Issue 334 · Oct 21, 2021 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Issue #334

COVID-19 reshaped our financial world. From the way we transact, to our digital knowledge, now it seems like if we can't use cash as we've done until the beginning of the pandemic. Now, not being able to pay with cryptos

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Simplex partnership: fiat on-ramp and VISA integrated debit cards.

Hathor Labs partners with Simplex to bring users a new Visa debit card that will support HTR. Users will be able to spend their crypto wherever Visa is supported.

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Fintech Adoption: Central Bank of UAE Partners with DIFC to Support Financial Tech Sector Growth Crowdfund Insider — The Governor of the Central Bank of UAE, H.E. Khaled Mohammed Balama Al Tameemi, and the Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, H.E. Essa Kazim, signed an agreement to cooperate for the development of the UAE's Fintech sector. Open story ↗ Digital Banking Fintech Revolut Performs Updates to Enhance Security, Streamline UX Crowdfund Insider — Revolut announces some upgrades: customers will be able to customize logos on invoices, list the merchants they trust to perform easier payments, profit from an enhanced device management. Open story ↗ Subsidiary of Mexican airline Volaris to accept Bitcoin payments Cointelegraph — Volaris El Salvador, a subsidiary of Mexican Volaris, will accept Bitcoin as payment. This is a consequence of El Salvador mainstream Bitcoin adoption, and other countries are keeping an eye on this kind of solution. Open story ↗ Expensify Launches Free Plan for Small Businesses Business Wire — Expensify launches its free plan for small business: business owners will be able to use unlimited services and simplify the way they manage money. Open story ↗ Searching for Mana: A Unicorn in the Fragmented World of Payments | Claire Gates, PPRO The Fintech Times — Lloyd Wahed meets Claire Gates, CCO at PPRO - a global provider of payments - to discuss about innovation in payment methods. People are driving up economic growth at an impressive rate, and this may be the consequence of the ease of paying. Open story ↗ New contactless limit increased – but what happens if someone steals my card? Screen reader support enabled. New contactless limit increased – but what happens if someone steals my card? Turn on screen reader support Anonymous Bat has left the document. Mirror — With pandemic, cash transactions decreased by 35% in the UK. To further spread the use of cards, the contactless limit has been increased, from £45 to £100. But what if your card is stolen? Open story ↗ Facebook Chooses Coinbase As Custody Partner for New Digital Wallet Rollout The Daily Hodl — Facebook launched the Novi crypto wallet in the United States and Guatemala. At the beginning users will be able to transact only with one stablecoin secured by Coinbase - Paxos Dollar (USDP) Open story ↗ German Fintech N26, Newly Valued at $9 Billion, Again Draws Regulator’s Eye The Wall Street Journal — N26, the startup now the second largest lender in Germany, draw - for the third time - the attention of regulators, who temporarily put a cap on the number of new customers. Open story ↗ Why the ‘Big Short’ Guys Think Bitcoin Is a Bubble Intelligencer — Short sellers who predicted the 2008 financial crisis say Bitcoin is a bubble, and some of them continue to press on for the day when they can say, ‘We told you so'. Open story ↗

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