TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that aims to build “DeFi for traditional finance,” has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding led by CM Ventures. From a product architecture standpoint, Productfy has been built “from the ground up,” he said, to operate with multiple banking partners. Productfy Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Terraa , a Moroccan B2B tech-enabled food distribution platform, has raised $1.5 It intends to provide a consistent and competitively priced market for the produce, helping farmers cut back on the post-harvest losses often driven by lack of markets, especially in times of overproduction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair of former Blend employees have teamed up to build mortgage loan origination software that will connect banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers and brokers. Vesta’s team understands the depth of the problem and is technically adept to solve it. Image Credits: Vesta.

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CIO

APRIL 11, 2024

billion USD, countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia continue to reduce their dependence on oil exports and are instead opting for digital tools and technologies. Last year was marked by a general increase in state-sponsored attacks due to geopolitical conflicts. The Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities have also been increasing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Atos may have won a few extra months to find a long-term solution to its financial problems after reaching interim agreements with banks, bondholders, and the French government to provide €450 million (US$490 million) in additional liquidity. Managed IT Services, Technology Industry In 2023, the company made a net loss of €3.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Nazca and IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, co-led the round and were joined by existing and new investors CoVenture, SilverCircle, Korify Capital, Infinitas Capital and GBM Mexico. The company will also hire additional employees, develop new distribution channels and invest in go-to-market.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The company describes the financial graph as an infrastructure for financial building blocks that allow businesses to write code once, launch in multiple markets and scale faster based on interoperability across regions, providers, banks, and other types of financial accounts. “We African tech took center stage in 2021.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2024

Amid the turbulence of AI, technologies are emerging rapidly, startups are clamoring for attention, and hyperscalers are scrambling to corral market share. Brian Hopkins, vice president for emerging technology at Forrester Research, agrees. Given existing relationships with Webster Bank, that includes AWS and Microsoft.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

The country has a high mobile and internet penetration necessary for a young and tech-savvy population with 61% below 30. It’s the same situation in MENA, where only 40% of the population have access to a bank account. Digital banks have enormous potential in the region. Image Credits: Telda.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2023

billion USD investment from Oracle to expand cloud infrastructure capabilities in the Kingdom. He noted that the company was investing heavily to enhance their infrastructure, physical presence, partner network, human resources, and other support capabilities in this region. Oracle has been the only adaptor of cloud in the Kingdom.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Enterprise technology leaders are actively partnering with startups to help make their organizations more innovative and agile. Co-creating with startups can help kickstart innovation , provide CIOs with access to hard-to-find skills in emerging technologies, and round out digital transformational strategies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In Japan, where the real estate market is fragmented, homeowners have faced uncertain selling prices riddled with brokerage fees and an average selling period of between four and eight months, Ito said. per the 2020 report of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). and the U.K., and the U.K., While the U.S.

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CIO

APRIL 4, 2024

Everyone is running around trying to apply this technology that’s moving so fast, but without business outcomes, there’s no point to it,” says Redmond, CIO at power management systems manufacturer Eaton Corp. “We A human reviews it to make sure it makes sense, and if it does, the AI incorporates that into the learning model,” she says.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The year 2021 saw more and bigger deals closed in Africa, as tech startups across the continent raised close to $5 billion. Fintechs dominated the fundraising, accounting for nearly $3 billion, or two thirds of all the investment realized by startups across the continent last year, a report by markets insights firm Briter Bridges shows.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. With its $25 million Series B funding — which takes its total funding to over $42 million — Banyan Infrastructure is seeking to align sustainable project finance with the technology it is meant to support and develop.

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Lacework

JANUARY 17, 2024

Beyond technology, it’s their adaptability, creative problem-solving, and commitment to progress. Recognizing the increasing challenges yet often underappreciated role of these professionals, we launched the 50 CISOs to Watch initiative last year to celebrate the CISOs demonstrating outstanding technical and leadership qualities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

David is passionate about open-source and infrastructure software and previously worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley. Because the best go-to-market (GTM) strategies for startups are like hamburgers: The bottom bun: Bottom-up GTM. The hamburger go-to-market strategy. David Cahn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2022

study suggests that while sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to increase (even triple) its agricultural output and overall contribution to the economy, the sector remains untapped largely due to lack of access to quality farm inputs, up to par infrastructure like warehousing and market. A McKinsey and Co. million ($6.4m

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Community banks and credit unions aim to be the heart of the, well, communities, they serve. But without the big budgets of larger institutions, keeping up technology-wise can be a challenge. And not only are they competing with legacy players, there is also a slew of digital banks that have emerged in recent years, as well.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

Globally, banking funding slid by 63%, or nearly two-thirds, according to CB Insights. In all of 2022, banking startups raised $9.4 There were so many challenger banks born in recent years, it is not surprising that that segment became oversaturated. Wealth tech companies brought in $1.7 billion across 299 deals.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In Nigeria, POS terminals are used to process card payments at retail locations as well as for agency banking purposes, a branchless banking system where agents act like human ATMs. This new capital will be deployed toward expanding its payment infrastructure, accelerating growth and growing its team, the company said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Christian Owens Contributor Share on Twitter Christian Owens is executive chairman and co-founder of Paddle , a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS businesses. Cross-border transaction failures , which sometimes happens due to different standards between banks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Today we have a few angles on the startup market. I think it nets out to a changing market, but not one that has settled on a new level of risk tolerance. It’s a good reminder that as the world shifts to electric cars, startups are plugging market gaps that traditional automotive companies are encountering. The lesson?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. So he started researching markets with large populations of Muslim people. Indonesia emerged as the best choice. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

The benefits of honing technical skills go far beyond the Information Technology industry. Strong tech skills are essential in today’s changing world, and if your employees consistently and proactively enhance their IT skills, you will help them improve both personally and professionally. Yes, it may feel overwhelming.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is what you, your team and investors were aiming for, and your bank accounts have become a lot larger. You’re selling your firm to garner liquidity for the team and your investors, to bring products to a larger market through new channels or because it’s the right time to sell. There’s more than meets the eye.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Partech Shaker , the innovation division of the Paris-based VC firm Partech , has launched an accelerator program christened Chapter54 to help European startups launch in African markets. The accelerator will take in 10 technology scaleups annually over the next four years for the Chapter54 program, which will last up to eight months.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Financial technology companies raising multiple rounds in a short period of time has become more the norm than an exception as of late. We ended up with five term sheets, which was a validation during a time when we’re seeing more due diligence than we had previously and a more challenging fundraising environment,” Thazhmon told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

entity that houses Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and TeamApt Nigeria. Customers in 11 African countries, including Rwanda, where it first established its headquarters due to its business-friendly environment, had access to the platform and could send money to each other.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

We featured generative AI companies five years before the popular investors took notice and climate tech 2.0 We’re seeing input/output startups that want to rewrite the rules of recycling and purification with new tech. It’s deep tech but actionable. Silver tech – Life expectancy is on the rise and the U.S.

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CIO

APRIL 12, 2022

Accenture was the only IT service provider that performed well across all market segments that Everest Group evaluates. Beating or meeting this performance will require similar persistence on capability development and value proposition across markets.”. There were no ‘also rans,’” Singh says. Top 10 IT service providers of the year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Typically, pre-seed rounds are raised when the startup is still in the product development phase, yet to make revenue or discover product-market fit. Nigeria’s Kuda raises $10M to be the mobile-first challenger bank for Africa. Startups building financial infrastructure got noticed. “Fintech is compelling.

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CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Banking on product-based IT To develop the next generation of customer services, Lufthansa’s Digital Hangar has adopted new business operating models popular among organization’s pursuing digital transformation, Spannbauer says. It really became apparent there was something lacking in our landscape,” he says.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to market researchers at Gartner 1 , “Utilities are faced with unprecedented challenges.” ResearchandMarkets 1 estimates that the energy and power market spent 3.103 billion USD on AI in 2021. Unfortunately, utilities must cope with these emergencies with outdated infrastructure. Today, over 70% of the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

billion smartphone users worldwide, it’s imperative for banks and financial companies to develop products and services that can be easily accessed via mobile devices. During the past few years, mobile banking apps have grown in significance. Mobile banking app development: why should businesses invest in it? With over 6.9

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