Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Kearney, speaks to Global Finance about the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
Global payments service provider SumUp just obtained an e-money license from the Central Bank of Ireland. SumUp will now offer payments and issue e-money wallets for its initiatives in 26 countries across Europe. With existing licenses in Lithuania and the UK, SumUp hopes to transform its Irish office into a key regulated hub. Services on offer include the introduction of payment links and billing options, a new e-commerce suite and gift-card partnerships with Google, Facebook and Instagram. They are designed to support customers with safer payments.
Gareth Walsh, Ireland CEO at SumUp, said in the press release: “Our core products allow our users to take remote and contactless card payments during lockdown situations.”
The European Banking Authority established a central register with information regarding payment and electronic-money institutions authorized or registered within the European Union and the European Economic Area.