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Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange sue SEC over planned overhaul of public data feeds
Nasdaq Inc and the New York Stock Exchange have each sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to block a plan by the ...
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Ivory Coast fintech app Djamo selected for Y Combinator accelerator
Ivory Coast-based Djamo, a financial super app for consumers in French-speaking Africa, has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based accelerator Y Combinator, banking ...
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Saudi Arabia’s central bank faces biggest overhaul in decades
Saudi Arabia’s central bank is set for its most significant changes in decades as a new law comes into force this month that ...
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MTN Group set to sell-off its 20% shareholding in BICS for $121million
South Africa’s MTN Group is selling off its 20% shareholding in Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS) to Belgian state-controlled telecoms firm Proximus ...
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Facebook and Snap Inc call for a GDPR-aligned Australian Privacy Act
Two of the largest social media platforms have asked that the Australian government consider implementing many of the elements present in Europe’s General ...
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Irish fintech company sets up Mideast HQ in Riyadh
Irish financial technology company Global Shares has announced it is to set up its Middle East headquarters in Riyadh and has partnered with ...
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JPMorgan’s Aguzin said to be named CEO of Hong Kong Exchange
Nicolas Aguzin, who heads JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international private bank, is resigning from the US lender to be named chief executive officer ...
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FG rejects IMF’s advice to devalue the naira
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the Nigerian Government disagrees with its recommendations that it should further devalue the naira, which is ...
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Equifax Acquires Open Banking and Transaction Data Analytics Company AccountScore
Equifax, Inc. (NYSE: EFX) has acquired transaction data analytics company AccountScore Holdings Limited to bolster its Open Banking and insights capabilities. The acquisition ...
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Cryptocurrency restriction: Digital rights lawyers sue CBN, SEC
The Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative (DRLI) has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to quash the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s letter ...