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la Banque centrale approuve à son tour l’acquisition de 84 % de Century MFB par Branch

(Agence Ecofin) – Le régulateur du système bancaire au Kenya a approuvé le mardi 8 février, l’acquisition par la société Branch, engagée dans la fourniture de microcrédits via le mobile, d’une participation majoritaire de 84,89 %…

L’accélérateur FAST recherche la prochaine génération de tech innovateurs africains

(Agence Ecofin) – L’accélérateur FAST est une initiative de Flapmax en partenariat avec Microsoft. Les candidatures pour son programme Scaling Africa’s Digital Ecosystem sont encore ouvertes jusqu’au 22 février. Selon la plateforme We Are Tech,…

Republican senator targets Biden’s Fed nominee Raskin By Reuters

(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking committee’s top Republican on Friday took renewed aim at President Joe Biden’s nominee to a senior Federal Reserve post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, suggesting she had improperly lobbied the head…

Oil soars 3% to 7-yr highs on Ukraine jitters, tight supplies By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) –…

the pressures of shopping for romance

For many couples, Valentine’s Day is crunch time. Research has shown that romantic relationships are more likely to end on or around February 14 compared to almost any other time of the year. This may…

Boston Fed-MIT team hails successful CBDC test

Researchers in the US released the much-anticipated findings of a joint central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure project on February 3, highlighting significant achievements on processing speed. The collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of…