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FinTech Collective Raises $250 Million, Launches Dedicated Digital Assets Strategy
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FinTech Collective Raises $250 Million, Launches Dedicated Digital Assets Strategy

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$50 Million Earmarked for Decentralized Finance FinTech Collective, a venture capital firm focused on creating the future of financial services by investing across traditional fintech and emerging digital assets, announced fundraises for its existing early-stage strategy and for its new strategy focused on decentralized finance (DeFi). FinTech Collective raised a......
smartTrade Recognised as Best FX Aggregator for Third Consecutive Year
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smartTrade Recognised as Best FX Aggregator for Third Consecutive Year

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smartTrade Technologies, a leading provider of multi-asset electronic trading solutions, has once again won Best FX Aggregator for its LiquidityFX platform at the FX Markets Asia Awards 2021. “As the regional FX ecosystem continues to evolve, customers in Asia are now requesting ever more sophisticated functionality. smartTrade is committed to......
The Evolution of Payments Technology
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The Evolution of Payments Technology

Roy Aston
For years, many companies have spoken about becoming more digital, transforming their business, and reducing waste, but always in the context of those journeys being multi-year projects. But 2020 proved to be a year of rapid acceleration of these plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses were unexpectedly forced into a......
Onfido Grows Revenue Over 100% Year-Over-Year and Reaches More Than $100 Million ARR
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Onfido Grows Revenue Over 100% Year-Over-Year and Reaches More Than $100 Million ARR

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Breaks revenue record for the 5th consecutive quarter as company propels to next phase of expansion Onfido, the global identity verification and authentication provider, announced it has broken its revenue record for the fifth consecutive quarter, with over 100% increase year-over-year in global revenue, ending Q2 2021. The company also......
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Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Brings Together Over 1,600 Delegates for Its First Annual Summit

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Investors, partners and entrepreneurs from across sectors and markets gathered to discuss pressing issues and ideas for collaboration ABH also unveiled its first annual report, highlighting the initiative’s achievements and the impact; Investors, partners and entrepreneurs from across sectors and markets gathered to discuss pressing issues and ideas for collaboration; Applications......
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Millennials Dominate P2P Platform as Both Lenders and Borrowers: Study

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Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad – top cities in terms of both borrowing and lending   Medical emergencies during the pandemic was the top reason for borrowing followed by advance salary and family functions  Up to 25,000 is the most preferred ticket size among borrowers  50k to 1lakh is the most......
BigCommerce Expands into Italy with Fully Localised Ecommerce Experiences to Help Merchants Build, Run and Grow a Better Online Business
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BigCommerce Expands into Italy with Fully Localised Ecommerce Experiences to Help Merchants Build, Run and Grow a Better Online Business

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With ecommerce in Italy expected to total $23 billion in 2021 following the pandemic, BigCommerce will offer language, payment and content support to help local merchants compete in today’s increasingly digital-first economy BigCommerce, a leading global Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, announced it has extended its European presence......
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African Development Bank’s New Economic Governance Strategy Advocates Bold Public Finance Reforms

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The strategy proposes bold reforms in the management of public finances to eliminate revenue ‘leakages’ and ensure an efficient, productive, and transparent use of scarce resources The African Development Bank on Friday launched its Strategy for Economic Governance in Africa (SEGA), aimed at fostering transparent and accountable governments and institutions to......
Forex Trading Trends in a Time of Uncertainty
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Forex Trading Trends in a Time of Uncertainty

Sudipto Ghosh
The world’s largest market, the forex market, has also been affected by the pandemic and seen trading volumes up to 2.4 quadrillions. The world continues to look for ways to negotiate the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost their livelihoods and individuals and companies still face uncertainty.......
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