1064. News: Paymentology raises $175m, Alipay hands shopping to AI, and the FCA probes digital wallets

About this episode:

Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS- is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

This week's guests:

Jeff Parker - CEO at Paymentology

Monica Eaton - CEO at Chargebacks911

Fliss Berridge - Director of Blue Strawberry Thinking

Stories/timestamps:

Intro - (00:01)

Paymentology Raises $175 Million - (02:46)

Alipay lets shoppers delegate purchases to AI- (17:34)

FCA opens competition probe into Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal - (31:11)

Wise Debuts US Listing on Nasdaq - (40:51)

Bank Of America Analyst Says GTA 6 Should Be $80 So It Doesn’t Make Everyone Else’s $70 Games Look Bad - (42:47)

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