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Christine Lagarde Gets Second Term of Five Years as Managing Director IMF

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The executive board of the global lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday announced it has selected Christine Lagarde to serve as the Fund’s managing director (MD) for a second five-year term starting on July 5, 2016. “The Board’s decision was taken by consensus,” […]

Visa Holds First Time Fraud Prevention Workshop in West Africa

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Global Payment technology company, Visa Incorporated said on Friday its holding its first time fraud prevention workshop in the West African sub-region. Visa in an emailed statement said the three (3) day workshop dedicated to its West Africa-based clients and partners provided an in-depth look at the […]

U.S. Biometrics Pilot a Success

February 19, 2016/MasterCard By Beth Kitchener This past fall, First Tech Federal Credit Union, the nation’s leading credit union serving employees and family members of America’s technology sector, in cooperation with MasterCard, was one of two global partners to help MasterCard test biometrics payment authentication using the MasterCard Identity Check™ […]