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Data Exfiltration Extortion Reaches Highest Inflection Point
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Data Exfiltration Extortion Reaches Highest Inflection Point; Globally Companies Lost $80 Billion+ to Ransomware

Sudipto Ghosh
Companies are losing billions of dollars to Data Exfiltration Extortion and ransomware attacks. Fintech industry is one of the hardest-hit. Over the past few months, we have witnessed some of the biggest cyber extortions arising from ransomware and data exfiltration, both inflicting severe damage to key markets, including fintech, IT......
Forming Strategic Partnerships with FinTech Providers that Offer Options
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Forming Strategic Partnerships with FinTech Providers that Offer Options

Steven McKean
How Partnership Programs Are Helping Financial Services Firms Be Successful in the Digital Marketplace Recently, financial services firms have searched for ways to amplify digital innovations – offering new solutions that create more stickiness to retain existing customers and attract new consumers – to remain competitive in the digital marketplace.......
Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in African Fintech Startup Okra
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Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in African Fintech Startup Okra

Fintech News Desk
Accenture has made an investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Nigeria-based fintech company Okra, an open finance data infrastructure startup serving the rapidly expanding African financial services market. “Gaining access to Accenture’s global banking experts, clients and technology ecosystem partners through Project Spotlight will contribute greatly to the success and growth of......
Mastercard to Acquire Ekata to Advance Digital Identity Efforts
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Mastercard to Acquire Ekata to Advance Digital Identity Efforts

Fintech News Desk
New Capabilities Strengthen Trust in Every Interaction Through AI-Powered Identity Verification Reinforced By Commitment to Strong Data Management Principles Trust is the key ingredient to conducting digital commerce. Central to creating trust in a digital world is the ability to prove your digital identity – who you are, whether you......
Driving Digital Inclusion to Promote Global Equality
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Driving Digital Inclusion to Promote Global Equality

Fintech News Desk
  One organization that is committed to driving digital inclusion in Africa and globally is media and telecommunications software and services provider, Amdocs Covid-19 has accelerated the rate of digital technology adoption around the world, but also revealed the depth of the digital divide worldwide. For millions of people living......
TCX Launches Frontier Currency Bond Index
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TCX Launches Frontier Currency Bond Index

Fintech News Desk
Index is first-ever and promotes a new asset class The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX) launches the first-ever frontier bond currency index (TCX FI). The informative index tracks the performance of frontier currency-linked, investment-grade Eurobonds, issued by (multilateral) development finance institutions such as the African Development Bank, EBRD, FMO, and the......
Flutterwave Closes USD $170 Million Funding
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Flutterwave Closes USD $170 Million Funding

Fintech News Desk
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, announces it has secured USD $170 million from a leading group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round. The round was led by growth-equity firms Avenir Growth Capital (“Avenir”) and Tiger Global Management LLC (“Tiger Global”) with participation from new and existing investors.......
Forward Financing Reaches $1 Billion in Funding to Underserved Small Businesses
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Forward Financing Reaches $1 Billion in Funding to Underserved Small Businesses

Fintech News Desk
Boston-based Fintech Company Expands Main Street’s Access to Capital During Pandemic, Achieves Major Growth Milestone Forward Financing, a financial technology company that provides flexible revenue-based financing to small businesses, announced that they have provided $1 billion in funding since their inception in 2012. The majority of this funding has gone to......
Visa’s Mission to Digitally Enable Small Businesses Gains Momentum Across Europe
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Visa’s Mission to Digitally Enable Small Businesses Gains Momentum Across Europe

Fintech News Desk
As part of the Covid-19 economic recovery, Visa is making great strides towards its goal to help eight million small businesses across Europe to adapt and take advantage of digital commerce Visa announced more than 100 partners across Europe have joined the Where You Shop Matters initiative to help small business......
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