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Bahrain Development Bank Selects TCS BaNCS Global Banking Platform to Speed Up Innovation

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Through focused, innovative products, services, and a redefined operating model, BDB has been stimulating and driving entrepreneurial activity in the country. TCS BaNCS will enable BDB to launch new innovative products faster.

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Grab Creates Accelerator For Vietnam Startups

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Grab Ventures Ignite will nurture and support promising Vietnamese startups in their journey to become national champions in Vietnam’s tech startup ecosystem, in line with the government’s national strategy to create 10 technology unicorns by 2030,” Grab said in a statement.

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Finastra research points to open finance progress

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London, UK – October 3, 2022 – Finastra today revealed a sneak peek at its annual State of the Nation Financial Services research. This is underpinned by FusionFabric.cloud – an open platform for innovation and collaboration. In 2018 we declared that the future of finance is open.

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Vocalink Brings Real-Time Payments To Saudi Arabia

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“Our partnership with Vocalink and IBM to enable instant payments between financial institutions, businesses and consumers will introduce innovative solutions that will benefit our society for generations.” ” Mastercard’s General Manager of Saudi Arabia & Bahrain J.K. .

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How To Build A Digital ID In Layers

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In perhaps the most sweeping example, the member states of the United Nations have embraced, as part of “sustainable development goals,” a target to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration,” by 2030. An ambitious goal, to be sure, and one that the U.N.

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Cross-Border Payment Efforts Look To The Blockchain And Beyond

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These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation. In reference to costs, the average global remittance (overall) cost stood at 7 percent as of Q4 2018 – 4 percent higher than the 3 percent target set in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

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How A Subscription Nutrition Brand Aims To Help An Aging Population

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eCommerce innovators are offering plant-based nutrition beverages designed for baby boomers and their parents with the help of the subscription business model. The United Nations 2017 World Population Prospects found that 13 percent of the global population is over 60, and that figure is forecasted to rise to 16 percent by 2030.

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