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Forex liquidity and currency swaps are hard to access for many in Africa, which limits the use of United States dollar-based services in the continent’s import-dependent economies. This creates a vacuum that decentralized finance (DeFi) could solve, leveraging cryptocurrencies, blockchain networks and services, according to the CEO of Canza Finance, Pascal
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With £3 billion in deposits, over £2 billion in loans on its balance sheet, and more than 400,000 credit cards issued since its launch in 2020, Zopa has rapidly established itself as a prominent player in the UK banking landscape. Zopa, a UK-based online banking company, has achieved a significant milestone,
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Led by supporters of the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the Spring Development Bank (SDB), will target Suu Kyi supporters as customers, including the Burmese diaspora, the spokesperson said. The NUG’s stance is that it is the legitimate sovereign and government of Myanmar, not the military junta. Original Source
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Monzo hit profitability after its lending volume for the period ending February 2023 ballooned to £759.7 million. British neobank Monzo Bank has revealed it attained monthly profitability for the first time in 2023 following a lending surge. In its annual report for the year ending February 2023, the online bank said it became profitable
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The neobank Cogni has announced that it is rolling out soulbound nonfungible tokens containing Know Your Customer (KYC) information to holders of its crypto wallet. The Polygon-based NFT will transfer customers’ “Web2” KYC verification done by the bank at account opening into a Web3 environment.Cogni, which has United States Federal
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Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, a Brazil-based neobank that debuted crypto trading options back in May 2022 on its platform, has announced the launch of nucoin, its own cryptocurrency. Part of the first batch of the currency, issued on top of Polygon’s network, will be issued to its customers as an airdrop,
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Wallbit, a crypto-enabled neobank, announced it would stop serving users in Venezuela after its banking partner in the U.S. called on it to do so. The platform announced this move was the direct result of the economic sanctions that the country is currently facing, and that Venezuelans outside the country
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Uala, an Argentine neobank backed by George Soros, has launched cryptocurrency trading services for its users in Argentina. Customers of the company with the highest loyalty levels are now able to trade, purchase, and sell bitcoin and ether through Uala’s platform. The service is expected to be expanded to all
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Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, has announced a new milestone in its operations. The company announced that it has reached 70 million customers in Latam, making it one of the biggest financial institutions of its kind in Brazil. The company also announced that almost 2 million of its customers are
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway dumped a portion of its Visa and Mastercard holdings and increased exposure in Nubank, the largest fintech bank in Brazil that's also popular among the country's Bitcoin investors.In a securities filing late Feb. 14, the industrial conglomerate disclosed that it had purchased $1 billion worth of
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