Tag : COVID-19

UN Women and Ant Foundation launch “Together Digital” to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy
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UN Women and Ant Foundation launch “Together Digital” to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy

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by Fintech News Desk0
The programme will run for five years, starting with 27-month projects in China and Indonesia. UN Women and Ant Foundation,  jointly announced the launch of “Together Digital”, a five-year programme to support women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and empower them to participate and thrive in the digital economy.......
UpCity Survey Results 44% of hybrid B2B and B2C businesses transitioned to the hybrid business model during COVID-19
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Upcity Survey Results 44% Of Hybrid B2B and B2C Businesses Transitioned to the Hybrid Business Model During COVID-19

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Additionally, 43% of those hybrid businesses are currently reassessing the types of team collaboration tools that they use. UpCity has announced the results of a survey that reviews perspectives from software developers to provide insight into what businesses use for software, and what features they were most concerned with in......
Hybrid Working Unleashes Wave of Insider Fraud as More Than Half of Businesses Fall Victim
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Hybrid Working Unleashes Wave of Insider Fraud as More Than Half of Businesses Fall Victim

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by Fintech News Desk0
Businesses of all sizes have been hit hard by fraud, and only 32% of fraud losses have been recovered in Great Britain (GB) and the United States (US) The shift to a cashless economy accelerates, with 1 in 5 businesses in Great Britain and 1 in 4 in the United......
PitchBook Report on Women in VC Finds Growing Number of Female Checkwriters Could Bolster Female-Founded Startups Disproportionately Impacted by Pandemic
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PitchBook Report on Women in VC Finds Growing Number of Female Checkwriters Could Bolster Female-Founded Startups Disproportionately Impacted by Pandemic

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by Fintech News Desk0
PitchBook the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem, its third annual report examining US venture capital (VC) investment in female-founded startups. The report, published with support from J.P. Morgan and Beyond The Billion, found COVID-19 disproportionately impacted female......
The Evolution of Payments Technology
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The Evolution of Payments Technology

Roy Aston
by Roy Aston0
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......
A Humanitarian Partnership in Times of COVID
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A humanitarian Partnership in Times of COVID

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by Fintech News Desk0
In Burkina Faso, the Islamic Development Bank and Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development – the bank’s poverty alleviation arm joined hands with Light for The World to get immediate help to the communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of billions, and it......
Verifly Digital Wallet to be Used at US Gymnastics Championships to Track COVID Safety Requirements
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Verifly Digital Wallet to be Used at US Gymnastics Championships to Track COVID Safety Requirements

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Daon and USA Gymnastics announced that VeriFLY™ – the world’s first widely adopted digital wallet created to help travelers and event attendees safely meet COVID-19 requirements – will be used at USA Gymnastics’ U.S. Championships scheduled for June 3-6 in Forth Worth, Texas. In a continued effort to create a safe and healthy environment for all event participants,......
Covid-19 Spending Habits – Has The Pandemic Caused An Increase In Acquirer Fraud?
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Covid-19 Spending Habits – Has The Pandemic Caused An Increase In Acquirer Fraud?

Justyna Bialobrzeska
by Justyna Bialobrzeska0
As the Covid-19 virus started to spread around the globe and a sharp economic downturn became apparent in many sectors, acquirers, and the financial institutions who maintain merchant accounts in order to accept card payments, faced a decline in the number of transactions being processed through their systems, and therefore......
Four Small Business Lending Predictions for 2021 Year
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Four Small Business Lending Predictions for 2021

Jorge Sun
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As we come to the close of a tumultuous year, the fintech industry is looking ahead to new policies and technologies to help power a recovery in 2021. A key part of recovery is focusing on the survival of small businesses, which are looking to lenders and community banks to......
3 Steps for FinTech-Powered Fraud Prevention
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3 Steps for FinTech-Powered Fraud Prevention

David Jackson
by David Jackson0
“Spam Risk” may have shown up on your phone more times than you can count this year. And you’re probably tired of receiving emails from regal-sounding senders asking for your help recovering massive amounts of cash from overseas banks. Fraudsters are just as often going straight to financial institutions with......
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