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The latest briefing<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Payments Briefing: \u2018We penetrated the blue ocean opportunity of the Spanish-speaking market\u2019 \u2013 NovoPayment\u2019s Anabel Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n
Banking as a service provider NovoPayment, which has been around since 2007, recently raised its\u00a0first venture round in 15 years<\/a>\u00a0to scale its platform across the US, as well as internationally.<\/p>\n
Headquartered in Miami, Florida,\u00a0 NovoPayment<\/a>\u00a0is an API-based platform that provides digital banking, payment and card solutions to banks, fintechs, merchants, and other service providers. 2021 was an important year for the firm, as it saw a 40% increase in client growth, including collaborations with major financial players such as Visa and Mastercard.<\/p>\n
The firm\u2019s co-founder and CEO, Anabel Perez, is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur. Trained as a banker but a \u201ctechie at heart\u201d, Anabel has more than 25 years of experience in banking and payments.\u00a0 She gives an insight into why she created NovoPayment, the significance of Miami as a new fintech hub, and her plans for the firm\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a>\u00a0(exclusive to Outlier members)<\/p>\n
Just look at the charts<\/strong><\/h2>\n
1. Global QR code transaction values to exceed $3 trillion by 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n
$\"QR$ <\/figure>\nSource<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Karthick Chandrasekar\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
2. Top growing apps engaged in one or more user acquisition strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n
$\"top$ <\/figure>\nSource<\/strong>:\u00a0David Jimenez Maireles<\/a><\/p>\n
Today\u2019s stories<\/strong><\/h2>\nGoogle Chrome is getting built-in virtual credit cards<\/strong>
Google announced that its Chrome browser will now offer users the ability to use a virtual credit card number in online payment forms on the web\u00a0(TechCrunch<\/a>)<\/p>\n
PayPal, Venmo now in-store POS payment options<\/strong>
The new PayPal Zettle POS service lets users accept\u00a0PayPal and Venmo in-store without having to go through many technical adjustments\u00a0(PYMNTS<\/a>)<\/p>\n
Klarna rolls out hybrid work policy<\/strong>
BNPL giant Klarna is introducing a flexible working policy that lets employees pick between staying at home or going to the office\u00a0(Finextra<\/a>)<\/p>\n
Wall Street brokers probe into FTX futures trading plan<\/strong>
Wall Street\u2019s biggest brokers have\u00a0warned US regulators that a proposal by cryptocurrency exchange FTX to automate risk management in the leveraged futures market lacks sufficient detail to be approved in its current form and could prove disruptive\u00a0(Financial Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n
The near-complete failure of LUNA and UST<\/strong>
The Terra money machine has collapsed almost entirely \u2014 the UST stablecoin remains deep in the sub-dollar doldrums for the third day running, and LUNA, its sister token, has fallen almost 97% off its 2022 high\u00a0(CoinDesk<\/a>)<\/p>\n
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