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Report: Orange Could Sell Its Banking Unit

Report: Orange Could Sell Its Banking Unit
Report: Orange Could Sell Its Banking Unit
October 12, 2022  |  Banking

French telecom Orange is reportedly weighing its options for its online banking division in the wake of media reports that the company was considering the...

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Mastercard Backs nClude to Further Financial Inclusion in Egypt
Mastercard Backs nClude to Further Financial Inclusion in Egypt
October 12, 2022  |  Partnerships

Mastercard is investing in and collaborating with African technology company nClude to foster further financial inclusion across Egypt while also enhancing the country’s FinTech ecosystem....

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Agnostic Infrastructure Gives UK Merchants Control Over Payments, PSP Integration
Agnostic Infrastructure Gives UK Merchants Control Over Payments, PSP Integration
October 12, 2022  |  Payment Methods

For any business accepting digital payments, navigating different payment systems in order to provide consumers with their preferred method can cause a broad range of...

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BNP Paribas to Buy B2B FinTech Kantox
BNP Paribas to Buy B2B FinTech Kantox
October 11, 2022  |  Partnerships

BNP Paribas has agreed to buy Kantox, a fintech working on automating currency risk management, to help add more automation to B2B cross-border work, a...

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From Essential Supplies to Consumer Goods, Drone Delivery Gathers Steam in MEA
From Essential Supplies to Consumer Goods, Drone Delivery Gathers Steam in MEA
October 11, 2022  |  Delivery

When it comes to last-mile logistics, drone delivery is one of the technologies gaining traction with the promise to transform the way consumers receive goods...

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Beyond EU, Regulators Move to Rein in Big Tech Dominance in Africa
Beyond EU, Regulators Move to Rein in Big Tech Dominance in Africa
October 11, 2022  |  Big Tech

From the $1.7 billion AdSense antitrust fine levied against Google in 2019 and the nearly $887 million privacy fine Amazon was issued last July, to...

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IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
October 11, 2022  |  Economy

An economic trifecta of runaway inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine and pandemic after-effects lingering from China are leading to gloomy projections of slow global growth...

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Neobank N26 Anticipates Breaking Even in Face of Losses
Neobank N26 Anticipates Breaking Even in Face of Losses
October 11, 2022  |  Banking

German neobank N26 said it has enough cash until it breaks even, although its finance chief is not ready to say when that will happen....

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