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Ethiopia Considering Opening Mobile Money Market to Foreign Operators

A consultative meeting will be held in Ethiopia by the end of February, during which the prospects of the mobile money market in this country will be discussed.

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SBI Investment Leads $28 Million Series A in German Fintech Pliant

Japan’s SBI Investment has led a $28 million Series A round in the German corporate card platform Pliant.

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Bank of Japan Launches CBDC Pilot

The Bank of Japan decided to launch large-scale testing of the digital yen after two years of research into the prospects of this project.

Blockchain & Crypto

Hong Kong Welcomes Crypto Trading With New Policies

Hong Kong proposes milder crypto regulations that would let retail investors trade certain “large-cap tokens” on licensed exchanges, emerging as one of the new hubs for the virtual asset industry

Reports

Barclays Reveals Contactless Payments Trends

New data from Barclays, which enables nearly half of the UK’s debit and credit card transactions, reveals that a record 91.2% of all eligible card transactions were contactless in 2022

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Riyad Bank Integrates E-Invoicing ZATCA Enabled by SunTec Xelerate

Riyad Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Saudi Arabia, integrated the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) solution for e-invoicing, deployed on SunTec Xelerate platform

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Tesco Considers Selling Its Banking Arm

Currently, the British supermarket chain Tesco is considering selling its banking division.

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Nimerex.com Adds Billing and Invoicing to Online Business Solutions

Nimerex.com launched an electronic billing and electronic invoicing service.

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MoneyLion Teams Up With Column Tax

MoneyLion Inc., a provider of personalized financial content, financial products, and advice, has started offering its users free tax filing services.

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Noventiq Completes Seven Seas Technology Acquisition

Noventiq, a global provider of digital transformation and cybersecurity solutions and services, closed the deals to acquire UAE-based Seven Seas Technology (SST).

Blockchain & Crypto

The Bank of Zambia Works on Crypto Regulation

The Bank of Zambia along with the national Security Exchange Commission is testing technology to enable the regulation of cryptocurrency in the country

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MasterCard Partners NowNow to Boost Cybersecurity for Nigerian SMEs

Nigerian digital payment startup NowNow has joined forces with global payment giant Mastercard to improve the cybersecurity options available to Nigerian SMEs who typically do not have the resources to defend themselves from massive cyber attacks

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Client Onboarding Outfit Sikoia Raises $6 Million

Sikoia, a London-based unified data platform designed to simplify customer adaptation and risk assessment, has reported raising $6 million in baseline funding.

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Visa, Froda and Lunar Launch Digital Solution for Small Business Loans

Visa, Froda, and Lunar announced the beginning of cooperation within the framework of a project aimed at launching a digital solution for business lending.

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Amazon and Google Get Payments Clearance in India

Google and Amazon have received permission to expand the scope of their online payment systems in India.

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Vexi Raises $8 Million to Expand Access to Credit in Mexico

Mexican neobank Vexi announced the attraction of investment funds in the amount of $ 8 million following the results of the Series A financing round.

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