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World Bank reports declining progress on global extreme poverty
Recent reports from the World Bank reveal that the percentage of people living in extreme poverty globally fell down from 11 percent in 2013...
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NatWest and G4S trail UK’s first intelligent cash management system
Natwest and G4S are teaming up to pilot an intelligent cash management system that allows customer accounts to be credited daily with their cash...
Divido raises $15m to license its ‘pay-later’ platform
Consumer finance platform Divido raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Dawn Capital and DN Capital, with additional participation from...
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Barclays rolls out caller ID feature to tackle phone scammers
Barclays has introduced a caller ID feature to help it online and mobile customers check whether a call claiming to be from the bank...
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World Bank reports declining progress on global extreme poverty
Recent reports from the World Bank reveal that the percentage of people living in extreme poverty globally fell down from 11 percent in 2013...
Abu Dhabi Global Market launches digital sandbox
The emirate's international financial centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) launched a fintech digital sandbox to promote experiments on new products and solutions in...
Estonian FIU licences Crypto exchange IronX
The new crypto exchange IronX has announced its full regulatory license approval by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which enables them to operate...
Singapore launches world’s first unified payment QR code
Singapore has launched the first-of-its-kind unified payment QR code called Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR), which combines multiple payment QR codes into a single...
Former SpaceX engineer introduces crypto exchange
A former engineer at Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Joshua Greenwald, is launching a public cryptocurrency exchange called LXDX with tools and services of institutional standards.
Greenwald...
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Blockchain hackathon: European Investment Bank seeks new ways for transaction processing
European Investment Bank (EIB) brought together 56 coders from 15 countries in 12 teams for a 48-hour hackathon for finding ways to use blockchain...
Messaging app Line to launch cryptocurrency
Popular Japanese messaging app Line is introducing a brand new cryptocurrency called Link, which will be given as rewards to the 200 million users of...
Google brings-in ‘Style Ideas’, to grab online shopping market share
Online shoppers! Happy days are here again, with your ever-familiar Google Search now coming up with an additional feature in its image search feature...
BankAm ups its IQ with AI, zaps payment processing solutions to the fast lane
Calling corporate customers with accounts in Bank of America!
Now, move your payment processing transactions into the bank’s newfound digital highway, powered by artificial intelligence,...
SingHealth breach; Singapore’s banks to tighten customer checks
Singapore's banks have been told to tighten customer data verification processes following the recent SingHealth cyber attack, by which personal data of 1.5 million...
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Singapore launches world’s first unified payment QR code
Singapore has launched the first-of-its-kind unified payment QR code called Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR), which combines multiple payment QR codes into a single...
