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Mobile Telco Infrastructure Positions Côte d’Ivoire as Key FinTech Hub for Francophone Africa

Mobile Telco Infrastructure Positions Côte d’Ivoire as Key FinTech Hub for Francophone Africa
Mobile Telco Infrastructure Positions Côte d’Ivoire as Key FinTech Hub for Francophone Africa
August 09, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Home to a string of popular FinTech unicorns and pan-African payment giants like Flutterwave, Interswitch and OPay, Nigeria’s tech startups often steal the headlines. Get...

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What the UK’s Economic Crime Bills Mean for Anti-Money Laundering Fight
What the UK’s Economic Crime Bills Mean for Anti-Money Laundering Fight
August 09, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Last week saw the implementation of the U.K.’s long-awaited “Register of Overseas Entities,” a cornerstone of the government’s Economic Crime Act. But what is “economic...

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BoE Calls for Oversight in Metaverse Crypto Use
BoE Calls for Oversight in Metaverse Crypto Use
August 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Bank of England (BoE) is warning that “robust consumer protection” would be needed if cryptocurrencies achieved widespread use inside the metaverse. Get the Full...

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TenureX, Martin Fiddaman Associates Partner to Streamline Correspondent Banking
TenureX, Martin Fiddaman Associates Partner to Streamline Correspondent Banking
August 09, 2022  |  Partnerships

Planning to deliver “correspondent-banking-in-a-box,” Israeli startup TenureX has partnered with U.K. consultancy Martin Fiddaman Associates to help overseas banks in the U.K., challengers and FinTechs...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Regulations, Legal and Crime
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Regulations, Legal and Crime
August 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and in...

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Verto Debuts Cross-Border Payments API
Verto Debuts Cross-Border Payments API
August 09, 2022  |  B2B Payments

B2B cross-border payments company Verto has launched a new API solution, which it says will help clients automate currency conversion, global payouts and beneficiary management....

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Shopic Bags $35M for Smart Cart Grocery Tech
Shopic Bags $35M for Smart Cart Grocery Tech
August 09, 2022  |  Investments

Tel Aviv-based grocery tech startup Shopic has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures, which saw participation from Vintage...

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Sesami Acquires Planfocus to Expand Cash Optimization Offering
Sesami Acquires Planfocus to Expand Cash Optimization Offering
August 09, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Aiming to offer an end-to-end, fully-integrated cash software solution, global cash ecosystem integrator Sesami Cash Management Technologies has acquired Planfocus, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cash...

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Monetary Authority of Singapore Calls Crypto Investments ‘Highly Hazardous’
Monetary Authority of Singapore Calls Crypto Investments ‘Highly Hazardous’
August 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Although it calls cryptocurrency investments “highly hazardous,” the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has said it is not at risk from recent collapses in the...

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