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Early-stage benchmarks for young cybersecurity companies

TechCrunch

Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based managing partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene spawned new entrants in 2019. A look back at the Israeli cybersecurity industry in 2018. More posts by this contributor. Michael Cortez. Contributor.

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Nigerian fintech of the unbanked Bankly raises $2M led by Vault and Flutterwave

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Founded by Tomilola Adejana and Fredrick Adams in 2018, Bankly is digitizing the informal thrift collections system known with different names such as esusu or ajo in Nigeria. In the absence of a banking system nearby or a disregard for one, the unbanked resort to these traditional systems because they work completely offline.

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This new banking app wants to help with the financial woes of retirement

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Different demographics often have different banking needs. So it’s no surprise that we have seen a flurry of financial technology startups offering banking services catered to certain populations based on factors such as age and ethnicity. Like many fintechs, Charlie is not a bank — its banking partner is Sutton Bank.

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Copilot: an indispensable tool for banking security teams

CIO

The threat to banks from cyber crime is becoming increasingly complex, as state actors and criminal gangs become more adept at targeting vulnerabilities. A report by the Bank for International Settlements singled out the growth of cloud-based services and remote working as two of the primary drivers behind the heightened risk.

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Your Team's Pragmatic Guide to Security

Speaker: Naresh Soni, CTO, Tsunami XR

The pandemic has led to new data vulnerabilities, and therefore new cyber security threats. As technology leaders, it's time to rethink some of your product security strategy. By understanding the latest threats and their solutions, you can come out of this crisis stronger than ever--without breaking the bank.

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With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning

TechCrunch

Long before the pandemic, the way in which banks were regulated was changing. Initiatives like Open Banking and the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) were being proposed as a way to promote competition in the banking industry — allowing smaller challenger firms to break into a market that has long been dominated by corporate titans.

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Reporting cybersecurity posture and systemic risk to the board

CIO

Cybersecurity and systemic risk are two sides of the same coin. Although it was not a security event, the symptoms and responses all fall into the various categories of the cybersecurity program for any company. Systemic risk and overall cybersecurity posture require board involvement and oversight.

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