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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. Nigeria’s mobile money landscape, however, has been dominated by banks and other financial services companies. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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Chappelle’s Show returns to Netflix now that Dave got paid

The Verge

Photo By: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images. Netflix began airing Chappelle’s Show on November 1st but pulled it on November 24th after the comedian complained that Comedy Central’s owner ViacomCBS licensed the show without his approval. “I Dave Chappelle reclaims his namesake. View this post on Instagram.

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Seattle approves law authorizing more automated speed cameras in bid to curb street racing

GeekWire

Seattle has used automated traffic safety cameras since 2006 to enforce red light laws , school zone speeding , bridge closure restrictions , transit-only lanes , and “block the box” rules. It captures photo and video of the vehicle and license plate if the speed exceeds a limit set by the city.

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Peer-to-peer banking - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

The principle is simple – you lend to individuals at interest rates based on their credit rating, and since you’re cutting out the bank as middleman, both lender and depositer get more attractive interest rates than they can get commercially. Banks are the archetypical intermediary, in this case between depositers and lenders.

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Sell-side banks become consultants - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

As such, the emerging domain of algorithmic trading – which largely automates trade execution – is in fact providing new ways for investment banks to create high-value relationships with the clients. However even greater value can be created by adding explicit value to clients’ decision-making processes.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

based security tech company Polyverse , who worked in the role of technical advisor to Gates at Microsoft from 2003 to 2006. ” Another issue is Microsoft’s practice of putting advanced security solutions into its costliest enterprise licensing tiers. Beaumont also cited the enterprise licensing issue.

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Lloyds TSB pilots social media - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

» Lloyds TSB pilots social media Ross Dawson, February 26, 2008 7:30 PM US PT James Gardner, head of innovation at Lloyds TSB, writes consistently on his blog Bankervision , disclosing some of the key issues involved in innovating in a major bank. Some excerpts from his below show how blogging can change how corporations work.

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