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Inside Pave Bank’s Programmable Money Model: Who It Really Serves

Pave Bank, a Singapore-headquartered digital commercial bank, closed a $39 million Series A funding round led by Accel and Tether Investments. While the announcement drew much attention, what’s most peculiar is the bank’s unusual proposition: a fully licensed institution offering programmable money. The partnership intends to create a platform that allows institutional clients to automate…

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Copia Global Partners with Visa to Launch Digital Wallet for Rural Kenya, Then Collapses Six Months Later

In December 2023, Kenyan e-commerce startup Copia Global and payment giant Visa announced a five-year partnership to roll out the Copia digital wallet across more than 50,000 rural agents in Kenya. The Visa-powered wallet promises to combine shopping, credit, savings, and money transfers into one “super-app” that will help people in Africa get access to…

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