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A collective of 10 large credit unions in Canada has chosen Caspian One as their “preferred partner” to deliver a customised Open Banking platform, tailored to the Canadian credit union system. The Large Credit Union Coalition (LCUC) led the request...

MENA-based bank Mashreq has teamed up with climate engagement platform Ecolytiq and Visa to launch a climate banking platform to its nearly one million customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and MENA. Visa and Ecolytiq launched their joint ‘Eco...

Klarna, the AI-powered payments network and shopping assistant, has been authorised by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide regulated payments and credit services in the UK. Following Brexit, Klarna Bank AB, a fully licensed Swedish Bank, continued to...

The Kenyan pension and fund managers have decided that they will be establishing a consortium that will jointly gauge the assets in which they will invest their clients' money. The resolve, which happens to be a strategy to safeguard their...

Academics as well as those concerned from the private sector and development finance institutions have gone on to reach a consensus that African countries should make use of the African Continental Free Trade Area- AfCFT and enhance trade within...

African countries go on to face major infrastructure needs, and their governments want private investment so as to address these challenges. This is especially important given the growing impact when it comes to climate change as well as the...

The overall implications of integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance - ESG factors into due diligence processes for M&A transactions are not yet fully seen in South Africa or globally. However, the inclusion of ESG factors when it comes to companies'...