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China’s economy to grow nearly 8% in 2021: World Bank
The World Bank has forecasted that China’s economy will grow 7.9% in 2021 despite a slowdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report ...
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PayJoy secures $26 million debt facility from Lendable to boost smartphone financing in Mexico
PayJoy, a leading provider of financial solutions to underserved customers in emerging markets, based in Mexico City, has raised a $26 million debt ...
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Softbank Backed OPay Eyes North Africa After Nigeria Success
OPay, a Nigerian fintech startup founded by Opera, plans to expand its payments service operations to North Africa early next year after Covid-19 ...
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NSE launches X-PO, first end-to-end public offering subscription platform in Africa
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the launching of X-PO, an online platform for the subscription of Public Offerings, in a bid ...
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The Biggest Tech Mergers and Acquisitions of 2020
For most businesses around the world, 2020 was a difficult year, business loss and economic hardship. For Big Tech, it was a boon. ...
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Kenya’s Mobile-Banking Pioneer to Expand into Money Management
The pioneer of a mobile-banking revolution in sub-Saharan Africa is in talks with financial-services providers about expanding its offerings over the next five ...
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Access Bank seals partnership with Coronation Insurance on bancassurance
Access Bank of Nigeria has entered into a partnership with Coronation Insurance to drive an efficient and effective bancassurance system, In a bid ...
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Switch offers free money transfer to Nigeria this Christmas
Nigerians living in Canada, United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) can now send money home for free this Christmas season, courtesy ...
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PayPal’s Xoom Adds Real-Time Payments For Remittances To India
Paypal’s Xoom, an international money transfer service, has integrated with NPIL’s/NPCI’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to offer inter-bank transactions in India, according to ...
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Union Bank Nigeria Plc announces Emeka Okonkwo as incoming CEO as Emuwa resigns
Union Bank Nigeria Plc has announced the retirement of its incumbent CEO and the resumption of an incoming CEO for 2021. The Board ...