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Bank of England deputy governor says stablecoins are a shift away from ‘public money’
Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunliffe spoke about the growth of stablecoins and digital money in the UK during a speech yesterday ...
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Stripe acquires Bouncer, will integrate its card authentication into the Radar fraud detection tool
On the heels of a $600 million fundraise earlier this year, payments giant Stripe has been on an acquisition march to continue building ...
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Blockchain users can now trade virtual assets on Samsung smartphones
Samsung Electronics has announced that blockchain users can now manage and trade virtual assets from third-party wallets on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The ...
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Argentina instructs crypto exchanges to file transactions data
Argentina’s tax authority has ordered crypto exchanges to file transaction data on their customers in monthly reports. The exchanges must list all accounts ...
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US-based banks to issue credit cards to people with no credit scores
US-based banks have planned to start sharing data on customers’ deposit accounts to extend credit to people who have traditionally lacked opportunities to ...
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SA can prevent payments fraud crippling businesses and local municipalities
Ryan Mer, Managing Director, eftsure Africa, a Know Your Payee™ (KYP) platform provider says technology can be a powerful tool against the fraud ...
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South Africa: Call for Whatsapp to Revise Privacy Policy in SA
The Information Regulator of South Africa has, after correspondence, written to WhatsApp LLC requesting the company to revise its privacy policy in South ...
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DR Congo: Mastercard and Billetera combine to offer digital payments
In conjunction with Billetera, a Kenya-based digital technology company, Mastercard wants to provide access to formal financial and digital services to the unbanked ...
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Bento, MatchKit, Imfuyo and AgriCool make it to top four at the AlphaCode Incubate Demo Day
10 startups have completed a 3-month programme competing for one of the four places with an extended 6-month programme valued at over R1.5 ...
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New venture capital funds in Egypt to receive $120 million from GIZ programme
GIZ has launched a $120 million funding programme, VC University as cooperation between Germany’s international development agency, GIZ, Egypt’s Micro, Small and Medium ...