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Customer centricity: How Mashreq Bank is placing its customers at the forefront of its operations.

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Mohamed Salah Abdel Hamid Abdel Razek, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Tech, Transformation & Information, Mashreq explains how the bank is integrating advanced technologies and expanding its digital footprint. This approach has significantly enhanced the customer banking experience.

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‘AWS for blockchain’ Alchemy boosts valuation to $3.5B with $250M raise

TechCrunch

Exactly six months after raising $80 million at a $505 million valuation, blockchain and Web3 development SaaS startup Alchemy has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round that values the company at $3.5 For one, it represents one of a16z’s largest Web3/blockchain investments to date. In June, the firm revealed its $2.2

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Blockchain startup Propy plans first-ever auction of a real apartment as a collectible NFT

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We previously wrote about Propy using blockchain technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Propy was the first blockchain startup to make that work. Propy, a blockchain-verified platform for selling houses, raises funding from Tim Draper.

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Crypto startup Phantom banks funding from Andreessen Horowitz to scale its multichain wallet

TechCrunch

Phantom is part of a new class of crypto startups looking to build infrastructure that streamlines blockchain-based applications and provides a more user-friendly UX for navigating the crypto world, something that can make the entire space more approachable to a non-developer audience. Last month, a16z announced a whopping 2.2

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Web3 banking platform Juno raises $18 million, launches tokenized loyalty program

TechCrunch

Customers are able to spend their crypto or cash using the startup’s Mastercard-powered debit card, make bill payments and easily move funds to and from traditional banks if they so desire. Juno also offers direct onramps to customers from a checking account to layer 2 blockchains such as Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism for zero fees.

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Alchemy raises $80M at a $505M valuation to be the ‘AWS for blockchain’

TechCrunch

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s new fund. We realized that in order for space to thrive and build to its full potential, we needed to build a developer platform layer for blockchain,” Viswanathan told TechCrunch.

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Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

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Tala , an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. In 2011, Shivani Siroya founded Tala after leaving her job as an investment banking analyst. And Tala could change that; and so far, it has (to an extent). .

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