The Ethiopian  Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa became the center of innovation and excellence on August  14th, 2024, as it hosted the 15th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Ethiopia Innovation  & Excellence Awards 2024. This significant event celebrated outstanding achievements in the  banking and financial services industry, centered around the theme "Bolstering the Economy  with Digitization and Financial Inclusion." 

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As any West Berliner over the age of 40 can attest, you don’t need a coastline to feel like you’re living on an island. Yet, while the Iron Curtain is becoming a distant memory even in the minds of those it once divided, European businesses today face a similar barrier that makes it practically impossible to trade or engage beyond their borders.

Binance is committed to enhancing the security of the crypto ecosystem by working closely with law enforcement agencies worldwide to combat and deter financial crime. As part of this commitment, Binance has partnered with the Judiciary Police of Macau to launch a joint anti-scam campaign designed to increase user awareness of online fraud and reduce the risk of scams through tailored anti-fraud alerts integrated into its system.

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Connect with data and analytics leaders from T1 banks for a two-day event exploring precise, data-driven decisions from financial institutions at FIMA 2024, the world’s leading data and analytics event for investment banks and asset managers.

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Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced today that its online merchants in Nigeria can now accept American Express payments. American Express Card Members - with consumer, business, or corporate cards - will be able to make payments directly to e-commerce businesses using Flutterwave in Nigeria. This service will also be available to Flutterwave merchants in other countries including Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Uganda in the near future.

Consumers across the UK who are using digital financial management tools report being on average £37.08 better off per month, or £4451 better off per year, compared to pre-adoption. Today, as many as 7.6 million3  Brits are already using digital financial management tools, meaning this group is gaining up to a total of £3.384 billion collectively each year. 

TerraPay, a global money movement company, announced a collaboration with 5 of the leading wallet operators to establish the “Wallet Interoperability Council”, aiming to leverage TerraPay’s technology to facilitate interconnection and interoperability in cross-border transactions.

Trustly, the global leader in open banking, today announces a strategic partnership with foodora, a leading food delivery service. This collaboration will introduce an innovative new checkout service option for foodora customers. The new payment solution will be initially launched in Finland, with imminent plans for expansion into other European markets, including Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Austria. 

Over two fifths (43%) of UK adults believe that their financial situation will improve in the next 12 months, new research by SmartSave, a Chetwood Financial company, has found.

The digital bank commissioned an independent, nationally representative survey of 2,000 UK adults. Of those who said they thought they would be in a better financial position in a year’s time, when asked why they felt this way, the most common reason cited was ‘confidence in their own financial management’(33%).