This week, outlets reported on Walmart’s new job posting for a digital currency and cryptocurrency product lead, however the link to the job has since been retired. According to reports, the company aimed to bring in somebody who would be charged with identifying technology and customer trends, advising on investments needed to capitalize on those trends, and driving digital currency strategy.

Clearpay iQ helps brands capture next generation consumers

Today Clearpay, a leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later” payments (known as Afterpay (ASX: APT) outside the U.K. and Europe), introduced its new merchant analytics platform, Clearpay iQ. With this powerful new tool, brands gain access to valuable customer-centric analytics to help optimise investment and drive growth. 

The Clearpay iQ platform provides:

● Easy Data: AI-powered insights, visualisations, and real-time data delivered in one, highly accessible self-service user interface.

Bhairav Trivedi, CEO Crown Agents Bank comments, "Global events over the last two weeks in Afghanistan and Haiti have been life-changing for many people. While very different situations, both countries are in crisis and the need for humanitarian aid is at a breaking point.

“The last 18 months have presented serious challenges for SMEs across the country, with many businesses simply struggling for survival, and so it’s very encouraging to see SME confidence on the rise, with over half now expecting to grow. With lockdown restrictions now lifted, SMEs are in a better place to plan for the future and are looking to external finance as a way to do this. 

Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, is now available in Turkish, providing greater accessibility for the exchange’s growing customer base.

Eligible Turkish-speaking customers can trade crypto and obtain access to margin funding on Bitfinex’s highly liquid markets. A Turkish version of Bitfinex will provide a more seamless and comfortable experience for customers who prefer using Turkish online.

Service available to hundreds of thousands of MuchBetter users 

MuchBetter, the award-winning payments company, today announced its availability via Google Pay™, meaning MuchBetter Android users can now make in-store contactless and online payments using Google Pay™. Android is the world’s most popular smartphone operating system and Google Pay™ is among the top payment platforms. The integration means that a significant proportion of MuchBetter’s one million customers will benefit from the simplicity and security of the Google Pay™ service. 

Views from Mr. Dilip Modi – Founder, Spice Money:

 “It is heartening to see that, according to the recently launched Financial Inclusion Index by the RBI, the financial inclusion in India has increased to cross the halfway mark to 53.9 in the financial year ended March 2021, as compared to 43.4 for the year ended March 2017. We, at Spice Money, are happy to be a part of India’s financial inclusion journey and aim to work towards reaching the population that is still financially excluded. 

Luke Massie, CEO of VibePay, comments on the latest online outage of UK banks Santander, HSBC, Halifax and Natwest:

Harmonize will coordinate existing vault and sub-custody solutions and provide a uniform policy management framework for Covario’s stable of technology solutions.

Commenting on a £0.5bn year-on-year increase in IHT receipts, Nick Ritchie, Director of Wealth Planning at RBC Wealth Management, said: “The £0.5bn year-on-year increase in IHT receipts comes as no surprise. Rising house prices and investment markets have increased the volume and value of estates caught in the IHT net, and with the Chancellor freezing the nil rate band until 2026, this trend looks set to continue.