Education

Startup uLesson Lands $3.1M To Improve Education In Africa
Startup uLesson Lands $3.1M To Improve Education In Africa
November 27, 2019  |  Investments

Nigerian startup uLesson has raised a $3.1 million seed round led by TLcom Capital. Founded this year by Sim Shagaya, uLesson is working to lesson...

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How Scotiabank Manages Fraud Protection For A Data-Driven Future
How Scotiabank Manages Fraud Protection For A Data-Driven Future
November 20, 2019  |  Digital Banking

With more than 4.1 billion user credentials exposed in the first half of 2019 alone, financial institutions (FIs) are rushing to artificial intelligence (AI) to...

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How Asia Is Revolutionizing The $70B X-Border Tuition Space
How Asia Is Revolutionizing The $70B X-Border Tuition Space
October 11, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Pay local — on a global scale. To that end, Flywire said at the end of last month that it has partnered with JCB International...

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Developers’ Education Site Thinkful Discovers Data Breach
Developers’ Education Site Thinkful Discovers Data Breach
September 19, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Thinkful, an online education site for developers, has revealed that it has been hit with a data breach. “We recently discovered that an unauthorized party...

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Udacity Brings On LendingTree Veteran As New CEO
Udacity Brings On LendingTree Veteran As New CEO
August 27, 2019  |  Personnel

Udacity has named Gabriel Dalporto its new Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Udacity, Dalporto was at LendingTree, where he served in several leadership roles throughout...

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North Loop Banking Service Caters To International Students
North Loop Banking Service Caters To International Students
August 23, 2019  |  International

A new bank account designed for international students was launched in the U.S., FinTechFutures reported on Friday (Aug. 23). North Loop is offering checking accounts...

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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment
The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment
June 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

When small business (SMB) investment marketplace MainVest announced a $3 million Seed funding round last week, it did something that many Main Street SMBs cannot...

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Mastercard Launches Open Banking Platform To Further API Standards
Mastercard Launches Open Banking Platform To Further API Standards
June 04, 2019  |  Mastercard

Lead, follow or get out of the way — that seems to apply to the rise of Open Banking, which promises more financial services innovation, along...

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Could Income Share Agreements Displace Payday Loans?
Could Income Share Agreements Displace Payday Loans?
May 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Income sharing is not a common method of financing as of 2019 — though, as of late, it has begun to get much more interest...

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