Superchief Opens Art Gallery in San Francisco

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Daily News:

1) Superchief Opens Art Gallery in San Francisco

2) Panini’s New WWE Collection Hits the Shelves

3) Mynt Partners With Visa to Expand Embedded Card Solution

4) Cash App Takes on Apple With a 4.5% APY for Savings Accounts

5) Mission Lane Appoints Brandon Black as New CEO

Superchief Opens Art Gallery in San Francisco:

• Superchief Gallery is opening the world's first gallery dedicated to Bitcoin Ordinals artwork in San Francisco, in collaboration with Cypherpunk Lab, Nuro Realm, and Deezy Labs, aiming to be a permanent fixture for new exhibitions and artists in the Ordinals space.

• The grand opening on February 16 will celebrate the launch of Bitcoin Magazine's special issue on Ordinals inscriptions, featuring a live recording of the "Hell Money" podcast co-hosted by Ordinals protocol creator Casey Rodarmor.

• Superchief's collaborators, Nuro Realm and Deezy Labs, focus on generative neural artwork using Bitcoin Ordinals and software development for discovering and acquiring unique satoshis, respectively, contributing to the growth of the Ordinals space.

Panini’s New WWE Collection Hits the Shelves:

• Panini, a major publisher of trading cards, stickers, comics, and children’s magazines, has revealed its latest digital trading card collection featuring World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Superstars.

• The Donruss Elite collection includes a hundred WWE Superstars, with inserts such as Star Status, Spellbound, and Title Waves, and features famous wrestlers like John Cena, Roman Reigns, and The Undertaker.

• Jason Howarth, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Athlete Relations at Panini, stated that the addition of WWE to their blockchain product aligns with the community's expectations and promises more Blockchain WWE releases with other brands, including Panini's flagship brand Prizm.

Mynt Partners With Visa to Expand Embedded Card Solution:

• FinTech company Mynt has partnered with Visa to expand the adoption of its new embedded card solution, which allows ERP, fleet and fuel companies, and banks to offer embedded corporate card and spend management solutions to SMBs in Europe.Mynt's API-based solution is modular and can be integrated into partners' systems in months, offering features such as expense management and spend management, with the option for a fully white-labeled version that includes a branded web and mobile app.

• Visa will leverage its payment network to offer card-issuing services for Mynt's solution, enhancing convenience, security, and flexibility for corporate users, and allowing financial institutions to add virtual corporate cards to the digital wallets of their clients' employees.

Cash App Takes on Apple With a 4.5% APY for Savings Accounts:

• Apple's recent increase in the interest rate for its Apple Card Savings Account to 4.5% has prompted Cash App to offer a similar rate of up to 4.5% APY for its Cash App Savings customers, with conditions such as requiring a direct deposit of $300 or more per month and having a Cash App Card.

• Cash App's offer is aimed at being competitive, providing additional perks like overdraft coverage, free ATM withdrawals, and access to call customer support from within the app, catering to both new and existing users.

• The trend of rising interest rates in the savings market is influenced by Apple's entry and the Federal Reserve's efforts to combat inflation, with other fintechs like Step also raising their rates to attract customers.

Mission Lane Appoints Brandon Black as New CEO:

• Mission Lane, a credit finance tech vendor, has appointed Brandon Black as its new CEO, replacing Shane Holdaway, with Black bringing experience from Capital One and Encore Capital Group.

• Holdaway, the outgoing CEO, will transition to a special advisor role and become an operating partner at Mission Lane's largest shareholder, Invus Opportunities, while remaining a shareholder in the business.

• In addition to the CEO change, Mission Lane has secured additional funding from Invus Opportunities and QED Investors, following its acquisition of Honeydue in 2021 to launch a new debit card product.

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