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TIDJANE-THIAM, international

TIDJANE THIAM VISITS RWANDA

Kigali, 29 May 2021 Mr Tidjane Thiam, Board Chair of Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) the agency mandated to develop and promote Rwanda as an international financial destination, visited the offices and team for the first time on Friday. He met two board members and the staff to discuss the increasing importance Kigali International Financial Centre […]

Plataforma, pagos

Paysend secures $125m in Series B Funding to Accelerate Expansion of its Global Payments Platform

• Card-to-card transfer pioneer to accelerate growth of global payments platform for consumers and SMEs to target $133tn1 opportunity in cross-border payment flows • Paysend has grown rapidly, reaching over 3.7m consumers, 17,000 SMEs and 110 receiving countries in less than 4 years. • Vertically integrated end to end payments platform cuts middlemen out of […]

wifi, internet

Pequeños proveedores de Internet con futuro incierto

Condicionados por una regulación de precios que no contempla la evolución de sus costos operativos y la necesidad de inversiones constantes para el mantenimiento y actualización de las redes, los pequeños proveedores de internet tienen comprometida su sustentabilidad, junto con los empleos que estos emprendimientos y PyMEs generan en las localidades donde operan. Buenos Aires, […]

mental health, covid 19

Mental health – COVID 19

Over one third of organisations in the UK finance industry say mental health not a cultural priority, despite COVID-fuelled surge in demand from staff June 2nd 2021, London: Koa Health, a digital mental healthcare provider offering integrated and evidence-based solutions to employers, today shares data exposing the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in the […]

QR codes

Detailed statistics report: QR code usage worldwide before and after covid-19

QR code usage accelerates when the pandemic hits. That is why, it is important to look at the QR code statistics before and after Covid-19. QR code is the shorthand of Quick Response code, a two-dimensional barcode that is readable by smartphones. Created in 1994 for the Japanese automotive industry, QR codes exist for 26 […]

Smart Engines: tourism industry in Portugal in the post-COVID-19 era

Smart Engines became one of the 14 companies to recover the tourism industry in Portugal in the post-COVID-19 era Smart Engines, a science-driven company, is participating in an international program The Journey PT 2021 for speeding up the restart of the Portuguese tourism industry after the pandemic. The main goal of The Journey is to […]

DEMAND FOR BIKE INSURANCE HITS

DEMAND FOR BIKE INSURANCE HITS 5 YEAR HIGH: AS DIGITAL INNOVATORS JOIN COMPARISON SITE Cycling use has shot up by 24% in the past 12 months, according to figures from the Department for Transport*, while data from Quotezone.co.uk, a leading price comparison site that launched the UK’s first insurance aggregator for bicycle insurance, reveals that demand […]

Uncapped raises $80 m to move beyond lending and offer wider banking services tailored to digital entrepreneurs

Uncapped raises $80 million in new funding that will enable the company to build a wider financial ecosystem tailored to the needs of digital entrepreneurs  The latest round was led by Lakestar, with participation from all existing investors, and brings the total capital raised by the company to $120 million  LONDON, 20th May 2021. Uncapped, […]

Study reveals that the £5 note is dirtiest banknote in your wallet

A new study conducted by Merchant Machine looks into how fast banknotes move around the UK and US economy and the types of bacteria that get collected along the way. May 2020: Research by Merchant Machine takes into consideration metrics such as the velocity of money in the UK and in the US (how fast […]

WOMPY

Womplay launches NFT rewards issuance project on its gaming rewards platform

With NFTs making their rise in Q1 of 2021, Womplay’s governing company, Spielworks, is developing an integratable infrastructure that would enable organizations to issue NFTs as rewards natively. Berlin, May 2021—Spielworks, a leading blockchain startup specializing in gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions, introduces NFTs to its gaming loyalty platform Womplay.  The NFTs represent playable characters and […]