Greg Kidd, co-founder and CEO of globalID, postulates a few possible paths for the future exchange society. Who will get us there, and why? Will it be…
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The merger of Access Bank and Diamond Bank will create the largest bank in Africa, at least in terms of customer base
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Leapfrog breaks impact investment record with its LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III, raising $700 million, surpassing it target of $600 million and building…
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Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, in his interview with Emmanuel Daniel, spoke on the importance of collaboration between the institution and the market.…
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The Wealth and Society West Africa 2019 Roundtable Dialogue consisting of leading impact investment institutions discussed a range of solutions to the…
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The International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards is one of the most rigorous, prestigious and transparent awards programme for consumer…
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West Africa Wealth and Society 2019 SME Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner, PiggyVest Co-Founder Eweniyi discusses how her online savings platform can…
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Banks launch end-to-end digital onboarding for comprehensive account opening
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Through discipline and a flexible system, PiggyVest encourages users to make automated savings by transferring their money from their debit card to their…
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Emmanuel Daniel speaks to Mark Walker and Christophe Langlois co-founders of The Fintech Power 50 list of top fintech companies that was just published
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While the focus on sustainable investing enables deeper engagement with clients, it also requires a very different conversation and the bank has had to…
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While the focus on sustainable investing enables deeper engagement with clients, it also requires a very different conversation and the bank has had to…
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Several key themes emerged amidst the many discussions by global leaders in payments, including QR code, blockchain, credit card schemes, fintech and data…
As Asia-focused hedge funds underperform and SME funding leaving a lot to be desired, alternative investors are turning to the debt markets…
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships involving donor, local authorities, SMEs and impact advisory services are required to tackle some of the most pressing global…
As payments are becoming increasingly commoditized and margins are slinking, banks are looking to find novel products to capture additional revenues and…
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While the growth of Alibaba and Alipay as well as Tencent and WeChat pay in China is well known, there have been questions about whether a similar model…
Apple's new digital credit card, launched with Goldman Sachs, only buys the Western players a little more time in democratising payments and catching up…
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UOB offered customised digital solutions to support financing needs of small businesses in the region. Leveraging data sharing to enable credit scoring,…
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SGG Group, the global investor services group which has over the past two years acquired five leading industry companies to achieve its global growth ambitions,…
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US based order and execution management systems provider TradingScreen recently launched a ‘software as a service’ based platform for trade management…
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New research reveals that the economic slowdown in China may be worse than the official statistics suggest since 2008, due to the potential inaccuracy…
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LINE Pay has been aggressively expanding locations and merchants that revolve around users’ lifestyle such as convenient stores, shopping malls and transport…
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