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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

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Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. Website : [link]. Founded in : 2020.

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Zipmex, which aspires to build the Asia Pacific region’s largest digital assets exchange, raises $6 million led by Jump Capital

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The startup, which plans to become a digital assets bank, says the round exceeded its initial target of $4 million. It focuses on investors new to cryptocurrency with educational features, as well as high net-worth individuals, and says it has transacted over $600 million in gross transaction volume since launching at the end of 2019.

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Solana Blockchain Software Development Services

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Solana binance smart chain development services can be used in most industries and has already been actively redefining industries such as Banking, Healthcare, and Real Estate. The major advantage of Solana, in comparison with other blockchains, is the ability to perform transactions much faster and at a much lower cost.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

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It’s also worth noting that despite having a marketing slogan which paints itself as “your bank of things”, Twig is not actually a bank; rather a Twig account is an “e-money account” — so there are key regulatory differences (such as Twig accounts not being covered by the UK’s deposit guarantee scheme).

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How to Create a Banking Application from Idea to Ready Product?

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How does mobile banking impact the future of the financial industry? Why do banks and financial institutions recognize the potential to offer mobile app services to their customers? Check this article on how to build a mobile banking app and discover the opportunities it opens for your business.

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Inside Nasdaq’s AI-fueled pivot to SaaS provider

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The company, which reported net revenues of $3.6 The company’s pivot to new tech development and SaaS began in 2021 and is keenly focused on the cloud, machine learning, and AI, as well as blockchain for tracking digital assets. That’s because, says Peterson, Nasdaq’s tech stack is the best exchange software out there.

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Go Where No Operations Department Has Gone Before – Instant Settlement

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Meanwhile, with both normal and extended settlement, initial and variation margins flow in and out of the bank as if the cash was on the Transporter that search parties used to go down and return to planets in Star Trek. Instant delivery vs payment settlement with finality, is very close to becoming a solution blockchain can provide.