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Digital banking boosts financial inclusion, new business models in Africa

CIO Business Intelligence

In early 2021, a wave of digital innovation in the African financial sector, born out of a response to the tight grip of the pandemic, fuelled services and applications that had the potential to really shake up the banking sector. African banks rush to offer new services. Fintech lowers costs for banks and consumers.

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More money inclusion in Africa

TM Forum

It has proven as an effective enabler to accelerate the financial inclusion of the millions of people who simply do not have access to traditional banking facilities. In most parts of Africa, people have struggled to open and operate traditional banking accounts. By the end of 2025, 615 million.

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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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Network Roundtable: Building Collaborative Teams - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Interestingly, they found no correlation between incentive schemes to support collboration and actual collaborative behaviors. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Russian Cybercriminal Sentenced for Botnet Conspiracy

SecureWorld News

He worked with other cybercriminals to monetize data which had been stolen through "botnets," which are networks of infected computers. He plead guilty in February to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. From 2007 through 2019, he worked with other criminal hackers to monetize data that had been stolen through botnets.

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Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Future Exploration Network. Outsourcing used to be for banks and telcos. In 2009, companies will truly embrace social networks, blogs, and other Web 2.0 Nov 24, 2008 — ABC Radio — The value of social networks. Nov 20, 2008 — The Age — Social networking can help business. Living Networks.

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