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Wirecard’s Former CEO Markus Braun Arrested

PYMNTS

The 50-year-old executive faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the financial technology company’s balance sheet to make it look more appealing to investors and customers, the Financial Times reported. billion euros ($2.1 billion), prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday. billion euros ($2.1

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GulfTech is a challenge due to diversity

Chris Skinner

Equally, having been to the region regularly since 2002, I’ve seen how it is developing and changing. It just illustrates the market well, and has an attitude of Just Do It. More on that in other blogs, as the focus of this one is the market diversity.

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IBM again a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Risk Management

Insights on Business

When IBM acquired OpenPages in 2010, it was widely recognized as a pioneer and market leader in governance, risk and compliance software. Initially founded in 2002 to address the opportunity created by the Sarbanes Oxley Act, OpenPages’ client adoption was so strong over the coming years that by 2005, OpenPages was ranked 29 th on the Inc.

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Yahoo! Is! For! Sale!: Why Banks Should Care

Celent Banking

responded to Google’s innovation quite awkwardly, first partnering with Google, then walking away from the partnership in 2004 as it sought to exploit the technology of acquired businesses such as Inktomi (2002) and AltaVista (2003). Today, Google’s market cap is more than $480 billion while the market cap of Yahoo!

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IBM Open Pages recognized as the pioneer in redefining GRC

Insights on Business

When IBM acquired OpenPages in 2010, it was widely recognized as a pioneer and market leader in governance, risk and compliance software. Initially founded in 2002 to address the opportunity created by the Sarbanes Oxley Act, OpenPages’ client adoption was so strong over the coming years that by 2005, OpenPages was ranked 29 th on the Inc.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Q2 Holdings.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Q2 Holdings.