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Anyfin launches in Germany
The Sweden-based fintech Anyfin has announced launching their loan platform in Germany. The launch will take place towards the end of March 2021, ...
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NCC moves to resolve N42bn USSD debt
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says a meeting has been convened to resolve the N42bn Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt issue between ...
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SoFi to buy community lender to accelerate bank charter application
Online lender Social Finance (SoFi) has agreed to buy Californian community bank Golden Pacific for $22.3 million in an effort to speed up ...
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Flutterwave Launches Flutterwave Mobile
“The future of commerce” which is often the subject of so many webinars, conferences and articles, was redefined last year when the Flutterwave ...
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Insurtech Zego lands $150m Series C to join unicorn club
Zego, a London-based insurtech, has landed a $150 million Series C funding round, purporting it to be the UK’s fintech unicorn club, alongside ...
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Russian supermarket chain rolls out pay-with-face technology
Shoppers in Moscow will soon be able to ‘pay-with-a-glance’ at over 200 outlets of Russian supermarket chain X5, thanks to a joint initiative ...
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Ingressive for Good partners HNG Internship, launches tech-related scholarships for 50,000 African Youths
Ingressive For Good has partnered with HNG Internship to train 50,000 designers and software developers in Africa. Ingressive For Good (I4G) is a ...
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MTA to phase out MetroCard as contactless payments pick up
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is to phase out its thirty-year old MetroCard in 2023 in favour of contactless payment acceptance across ...
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NautaDutilh assist fintech Rewire in obtaining Payments/E-money license from DNB
The Dutch Central Bank has granted Rewire EU B.V., the Dutch subsidiary of Israel based fintech Rewire, a license to act as an ...
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Grab Is in Talks to Go Public Through a SPAC Merger
Grab Holdings Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with a SPAC that could value the Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup ...