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7 ways to ensure the success of product-centric reliability

CIO

As a fintech company, the reliability of our products and services is critical to ensuring that Discover® Financial Services customers can access their money, credit, and accounts when they need to. Like many other companies, Discover has adopted a product-centric approach where the responsibility for reliability sits with the product teams.

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What are the main challenges CISOs are facing in the Middle East?

CIO

The Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities have also been increasing. According to Statista, the number of IoT devices exceeded 15 billion in 2023. The current rise in digital platforms and fintech has also increased the extent of financial cybercrime in the form of card cloning and phishing attacks for example.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

TechCrunch

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Here are a few interesting points from the newly-launched report.

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What chip shortage? MagicCube raises $15M to ‘replace all chips,’ starting with POS terminals

TechCrunch

Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, card-reader/POS hardware maker ID Tech and unnamed individual investors in the fintech space also participated in the financing, which brings the Santa Clara-based startup’s total funding raised to $30 million since its 2014 inception. Image Credits: MagicCube. This is unheard of on the current landscape.”

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10 Innovative Tech Startup Ideas for 2023

Openxcell

The Fintech industry saw the maximum number of startups operating with a 7.1% After looking at these numbers one can easily observe a trend where modern-day startups are gravitating towards the internet. Podcasts are essential audio programs accessible over the internet. market share followed by Healthcare at 6.8%

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Credit Karma post-exit, recruiting developers, re:Invent recap

TechCrunch

Fintech reporter Ryan Lawler interviewed Lin, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, Credit Karma’s chief people officer Colleen McCreary and other executives to learn about how they weathered COVID-19 and divestment while simultaneously crafting a new management structure. Samsara could become a decacorn in upcoming IoT-themed IPO.

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Daily Crunch: Buick unveils Wildcat concept car as company shifts to EV-only lineup

TechCrunch

Slice is an Indian fintech company working to change that and is now buoyed by a new Tiger Global–led $50 million round that Manish reports has the company in unicorn territory. Sorry, no flux capacitor on this one, but thankfully you won’t need the plutonium or the 1.21 Also, this was the day we learned about fuzzing. Fascinating!

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