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Australia’s largest stock exchange suffers worst outage in more than a decade
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) went down for investors earlier this week. Monday’s shutdown marked the longest in well over a decade for ...
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Grab to add platform fee after Singapore competition watchdog drops restrictions
GRAB will add a platform fee of about S$0.30 to its ride hailing in the next few months, after a statement by ...
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Japan’s Banking Giant MUFG Plans to Launch Blockchain Payment Network in 2021
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest banking institutions in Japan, is set to launch its high-speed blockchain payment network with ...
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5th Edition of Regtech Africa Dialogue to focus on – Unpacking the gender and inclusion gaps
5th Edition of Regtech Africa Dialogue to focus on – Unpacking the gender and inclusion gaps The fifth edition of the Regtech Africa ...
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Accelerex Holdings Secures $20m Investment from ACA
Accelerex Holdings, Mauritius (“Accelerex”), today announced that it has signed an investment agreement with regional private equity firm, Africa Capital Alliance (“ACA”), for ...
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Mastercard and USAID launch Project Kirana to empower financialy excluded women
Around the world, gender inequality limits women-owned businesses’ ability to launch, grow, and thrive. To address these gaps, Mastercard and the United States ...
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PwC acquires EagleDream Technologies
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ U.S. firm has agreed to acquire the assets of EagleDream Technologies, a digital transformation company based in Fairport, New York, and a ...
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Jumia Cuts Operating Losses by 49% to $33 Million as Pandemic Disruptions Slow
Jumia Technologies AG, a Nigerian-based online shopping platform with a presence in several countries in Africa, including Kenya, has posted a 49% reduction ...
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GRI appoints NSE’s Bola Adeeko as board member
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the provider of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, has announced the appointment of Bola Adeeko as one ...
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StanChart Streamlines Business in Global Restructuring
Standard Chartered announces a reorganization into fewer but larger units and also confirms the exit of its global wealth head. Effective January 1 next ...