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Insights on Fintech, Funding And The Capital Market in Nigeria
In recent times, the Nigerian FinTech ecosystem has witnessed strong drive and campaign across various frontiers including payments, personal savings, financial services, ...
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Over 100 million crypto users globally
The University of Cambridge estimates that the number of global digital-asset users has increased by 189% since 2018. In its new global ...
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Nigeria Has 200 Fintech Companies Which Raised $600 Million in Six Years – McKinsey
In a space of five years, Nigeria’s fintech companies have raised over $600 million in funding, attracting 25% ($122 million) of the $491.6 million raised by African tech startups in ...
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State of Play – Mobile Money in Southern Africa
This is the second part of a three part series on mobile money in Southern Africa. The first part initially x-rayed the mobile money ...
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Biometric ID Gains Trust Via Transparency
PYMNTS’ research finds that more than 65 percent of consumers used digital channels to open accounts in the past year. That’s not so ...
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Contactless Payments Are Going Mainstream in the World
In a year that will see more than 25,000 retail stores blink out of existence, with an estimated 16,000 restaurants having closed permanently ...
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Barclays reports 66% spike in scams
Barclays has reported a 66% increase in scams for the first six month of this year, as criminals take advantage of lockdown pressures ...
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Cyberattacks in the UK, US Increase as More Consumers and Businesses Conduct Financial Transactions Online
Cyberattacks against US-based financial industry firms increased by around 240% between February and April 2020, according to a new report. These attacks have become more ...
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Cost of data breaches in Saudi Arabia and UAE climbed 9.4% in 2019
Malicious attacks were the root cause for 59% of data breaches in the two countries, according to IBM Security study The cost of ...
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Exclusive survey – US Financial services industry struggles to emerge from lockdown
Almost six out of 10 employers report that their plans for the return to work are stymied by uncertainty — specifically, a lack ...