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MasterCard Names Craig Vosburg, President, North America Markets, Succeeding Chris McWilton

November 03, 2015/MasterCard MasterCard today announced the appointment of Craig Vosburg to president, North America Markets, effective January 1, 2016. This appointment comes as Chris McWilton announced he will leave MasterCard on December 31. McWilton joined MasterCard in 2003 as corporate controller and was appointed chief financial officer in October […]

Rancard Ltd Introduces Rendezvous As FirstBank, Konga, Others Embrace Solution

November 03, 2015/The Will Software company, Rancard, has introduced a solution ‘Rendezvous,’ a social recommendation engine, which consists of a social graph and a recommender algorithm. The solution enables users ‘discover’ services and products they might be interested in, based on their social preferences and recommendations from their close circle. […]

Ecobank shelves Nigeria share sale, forecasts low loan growth

Thu Oct 29, 2015/Reuters Pan-African lender Ecobank has suspended plans to sell shares to raise capital for its Nigerian unit because market sentiment is weak and loan growth in Africa’s biggest economy is slow, its CEO said on Thursday. In July, Ecobank obtained board approval to raise fresh funds to […]