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London Stock Exchange gets EU nod for $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv
EU antitrust regulators gave the green light on earlier this week to the London Stock Exchange’s $27 billion takeover of Refinitiv, creating a ...
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Grab Financial Group raises $300 million Series A led by Hanwha Asset Management
Grab Financial Group has announced that it has raised more than $300 million in Series A funding, led by South Korean firm Hanwha ...
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Visa, Plaid Scrap $5.3 Billion Deal Amid U.S. Antitrust Suit
Visa Inc facing a prolonged antitrust fight with the U.S. Justice Department, walked away from a proposed $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid Inc. ...
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Nigeria’s pension funds continue to divest from treasury bills
Since the beginning of 2020, pension fund managers have moved out about N1.112 trillion of treasury bills investments into mostly FGN Bonds. As ...
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Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ...
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London FinTech Curve Notches $95 Million Series C For US Expansion
London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan ...
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Czech Republic neobank targets e-shops and merchants
Czech Republic-based Octobank is launching what it claims is Europe’s first neobank dedicated to SMB e-shops and merchants. The startup has introduced a ...
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The Financial Industry Summit – The AFRICA CEO FORUM and IFC gear up to rethink African finance
Organised by the AFRICA CEO FORUM, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the first edition of The Financial Industry Summit will ...
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With 17k users and $270k in GMV, Selar wants to build the passion economy of Africa
The likes of Uber and Airbnb ushered in the era of on-demand marketplaces in the last decade. Hardly a quarter went by without ...
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Russia’s gold reserves surpass its U.S. dollar holdings for first time
The value of Russian gold in its forex reserves has surpassed the country’s U.S. dollar holdings for the first time, said Russia’s central ...