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Category: Banking Industry

Libyan Islamic Bank sign deal with Backbase to enhance digital customer experience

Libyan Islamic Bank (LIB) has partnered with Backbase, a Dutch financial technology company that provides engagement banking for financial institutions, “to streamline its customer service operations and enhance its customers’ digital banking experience,” according to a statement by the Dutch company. The initiative to revamp LIB’s existing mobile app for retail customers and introduce new…
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January 1, 2024
Zimbabwe turns to BRICS bank for funding

Zimbabwe intends to join the New Development Bank (NDB), the multilateral bank set up by the vibrant BRICS states, to expand sources of capital for infrastructure development, according to Finance, and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube. Mthuli revealed this in an interview with CGTN Africa, an African division of China Global Television Network, the…
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July 12, 2023
In Zimbabwe, digital gold beats bitcoin

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is trying something new. Or rather, something very old. You think you’ve got problems? Consumer price inflation in Zimbabwe is running at 75% a year. And that’s only the official rate. The International Monetary Fund thinks it’s nearer 175%. Either way, you get your paycheck and you run, not walk,…
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June 23, 2023