MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, has raised US$100 million through an equity and debt financing round. The fundraising marks another milestone in MFS Africa’s expansion, following a series of acquisitions and investments in other African fintechs, including the recently announced acquisition of Baxi in Nigeria. 

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Overview:

Watch the video for a summary of this week’s news releases and a complete top down analysis of the AUDJPY. In this video I review the potential weekly double top pattern forming at the 85.80 monthly resistance level.

AUDJPY Monthly:

Monthly support at 77.85, resistance at 85.80.

Monthly chart is in an uptrend showing higher tops and bottoms. This month price is selling off from the 85.80 monthly resistance level.

 The Government Actuary's Department (GaD) has been hit by an average of 24,740 malicious emails a month. The data, obtained and analysed by a Parliament Street think tank via a Freedom of Information (FoI) act request, revealed that a total of 74,221 malicious emails, including phishing, malware and spam had been sent to the GaD over July, August and September 2021.

You may remember I previously asked the question,

what if China's and the US property markets declined at the same time?

     66% of finance organisations are prioritising Digital Workspace solutions in the year ahead –

• 14% now say sustainability is key to their IT decision making –

A new report from Softcat offers an exclusive snapshot of the finance IT landscape and what technologies organisations are prioritising in the year ahead.

The findings are based on the views of nearly 1,250 organisations in the UK and Ireland, across 23 industries including finance.

Nucleus Commercial Finance, the fintech revolutionising how UK SMEs access finance, celebrates its 10 year anniversary, following a year in which the lender paid out over £450 million to businesses*. 

Over the last decade, Nucleus Commercial Finance has supported 8,000 businesses across the UK and lent more than £2bn to support SMEs in achieving their ambitions. 

Highlights from the last 10 years include:

• Bite Investments is launching its first ever commingled private markets product to meet the needs of high-net-worth investors and wealth managers
• The fund is a one-stop solution offering a diversified strategy mix to support wider portfolio objectives
• By expanding access to private markets, Bite solves an acute problem in wealth management

    NFT’s are a key player for consumer brands to connect and engage with their customers in a new wave of blockchain tactics 

·       The evolution of NFTs is opening a varied yet practical launch pad for many younger and non-traditional audience demographics to join global blockchain revolutions and create a new future across multiple gaming platforms

Form3, a leading cloud-native payment technology provider and Barclays have announced the addition of a SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) service to their combined directly connected access solution.

The partnership, already live with SEPA Instant, now offers full reachability for SEPA payment transactions through a connectivity service available to Barclays’ customers who are regulated payment service providers.

This specialised cloud-native SEPA solution enables scheme connectivity for both SEPA Instant and SCT.