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The Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 31 March 2022 approved the launch of the Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa (UKAFPA), a programme of credit facilities that the Bank has developed to manage the impacts of the Ukraine crisis on African economies and businesses. The programme amounts to US$ … Continued
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Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (“Pintec”; NASDAQ: PT), a leading provider of financial technology solutions, today announced that its partner Wagepay Pty. Ltd. (Wagepay), an Australian Pay-on-Demand service provider, has recently launched its second generation mobile application and a completely redesigned and rebranded website. In partnership with Pintec, the premium wage advance platform has offered its … Continued
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Alpian SA (“Alpian”), an innovative digital private bank, today announced the granting by FINMA of a banking license and a successful CHF19 million Series B+ closing, enabling Alpian to shortly launch to the public in Q3 2022, becoming Switzerland’s first digital private bank. Alpian, majority-owned by Fideuram-Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, secured a third round of … Continued
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– The study by Data Agility and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), surveyed over 260 Australian leaders from various industries. – 92% of C-suite and board members are aware of AI projects in their organisation, whereas only 66% of managers and senior roles are aware. In 2021 the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and … Continued
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Newman Capital’s investment helps conglomerates to capitalize on the rise of the latest technologies and mentors them on how to navigate in the ever-growing Web3 space — Newman Capital is delighted to announce the launch of its $50 million investment fund to help cutting-edge traditional businesses to strengthen their position in the ever-growing Web3 world. … Continued
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-Aspen Digital partners with strategic investors to strengthen its presence in Asia, adding partners from Hong Kong, Singapore and Greater China. Investors include K3 Ventures, BlackPine, Rockpool Capital, SNZ Holding, Midas Capital, and other traditional financial institutions moving into the digital assets space. -After the official launch of the platform in January 2022, the company … Continued
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As 2021 ended, Go North (https://gonorth.co/) started their journey to become Europe’s next unicorn. Amazon’s incredible success is partly driven by third-party sellers, and the idea of aggregating these smaller brands under an operational umbrella to increase profitability has shown great success. It’s a competitive industry with impressive funding rounds, but Go North, however, is … Continued
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Six weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impact on travel freedom and mobility has been more dramatic than even the most pessimistic commentators predicted at the war’s outset. The latest results from the Henley Passport Index[https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index] — the original ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can … Continued
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The second edition of the global FoodTech Challenge, that seeks to find the next wave of technology innovations on the cusp of transforming traditional agriculture practices, efficiently and sustainably, was launched at the EXPO2020 Dubai, and today unveils the competition’s pooled prize amount of US $2 million. Targeted at early-stage start-ups, ranging from international university-based … Continued
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The Self Storage Association Asia(https://selfstorageasia.org/) is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Self Storage Association Awards Asia. The Awards recognise Asia-wide and local excellence in self storage. The industry has grown steadily for the past two years, outperforming all traditional and alternative real estate categories. This reflects the growing role it plays in … Continued