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GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2025: FX Tech Global Winners

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A comprehensive foreign exchange (FX) exposure management strategy combines tools and techniques to identify, measure, and manage currency risks, empowering businesses to confidently navigate the complexities of the global marketplace. Comprehensive FX management integrates tools, analytics, and AI to mitigate currency risks.

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Nigeria: Automation Will Add Forex Transparency

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Nigeria’s central bank will automate foreign exchange (FX) trading starting in December, replacing the decade-old over-the-counter system to enhance transparency and liquidity in its currency markets. This shift is expected to level the playing field, reducing opportunities for bias and favoritism in foreign currency allocation.

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OpenPayd Launches Access To Quick Foreign Exchange Payments

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27), which will help clients access easy foreign exchange payments, according to a press release. The InstantFX platform will let customers of OpenPayd offer automated mid-market spots in 18 currencies, the release stated, with delivery coming through a web front end or an API for full integration.

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Ethiopia Softens Banking Rules To Boost Foreign Exchange Reserves

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He wants to boost Ethiopia’s foreign exchange reserve, which has dropped dangerously low. The government also has plans to give two telecom licenses to firms that are not Ethiopian, which is notable because the country is one of the world’s last closed telecom markets.

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ADQ To Purchase Odeabank

Global Finance

The deal, pending regulatory approvals by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Authority and the Competition Authority in Turkey, signals ADQ’s growing presence in banking markets. According to Bank Audi CEO Khalil El Debs, the deal will allow the bank to regroup and expand in select markets.

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Hong Kong Digital Payment Platform Statrys Lands $5M

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Hong Kong-based digital payment platform Statrys has recently landed $5 million in funding through a closed-door funding deal with an angel investor with the expectation that the firm will get market share in the expanding remittance and digital payment arena, according to an announcement.

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Visa To Unload Earthport’s FX Subsidiary

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Visa has announced that it will sell cross-border payments company Earthport’s foreign exchange (FX) business to Pollen Street Capital’s Currency Holdings, according to a report. High-value payments are going to be the supplier management systems between big companies and middle-market companies. That’s B2B Connect.”. “If