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NBK customers can now use Apple Pay for contactless payments

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) brings Apple Pay to its customers, providing a safer, more secure, and private way to pay. NBK customers can now use Apple Pay in retail stores, electronics stores, restaurants, coffee shops and more, everywhere...

NBT Bancorp to acquire Salisbury Bancorp in $204m deal

US-based financial holding company NBT Bancorp has signed a definitive agreement to fully acquire bank holding company Salisbury Bancorp for around $204m. Under the terms of the agreement, Salisbury shareholders will receive 0.7450 shares of NBT common stock, in exchange...

PayPal Expands Cryptocurrency Buy, Sell and Hold Service to Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a country known for its strong focus on innovation and is one of the worldโ€™s leading financial centers, and we are pleased to announce that we will be expanding PayPalโ€™s cryptocurrency services to eligible Luxembourgish customers in...

Swiss digital bank Alpian goes live on Temenos Banking Cloud

Switzerland-based digital private bank Alpian is now live with core banking and payments services running on Temenos Banking Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure. The bank aims to create an offering that combines everyday banking with personalised investment and private banking...

CMS-US Outlays Rule To Boost Prior Approval And Interchange

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are modifying prior authorization requirements in a recently proposed rule to shorten the time it takes payers to accept requests, and they are introducing HL7 FHIR standards to facilitate an electronic procedure. CMS...

NYDFS Wants Cryptocurrency Businesses Pay For Supervision

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) put up a proposal that would let the department charge crypto firms with state licences for supervision and examination expenses. According to a department press statement, the fees, which are a...

Housing Prices In Germany Are Plunging, Assert Analysts

Although the German property market has been extraordinarily robust for decades, analysts predict a significant decline in prices during the next few years. According to Interhyp data, mortgage rates have increased dramatically, with a 10-year fixed rate rising from 1%...

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