
  • "Coast provides a strong financial product backed by powerful software for fleet-operating businesses, which allows it to attract very high-quality companies as customers," Foley said.

Thunes Announces Expanded Strategic Collaboration with Visa

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

SINGAPORE and LONDON, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, a cross-border payments company, today announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE and LONDON, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, a cross-border payments company, today announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.
  • This new collaboration includes Visa tapping into Thunes' network to send payments to over 108 digital wallet types and bank accounts throughout countries in Africa and Asia, including Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan.
  • In addition, Thunes is implementing Visa Direct's push-to-card capability, to enable payouts made to eligible Visa cards and accounts across 190+ countries and territories.
  • Visa and Thunes first partnered in October 2022 to extend Visa Direct's reach to 1.5 billion wallets and Thunes announced its Series C extension round in July 2023, with Visa as a key investor.

Thunes Announces Expanded Strategic Collaboration with Visa

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 21, 2024

SINGAPORE and LONDON, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, a cross-border payments company, today announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE and LONDON, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, a cross-border payments company, today announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.
  • This new collaboration includes Visa tapping into Thunes' network to send payments to over 108 digital wallet types and bank accounts throughout countries in Africa and Asia, including Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan.
  • In addition, Thunes is implementing Visa Direct's push-to-card capability, to enable payouts made to eligible Visa cards and accounts across 190+ countries and territories.
  • Visa and Thunes first partnered in October 2022 to extend Visa Direct's reach to 1.5 billion wallets and Thunes announced its Series C extension round in July 2023, with Visa as a key investor.

Hyperledger Foundation Adds Citi and Brazilian Development Bank as New Members; Launches Financial Services Working Group to Support Rapid Industry Adoption of Hyperledger Besu

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Additionally, the foundation unveiled a new Hyperledger Besu Financial Services Working Group , chaired by DTCC, that will support operationalizing the open source Ethereum client for enterprise end user applications.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, the foundation unveiled a new Hyperledger Besu Financial Services Working Group , chaired by DTCC, that will support operationalizing the open source Ethereum client for enterprise end user applications.
  • Hyperledger Besu is emerging as critical infrastructure for next generation financial services.
  • Hyperledger Besu , a Java-based client with an extractable EVM implementation that serves both public and private permissioned networks use cases, is emerging as critical infrastructure for next generation financial services.
  • "The launch of a financial services-focused working group to accelerate development of critical features underscores the value of Hyperledger Foundation's open, community-driven development.

Liminal's New Ranking Reveals the Top 15 Providers in the Link Index for Transaction Fraud Prevention in E-Commerce 2024

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

NEW YORK, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Liminal released the 2024 Link Index for Transaction Fraud Prevention in E-Commerce , its annual report of the top vendors meeting merchant demands for fraud detection and prevention capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Liminal released the 2024 Link Index for Transaction Fraud Prevention in E-Commerce , its annual report of the top vendors meeting merchant demands for fraud detection and prevention capabilities.
  • In this competitive landscape, the Top 15 providers emerged with transaction fraud prevention solutions for e-commerce that meet needs for product capabilities and market strategy to future-proof fraud strategies.
  • "E-commerce companies are challenged with tackling AI fraud threats, reducing user friction, and rising fraud costs," says Liminal CEO, Travis Jarae .
  • The 2024 Link Index for Transaction Fraud Prevention in E-Commerce resolves this by evaluating and ranking the top 15 vendors, offering advanced technologies for strong fraud detection, improved customer experience, and reduced fraud costs, guiding merchants to make informed decisions."

LinkPay has introduced virtual crypto cards (VCC) offering a 0% deposit fee and 3% cash back on all purchases, alongside a new Merchant feature.

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

RICHMOND, BC, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LinkPay has introduced a new generation of its virtual cards, which allow for everyday purchases to be made using cryptocurrency. The company has greatly simplified the usage process: users simply top up their accounts with cryptocurrency, issue and replenish virtual cards, and can immediately make purchases, enjoying a 3% cashback. Other key benefits include no deposit or withdrawal fees, multi-currency (USD and EUR) accounts, and round-the-clock online support.

Key Points: 
  • RICHMOND, BC, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LinkPay has introduced a new generation of its virtual cards , which allow for everyday purchases to be made using cryptocurrency.
  • The company has greatly simplified the usage process: users simply top up their accounts with cryptocurrency, issue and replenish virtual cards, and can immediately make purchases, enjoying a 3% cashback.
  • Other key benefits include no deposit or withdrawal fees, multi-currency (USD and EUR) accounts, and round-the-clock online support.
  • For more information on LinkPay's virtual crypto cards and Merchant payment gateway, please visit www.linkpay.io