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In recognition of its efforts in improving affordable access to financial services, Kuda Microfinance Bank received the Inclusive Financial Product Award at the Financial Inclusion Awards 2024, which was held during the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) International Financial Inclusion Conference in Lagos. The Financial Inclusion Awards, a highlight of The International Financial Inclusion […]
Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that amidst a rare change in leadership at Charles Schwab, the outgoing and incoming CEOs hinted at relatively minor changes during remarks for advisors at its annual IMPACT conference this week, including an increased focus on […]
Money Moves is a recurring series where we chart the raises, grants, contracts, mergers and other funding news of tech companies across our regions. Have a tip? Email us at delaware@technical.ly. We’re in the thick of Q4, and the number of money moves is slowing down as the holidays approach. What is happening, though, are moves […]
Fintech startup DigMo, which gamified wealth-building tools to low and middle-income earners, has launched in Zambia. Licensed by the Bank of Zambia to operate a wallet, DigMo offers a secure, free digital money account with a special account for users to play a “financial planning game” which incentivises customers to get started putting money away […]
China’s Vice-Premier He Lifeng met Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser in Beijing on Thursday, underscoring efforts to open up the nation’s financial markets and attract foreign capital amid geopolitical tensions and a slowing economy. He, the country’s top finance official, told Fraser that the country is “deepening the reform of its financial system and continuing to […]
Five auditing firms allegedly helped compile fraudulent financial statements for 40 organisations. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) says the 40 nonprofit organisations (NPOs) and nonprofit companies (NPCs) it investigated allegedly received help from accounting firms and auditors to qualify for National Lotteries Commission (NLC) grants. The SIU, South African Police Service (Saps), Hawks and National […]
Rising global trade tensions present a risk to the euro area economy, the bloc’s central bank found in its biannual Financial Stability Review out on Wednesday. The European Central Bank also said weak growth was now a bigger threat than high inflation in the 20-nation euro zone. The latest figures recorded euro zone economic growth […]
by Xinhua writer Liu Yinglun HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong will dazzle as an international financial center as investors worldwide renew confidence in the markets of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, said financial industry heavyweights at the third Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit on Tuesday. The continued opening-up of the financial […]
HONG KONG, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong should seize opportunities to deepen financial reform and innovation, said Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Delivering a speech at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit held in Hong Kong, He said that with the strong support of the central government, effective leadership […]
Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the US states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday by a union official, as part of the debt-heavy US planemaker’s plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. Nearly 2,200 layoff notices went to […]