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Mastercard Investment Values MTN’s FinTech Group at $5.2 Billion

Mastercard Investment Values MTN’s FinTech Group at $5.2 Billion
Mastercard Investment Values MTN’s FinTech Group at $5.2 Billion
August 14, 2023  |  Investments

South African telecom MTN now counts Mastercard among its investors. The company announced Monday (Aug. 14) that the payments giant had agreed to a minority investment in its FinTech group, valuing...

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Orange to Exit Banking Business and Partner With BNP Paribas
Orange to Exit Banking Business and Partner With BNP Paribas
June 28, 2023  |  Banking

French telecom Orange plans to exit the retail banking business in France and Spain. The firm, which launched Orange Bank in 2017, is in exclusive talks with BNP Paribas to have that...

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Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
June 04, 2023  |  Retail

America’s telecom giants say they have no plans to work with Amazon to offer low-cost wireless to Prime members. A report Friday (June 2) by Bloomberg...

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FinTechs Struggle to Retain Consumer Trust in Africa
FinTechs Struggle to Retain Consumer Trust in Africa
February 24, 2023  |  Banking

There is no denying that trust plays an important role when it comes to payments transactions. And according to Isaac Kamuta, it’s one of the...

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Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
February 23, 2023  |  Big Tech

The European Commission is trying to determine who should pay to upgrade Europe’s telecom system. As Reuters reported Thursday, Europe’s telecoms have long argued that...

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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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How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
September 08, 2022  |  API

In Europe, open banking is associated with a wave of open application programming interfaces (APIs) rolled out by banks that allow authorized third parties to...

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5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
May 18, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Aiming to speed the creation of immersive 5G-powered augmented reality (AR) experiences for smart glasses, T-Mobile has launched a T-Mobile Accelerator program that provides resources...

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