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Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier

PYMNTS

The ingredients for a revolution in payments across the region, fueled by demographics and technology, seem to be there. You can imagine how all of these factors will come together to drive eCommerce across the region.”. The company has also set its sights (and no shortage of resources) on accelerating its presence in Africa.

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Tech Center: EU’s Capital City Grows Tech Reputation

PYMNTS

The region is also home to an active and fast-growing startup scene. Brussels the third wealthiest region in terms of GDP per capita due to this number being twice as high as the European average. The city was ranked as a strong innovator by the latest edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS 2016).

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Stripe is also pursuing some more unexpected offerings, including resources to help companies build their own internal analytics tools, and Stripe Atlas, which helps entrepreneurs create US-incorporated businesses in minutes. This is particularly useful for businesses operating in regions outside of the US.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. By Mindy Charski. Deepening roots.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Companies wishing to sell health insurance are required to comply with stringent state-by-state licensing requirements to ensure patient safety — and it was these compliance regulations that human-resources software provider Zenefits knowingly circumvented in 2016. The SEC also levied a fine of $450,000 on Zenefits itself. The Outcome.

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Financial Crime: Technology can Transform Compliance

FICO

We help customers speed up time to compliance by 50%, with lower implementation and maintenance costs and fewer IT and project resources. Finally, the suite includes comprehensive Tax Compliance & Reporting capabilities to support FATCA and CRS requirements. Here at FICO, AI is in everything we do. billion in 2019.

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The Future Of Housing: From Home Building To City Planning, Tech Giants & Startups Are Reimagining Where & How We Live

CB Insights

in 2017 — twice the rate of incomes, and 3x the rate of inflation, according to the WSJ. . Through June of this year, 45 deals have been completed, putting construction tech deals on track to meet or exceed 2017 figures. before interest, taxes, and depreciation (EBITDA) for the year. Home prices rose 6.2%

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