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SoftBank invests in booming Africa-focussed fintech company OPay
2021-08-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Back in May, it was reported that Africa-focussed fintech company OPay was in talks to raise up to $400 million from new investors. Today, it has been announced that it has done just that, raising the full $400 million, with SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 among the new investors. The latest round of financing reportedly values the company at $2 billion…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Orange acquires Anytime to double down on fintech
2021-01-07 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Orange yesterday announced that it has acquired French digital banking service provider Anytime for an undisclosed sum. The so-call neobank specialises in delivering digital services for small businesses and professionals, and currently has over 100,000 customers. “Anytime’s entry into the Orange Bank family marks a new development opportunity for us in a high…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Central Bank Digital Currency: The birth of a fintech arms race?
2020-10-13 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
We have heard it time and time again during the pandemic: digitalisation is accelerating. But while this change has been dramatic in a whole variety of industry sectors, in the financial sector the change could in fact be as profound as changing the form of currency itself: so-called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). CBDC is a digital, electronic form of central bank money; effectively, a digital form of cash. There are maybe two starting points for this transformation. The first is the emergence of cryptocurrency. We have all heard of Bitcoin,perhaps the most well-known digital currency, but there are rafts of alternative cryptocurrencies available online…read more on TotalTele.com »
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The Challenges of Fintech and How Real Estate Companies Can Overcome Them
2020-01-21 21:43:00| National Real Estate Investor
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Bringing Outside Thinking into Banks & Auto Management Ingest Citi Ventures Exec on The Future of VC and Fintech
2018-02-26 21:11:36| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
What you should do: Listen, watch & take in what Vanessa Collela of Citi Ventures is saying: What to look for: Biggest challlenge to Auto Management: Bring in outside thinking Many great ideas but how to adopt, navigate, & position Fintech infrastructure involves cybersecurity, machine learning Block chain may be panacea for bank problems & future Entrepreneurs bringing in new ideas and solutions The Article <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-cHx6Ji8A"><strong><span style="font-size:150%;">Bringing Outside Thinking into Banks & Auto Management Ingest Citi Ventures Exec on The Future of VC and Fintech</span></strong></a> appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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