February 28, 2017/MasterCard Digital wallets continued to gain prominence in smartphones and laptops across the globe and dominated the discussion of new ways to pay, with the topic now topping 75 percent of conversations tracked in the 2017 edition of the Mastercard Digital Payments Study. At the same time, consumers […]
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2016: Dangote ends Nigeria’s Cement importation…exports 0.4m metric tons cement to neighboring countries
February 28, 2017/Dangote Group Following continuous increase in its production capacity, foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc (www.Dangote.com) has finally ended the era of Nigeria’s dependence on importation as the company exported 0.4 million tons of the product to other countries in 2016. In its 2016 full year audited results […]
Harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier, guidance issued by CPMI-IOSCO
February 28, 2017/CPMI/IOSCO A new report provides technical guidance to authorities to enable them to set rules on assigning uniform global Unique Transaction Identifiers (UTIs) to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions. The report, entitled Harmonisation of the Unique Transaction Identifier, is a joint effort of the Committee on Payments and Market […]
