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Eswatini’s National Payment System Vision 2025
Eswatini’s journey towards revolutionising its payments system The new National Payment System (NPS) strategy framework (2021–2025) for Eswatini is finally here. In 2009, the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) published ...
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How Mobile Technology could Provide Food Security for Rural African Communities
Climate change combined with unsustainable farming practices has exhausted African soil — leaving much of the ground unfarmable. In the future, a major ...
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Goldman Sachs CEO: ‘Big Evolution’ Is Coming to Bitcoin Regulation
Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon has said that he thinks the Bitcoin and digital currency world will soon experience a “big evolution,” particularly regarding regulations ...
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Fueled by pandemic, contactless mobile payments to surpass half of all smartphone users in US by 2025
Among other technology trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of contactless mobile payments boomed in 2020. According to a recent report ...
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Paytm Money CEO reveals 3 ideas for becoming successful in the stock market
Paytm money in recent times has emerged as one of the leaders in India’s wealth management portals for mutual funds, stocks, initial public ...
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48% of senior professionals in financial services believe open banking increases data protection burdens – study claims
48% of senior professionals in financial services believe open banking increases data protection burdens – study claims Nearly half of senior professionals within ...
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Okonkwo: Our Focus is on Union Bank’s Next Growth Phase
The incoming Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank, Mr. Emeka Okonkwo, in an interview with Thisday speaks about how he plans to propel the ...
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BIS Says CBDCs Will Raise the Competition Bar In Payments Industry
Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the top governing institution owned by global central banks, shares its views on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) ...
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IMF chief predicts faster global recovery, warns fight isn’t over
The head of the 190-nation International Monetary Fund says prospects for global growth have brightened since January, helped by a $1.9 trillion United ...
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University of Bristol releases report on the benefits of Open Banking
The University of Bristol has released a report evaluating Nationwide‘s 2018-20 Open Banking for Good initiative, according to the official press release. Nationwide ...