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UK’s Metro Bank To Buy P2P Lender RateSetter For At Least $3.27M

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London-based Metro Bank has struck a deal to buy peer-to-peer lender RateSetter for £2.5 Metro will make additional payments to shareholders if RateSetter reaches certain benchmarks, according to a news release. Metro Bank will operate RateSetter as an independent entity and make loans under both its and Metro Bank brands.

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UK Metro Bank Hit By Messaging Scams

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Technology speeds commerce and eases daily life, but also acts as a conduit to payments fraud. To that end, Metro Bank said earlier this week that at least some of its customers had been victimized by fraud that focuses on text messages sent across telecom companies’ networks that Reuters reported are used to verify transactions.

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Perficient’s Bright Paths Program Welcomes 25 Women to Tech in Detroit

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As a company known to treasure talent, embrace effort, and reward results, Perficient’s goal is to extend a number of qualified cohort graduates a full-time job in the software engineering and development field, where they will partner with one of the world’s biggest brands in the Detroit metro region. . READY TO GROW YOUR CAREER?

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Metro Joins Bacs For SMB Direct Debits

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challenger bank Metro Bank has joined the Pay.UK-operated operated Bacs and partnered with Boston payments firm Bottomline Technologies to enable direct debits for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Metro announced on Wednesday (Feb. SMBs and FinTechs. Unlike the U.S.,

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Metro Bank Pilots Corporate Expense Management Tech

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based Metro Bank has begun piloting a new corporate expense management solution in partnership with Canadian FinTech Sensibill , a press release said Wednesday (Dec. The technology allows users to take a photo of a receipt, with data automatically captured and entered into transaction history for reconciliation.

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Washington’s Metro System Plans For Mobile Payment Future

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“Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving customers the ability simply to tap their phone and go, all without stopping at a fare vending machine or using a separate card,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said in a statement. Not only will this be a better, easier experience, but will cost less to operate.”.

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Metro Cash And Carry Launches App To Help India Shops Digitize

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The Indian arm of German retailer Metro Cash and Carry has announced the launch of an app for kirana stores, allowing retailers to order stock, keep a check on inventory, and facilitate payments directly from their smartphones. There are plans to launch the app across all of its 27 stores in 17 cities in the near future. “The

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