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Airtel Money now on Zambia’s e-govt services portal
Airtel Mobile Commerce Zambia has announced the inclusion of Airtel Money on the government service bus (Zamportal). The Zamportal platform is designed to ...
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Facebook faces investigation over data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission is to launch an investigation into a data leak in which the details of hundreds of millions of ...
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Sales scheduling platform Chili Piper raises $33M Series B funding led by Tiger Global
Chili Piper, which has a sophisticated SaaS appointment scheduling platform for sales teams, has raised a $33 million B round led by Tiger ...
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Mexico moves to require biometric data from cellphone users
Activists and opposition figures cried foul Wednesday after Mexico’s Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers’ identification and biometric data, ...
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Europeans want digital euro to be private, safe and cheap -ECB survey
Euro zone citizens expect the European Central Bank’s proposed digital euro to be private, safe and cheap, a survey showed on Wednesday, as ...
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Barclaycard cuts customers’ spending limits by more than 85% out of nowhere without explanation despite never missing payments
Barclaycard has slashed credit limits by thousands of pounds, leaving some customers who have been with it for decades with far less spending ...
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Singapore’s Pine Labs acquires Malaysia-based e-commerce platform Fave in US$45m deal
Singapore-incorporated merchant commerce platform Pine Labs has acquired e-commerce and fintech firm Fave in a cash and equity deal valued at over $45 million, for ...
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FirstBank hosts webinar to sensitise individuals and businesses on staying protected in the information age
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has announced a webinar to sensitise individuals and businesses with useful information ...
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MIT Crypto Professor Gary Gensler Confirmed as New SEC Chairman
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now has a new chairman, Gary Gensler. President Joe Biden’s pick, the MIT professor, whose classes ...
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Coinbase the first major cryptocurrency company goes public
Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ersham, Coinbase, which is the largest bitcoin exchange in the U.S., debuted Nasdaq this week. ...