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SCHS students see consequences of distracted, impaired driving

Distracted driving can ruin lives. That was part of the message stressed to Sevier County High School students during a presentation on impaired driving by the Sevierville Police and Fire departments. “When you are behind the wheel your entire attention needs to be on that roadway. You need to look around at the other drivers around you because they may be distracted. If you are both distracted, it is a disaster waiting to happen,” said SPD Officer Shawn Crawford. Crawford said reading or sending a text typically takes a driver’s eyes off the road five seconds, and in that time a typical vehicle would have went the length of a football field.

The courtship which led to the Stripe-Paystack acquisition

After almost five years of having to be described as the Stripe of Africa, Paystack finally became a part of Stripe in a major acquisition which caused ripples of excitement across the fintech industry. The reality that two young Nigerian men, who did not school abroad, could start and grow a company that would be acquired by a Silicon Valley Company is more than a little exciting. The acquisition is valued at over $200 million, Stripe’s biggest acquisition to date and the biggest startup acquisition in Nigeria so far. This is the story the world knows, what many do not know is the history that preceded and naturally led to this acquisition.

Stripe brings its card issuing service to Europe

Stripe brings its card issuing service to Europe Image: © piter2121/Stock.adobe.com Stripe Issuing allows business to create and manage payments cards for managing expenses from customers and staff. Fresh off its $600m round, Stripe has begun rolling out its card issuing services for businesses in Europe. Stripe Issuing allows business to issue and manage virtual or physical payments cards and is being launched in 20 European markets, including Ireland. The service is already up and running in the US where it has processed “billions of dollars” in its first year. According to the company, these cards can be used by businesses’ employees or their customers with controls on spending limits with blocks on certain merchants or expenses. Integrating with Stripe Dashboard, businesses have an overview of how and where the cards are being used.

Stripe Issuing launches in Europe

External | what does this mean? This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Stripe Issuing launches in Europe 4 hours ago Source: Stripe Today, Stripe launched Stripe Issuing in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK. Stripe Issuing enables users to create, manage, and distribute virtual and physical payment cards, giving businesses more control over how they spend their money. Whether it be an on-demand delivery marketplace giving couriers cards to pay for orders, or a car rental company providing cards for drivers to purchase petrol, Stripe Issuing puts businesses in complete control of how, where, and when their money is spent.

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