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Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht
Thailand’s central bank is looking at smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) to aid implementations for its national digital currency, the digital baht. ...
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Apple Music and Apple TV+ set to be bundled at a discount
Apple is reportedly preparing a number of packages that would bundle its subscription services at a discount. The bundles referred to internally as, ...
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Cassava Fintech and Liquid Telecom Group launch Sasai Wi-Fi Finder
Cassava Fintech International and the Liquid Telecom Group have announced the launch of Sasai Wi-Fi Finder, a potential game-changer in driving digital and ...
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Jumia Encounters New eCommerce Rivals In Africa Amid Pandemic
As the coronavirus has led to greater popularity of eCommerce deliveries, Jumia Technologies AG is encountering new rivalry from upstarts in the online shopping and ...
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Apollo Fintech Announces Completion of the First Blockchain National Currency Platform
NPP enables a central bank to issue a sovereign, digital currency for national adoption. PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Blockchain company Apollo Fintech is ...
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Facebook Could Face $500 Billion in Fines for Illegally Collecting Biometric Data Through Instagram
A new lawsuit accuses Instagram of illegally collecting users’ facial recognition data without telling them Facebook-owned Instagram was sued recently for illegally collecting, ...
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Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Friday it would no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the ...
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Facebook building $800M Data center in Gallatin
Facebook is building an $800 million data center in Gallatin, which will bring 100 well-paying jobs to the area. Tennessee economic officials said ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and RingCentral Enter into a Strategic Partnership
RingCentral and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise will jointly develop programs enabling both companies to lead the cloud communications services for the enterprise market. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, ...
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Airtel partners Standard Chartered Bank as it expands its fintech business
Airtel Africa Plc has announced an expansion of its fintech business courtesy of a partnership with the Standard Chartered Bank. The aim of ...