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Fidelity Bank Partners With SMEDAN On Nigerian Small Business Funding
Fidelity Bank Partners With SMEDAN On Nigerian Small Business Funding
September 26, 2022  |  Partnerships

Fidelity Bank has partnered with Nigeria’s Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) to try and bridge the gap in helping smaller businesses get funding,...

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ECB’s Panetta: Wholesale CBDC Infrastructure Should Evolve to Meet Needs
ECB’s Panetta: Wholesale CBDC Infrastructure Should Evolve to Meet Needs
September 26, 2022  |  CBDC

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), has a speech in which he touts the opportunity for central bank...

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Jury Still Out as Web3 Takes Shape
Jury Still Out as Web3 Takes Shape
September 26, 2022  |  Blockchain

When you get past the marketing hype and dig down into what Web3 actually is, it’s hard not to ask whether it’s a real revolution...

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A Year After Launch, Local Platforms Seem Ready to Embrace eNaira
A Year After Launch, Local Platforms Seem Ready to Embrace eNaira
September 26, 2022  |  CBDC

Nearly a year after its launch in October 2021, Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, is beginning to gain traction in the country....

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Card Networks Leverage Strategic Investments to Secure EU Foothold
Card Networks Leverage Strategic Investments to Secure EU Foothold
September 26, 2022  |  Payments As A Service

Although there isn’t a simple answer as to whether Visa and Mastercard have too much influence in Europe’s payments, that hasn’t stopped the idea of...

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VC Firm Point Nine Raises €180M to Back B2B Marketplaces, SaaS
VC Firm Point Nine Raises €180M to Back B2B Marketplaces, SaaS
September 26, 2022  |  Investments

German venture capital firm Point Nine, which backs companies including Delivery Hero, Revolut and Typeform, has raised €180 million in a new seed fund to...

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US Not Hurried on Digital Dollar as ECB Targets Tech Infrastructure
US Not Hurried on Digital Dollar as ECB Targets Tech Infrastructure
September 26, 2022  |  CBDC

Negotiations on a stablecoin regulatory bill last week indicated that the congressional sense of urgency on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) isn’t very...

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Vendease Raises $30M to Improve Restaurant Procurement Across Africa
Vendease Raises $30M to Improve Restaurant Procurement Across Africa
September 26, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

Restaurant procurement platform Vendease raised $30 million in a mix of equity funding and debt financing to expand its marketplace across Africa and consolidate operations...

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Paris Food Tech Startup Raises $80M to Expand Virtual Food Delivery Franchise 
Paris Food Tech Startup Raises $80M to Expand Virtual Food Delivery Franchise 
September 26, 2022  |  Investments

Food tech startup Not So Dark (NSD) has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round it will use to further expand its virtual food delivery...

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