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Airtel Money prices London IPO at £1.96 a share, valuing it at £5.3 billion
Airtel Money priced its London IPO at £1.96 a share, implying a market value of about £5.3 billion, with trading due to start on October 14.
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Australia ends card surcharges on Visa, Mastercard, eftpos and Amex payments
Australian merchants can no longer surcharge Visa, Mastercard, eftpos or Amex payments from October 1, and the RBA is also cutting interchange caps.
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Swift ledger carries live tokenised payments for most of its first-mover banks
Most of the 17 first-mover banks on Swift’s blockchain ledger have made 24/7 tokenised payments in five currencies, Swift said as Sibos opened in Miami.
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