As part of the 2022 Digital Economy Summit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) in conjunction with AmChams across Africa, is hosting its annual Digital Innovation Competition for African Startups. The competition is targeted towards Digital SMEs and startups that are looking to facilitate the delivery of [...]
Indian FinTech Kiya.ai to debut a “banking metaverse” which will enable users to visit a virtual bank branch in their own homes, a press release states ( Friday June 3) The press release touted this as a way to transact, access banking information and use a number of products virtually. [...]
Coinbase Global Inc. said it will extend a hiring freeze for both new and existing positions for the “foreseeable future” and rescind a number of accepted offers.The largest US cryptocurrency exchange cited market conditions and ongoing business “prioritization efforts” for the decision in a blog post. Bitcoin has tumbled more than [...]
Israel, a global leader in innovation and financial technology (fintech), is supporting Ghana through collaboration with startups to scale up and provide creative solutions to drive financial inclusiveness and development. The two countries are holding a two-day Ghana-Israel fintech summit in Accra on the theme: “Innovations in financial services delivery,” [...]
Foxen, a market leader in financial technology solutions for the real estate industry, today announced a $44 million Series A financing led by growth equity investor Summit Partners, with participation from Level Equity. Foxen will use the funding to accelerate development of its expanding product portfolio and fuel hiring across [...]
