The Digital Apnayen Campaign, which was rolled out on August 15 to encourage customers to use digital banking channels, has propelled digital payment adoption with banks having on-boarded 1.58 crore customers in less than two months since launch, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. It has also resulted in deployment […]
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First-of-its-kind digital supplier onboarding tool kit Smart financing solution to enhance supply chain collaborations between corporate clients and suppliers Dubai: As part of its ongoing digitisation strategy, Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the MENAT (Middle East, North and Turkey) region has launched a digital Supply Chain Financing platform for […]
Story by Nicolas Zoumboulis COVID-19 has led to a dramatic spike in money being sent digitally from countries like Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific, with those in the industry saying digital money transfers have grown by up to 400 per cent in places like Fiji and Samoa. But […]
Ecobank Ecobank Nigeria in partnership with Vanguard Conferences and Economic Forum Series will convene top tier thought leaders and industry professionals as speakers and panelists for its Digital Financial Inclusion Virtual Summit scheduled for 21st October 2020. The Speakers and panelists who are subject matter experts in digital transformation and […]
NEC has agreed to acquire Avaloq in order to secure a global pathway into the digital payments market. Announced on October 5, the deal will bring Avaloq under the Japanese IT group’s umbrella, although Avaloq will continue to operate using its own brand. Under the terms of the agreement, NEC […]
Doha: In line with the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) directives to support all segments of the society and promote digital banking solutions, Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) announced yesterday that domestic workers in Qatar can now open their own bank accounts with QIB, directly through the bank’s award winning Mobile App. […]
The Australian government has appointed the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) to design and operate a new digital technology hub aimed to assist regional, rural, and remote users access telecommunication services. Selected through an open tender process, NFF will now work with the Better Internet for Rural Regional and Remote Australia […]
“It is evident that BSS can significantly drive efforts to help organizations address key concerns such as introducing digital services and enabling customers to personalize their service experience,” said Vikrant Gandhi, Senior Industry Director, Information & Communication Technologies at Frost & Sullivan. “However, businesses from across many other industry verticals […]
A roomful of servers are seen inside a data centre operated by Alibaba Cloud, China’s largest cloud infrastructure services provider. Photo: Handout Alibaba Group Holding expects its cloud computing services business to become profitable before the company’s current financial year ends in March 2021, driven by demand from China’s fast-growing […]
iQSTEL Launches New Fintech Division, Expanding Product and Digital Financial Services Offerings for the Global Markets New York, NY, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), today completed the official launch of its new Fintech Division. This expansion will be synergistic with iQSTEL’s existing […]
New York, NY, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), today completed the official launch of its new Fintech Division. This expansion will be synergistic with iQSTEL’s existing Telco Division businesses while providing additional revenue stream options via a global Business-to-Consumer model (B2C), serving […]
The financing agreement for the rural network project between the Ministry of Communications, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Export-Import Bank of China has been officially signed. Huawei will deploy 2000+ Rural Star sites for Ghana, which will provide voice and data services for over 3.4 million […]
– ZEEPAY, a fast-growing African fintech, today announced a partnership with Visa – The partnership will allow Africans in the diaspora to send money directly onto Visa debit and prepaid cards in Ghana – This will significantly expand ZEEPAY and Visa’s reach and ability to open up commerce to the […]
Technavio has been monitoring the biostimulants market and it is poised to grow by $ 2 bn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of over 12% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. […]
Diginex is the first company with a cryptocurrency exchange to be listed on Nasdaq HONG KONG, Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Diginex Limited (“Diginex” or the “Company”), a digital assets financial services company, announced today that it has completed its business combination transaction (the “Transaction”) with 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: […]
The financing agreement for the rural network project between the Ministry of Communications, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Export-Import Bank of China has been officially signed. Huawei will deploy over 2000+ Rural Star sites for Ghana, which will provide voice and data services for over 3.4 […]
Fintech firms in Qatar are focused on improving the customer experience by providing more accessible financial services. Fintech solutions providers are helping with enabling greater financial inclusion, lower operational costs, and offering better security for applications, according to Burak Zatiturk, the Financial Services Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Qatar. In an […]
© Provided by CNBCTV18 SBI signs MoU with HUL for an end to end digital solutions for ecosystem India’s largest lender State Bank of India has entered into a partnership with FMCG major Hindustan Unilever to offer corporate solutions to its trade partners. These digitized solutions have been created to […]
New Delhi: The nation’s leading public sector bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), had launched an innovative digital campaign, named as “DIGITAL APNAYEN,” on the 74th Independence Day, which is in line with the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, GOI guidelines encouraging digital banking under the coveted Digital India […]
© Provided by The Financial Express Fintechs have played a significant role in giving a strong impetus to digital avenues through a consumer-oriented prism. It is unimaginable to think about conducting daily transactions, without the existence of digital payments and other forms of technological influences we currently see in the […]
For its recent digital efforts for inclusive and accessible digital banking during this pandemic, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) was named 2020 Best Digital Bank in the Philippines by Asiamoney, besting all other banks in the country. Asiamoney, a financial publication established in 1989, cited the introduction of DiskarTech inclusion […]
Leading digital insurtech company Next Insurance announced that it has raised $250 million in Series D financing led by CapitalG Leading digital insurtech company Next Insurance announced that it has raised $250 million in Series D financing led by CapitalG (Alphabet’s independent growth fund) with participation from FinTLV and existing […]
By Derek Muhney, Director of Sales & Marketing for Coinsource Money is evolving, and as more people join the Bitcoin network, the world may see a decline in the use of cash with the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies as legitimate assets. Much like the Internet and its associated technologies, mainstream adoption […]
The financing agreement for the rural network project between the Ministry of Communications, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Export-Import Bank of China has been officially signed. Huawei will deploy 2000+ Rural Star sites for Ghana, which will provide voice and data services for over 3.4 million […]
Zeepay in Ghana has announced that it has partnered with Visa in an arrangement that will see customers of Zeepay in Ghana enjoy receiving money remittances directly on their hand-held devices from relatives and friends in the diaspora. Under the new partnership, Zeepay will integrate its money transfer platform Instntmny, […]