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Money still moves even when worldwide borders are closed. Here’s why the trillion-dollar global payments industry is so vital
The world of business and commerce has experienced tremendous change over the past five years from the rise of the digital nomad, international ...
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Bitcoin not the best to drive Financial Inclusion for Unbanked, says Mastercard CEO
Ajay Banga, the CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is unable to function as an inclusive currency for the world’s unbanked as the cryptocurrency ...
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Jack Ma blasts global financial regulators’ curbs on innovation
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma criticized global financial regulations for stifling innovation and urged China to seek a system that accommodated development. “After ...
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Corporate disclosure is the only way to get crypto institutionalized
Some people predicted that crypto assets were going to be a fad that would quickly come and go. But in just a short ...
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Alibaba Founder and Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma: Digital Currency Could Redefine Money
Jack Ma believes that the world looks forward to a new financial system of the future and the only criteria for evaluating this ...
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A roadmap to frictionless cross-border payment
You can track your Uber driver or pizza delivery in real time. Why can’t you do the same with the money you send ...
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A Leap Forward on Cross-Border Payments
When paying for coffee, we swipe, tap, wave, and soon may wink, a quick and painless exchange of coffee for money. But when ...
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Equal access to digital technologies: A key to resilient recovery
A global pandemic was far from Loretta Ibrahim’s mind when she signed up for the Click-On Kaduna digital skills program two years ago. ...
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FinTechs will take over banking
Mergers and acquisitions are a source of big and exciting news stories for business journalism. Looking at recent trends in Kenya, it is ...
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Tight rope to gender balance in financial inclusion
There are indications that the nation’s financial system may be forced to create special purpose vehicles to address the challenges of gender gap ...