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Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs $6.5M, backed by Y Combinator, GFC and Visa

TechCrunch

The investment from Visa came as one of the incentives for Bloom’s participation in the global card scheme’s Fintech Fast Track Program. Bloom makes revenue from interest on these deposits, the interchange and other ancillary streams. CEO of N26; footballers Blaise Matuidi and Kieran Gibbs; and early employees at Revolut and Tide. .

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MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap

TechCrunch

Today, it has raised a $15 million extension from existing investors — RMBV, IFC, Flourish Ventures, Crystal Stream Capital, Rise Capital, Endeavour Catalyst, Beco Capital and 4DX Ventures — bringing its total Series A fundraise to $55 million. And we figured out that they’re already a perfect fit for that.”

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Facebook is deleting evidence of war crimes, researchers say

The Verge

On October 24th, 2020, an art trafficker in Darnah, Libya posted a series of unusual ads. There, traffickers live stream their looting activities, giving each other tips on digging and finding buyers for pieces that are still in the ground. Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images.

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