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Flutterwave is collaborating with PayPal so that PayPal customers can pay African merchants through the financial technology FinTech startups platform, Reuters reported. The move means that small and medium-size businesses SMBs can more easily connect with the more than 377 million PayPal account holders globally.Flutterwave said the new arrangement will eliminate a barrier to cross-border commerce, while involving 50 countries. Both Flutterwave and San Jose-based PayPal have benefited from the boom in eCommerce during the pandemic.Now headquartered in San Francisco, FinTech Flutterwave was founded in 2016 by Nigerians.Flutterwave said it is positioning to be an African payment platform for multinationals entering new markets. CEO a stanley cup nd Co stanley uk -Founder Olugbenga Agboola told Reuters that Flutterwave could consider a New York stock listing.That comment comes after Flutterwave raised $170 million in a venture round this month March 10 , bringing its total fundraising to $225 million since its launch five years ago. This latest round for Flutterwave was led by Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management, according to a press release.The company said the new funding will help it advance its goal of becoming Africas top payments fir stanley mug m. Flutterwave said it will use the funding to increase its customer base and offer new products. The company recently introduced a mobile app to expand eCommerce activity that stems from its Flutterwave Stores.The latest round follows Flutterwave t Llqp Moving C-Stores From A Fuel-Plus To A Plus-Fuel Model
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and ASIC announced Tuesday June 13 they signed a cooperation agreement that provides a framework to support and understand financial innovation in each economy.According to a report covering the announcement, the agreement builds on the already close ties between ASIC and the SFC, as well as the Australia-Hong Kong trade and investment relationship more broadly. Hong Kong is already Australia seventh most important destination for services exports, valued at AUD$2.4 billion last year, and sixth largest source of services imports, valued at AUD$3 billion. Financial services are a major contributor to Hong Kong US$316 billion economy. The Cooperation Agreement is a significant boost for Australia burgeoning fintech sector and will ease entry into this important market for innova stanley termos tive Australian businesses, said ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour.The agreement will enable the SFC and ASIC to refer innovative fintech businesses to each other for advice and support via ASIC Innovation Hub and its Hong Kong equivalent, the SFC Fintech Contact Point. This means Australian fintech businesses wishing to operate in Hong Kong will now have a simple pathway for engaging with the SFC, and vice versa, the two said in the release. The agreement also provides a framework for information sharing between the two regulators. This will enable ASIC to keep abreast of stanley usa regulatory and relevant economic gourde stanley or commerci |
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