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Mastercard Payment Optimization Platform Uses the Power of Data to Drive More Approvals

Adyen, NEOPAY, Tap Payments and Worldpay are partnering with Mastercard October 13, 2025/Mastercard Mastercard today unveiled a new service, the Payment Optimization Platform (POP), which is designed to improve approval rates for merchants using data to make intelligent decisions about transactions. Early pilot results show a 9% to 15% increase […]

Verdant IMAP Advises on USD 23.4 Million Equity Raise to Reunify Ctrack’s Global Telematics Business

The funding was secured through Sanari’s 3S Growth Fund, which contributed USD 14.4 million (ZAR 250 million), and 27four Investment Managers, which invested USD 9 million (R156 million) October 8, 2025/Verdant Capital Verdant IMAP is pleased to announce that it acted as sole financial advisor and arranger to Ctrack Holding […]

CBN’s Business Expectation Survey

October 6, 2025/CSL Research The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its Business Expectations Survey (BES) for August 2025, providing insights into the outlook across key sectors—Industry, Services, and Agriculture. The findings show sustained optimism about Nigeria’s macroeconomic prospects, with the overall business confidence index rising to 28.9 points […]