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Nigerian digital payments startup Paga is expanding its operations with the acquisition of Apposit, a software development startup based in Ethiopia, as reported on Wednesday Jan. 22 .Pagas CEO and Founder Tayo Oviosu told the news outlet that the Apposit acquisition comes amid the companys plans to expand into Mexico. The amount paid for the acquisition was not disclosed.Speaking at Disrupt San Francisco, Oviosu announced Pagas plans to expand globally. Paga will leverage Apposit 鈥?which is U.S. incorporated but operates in Addis Ababa 鈥?to support that expansion into East Africa and Latin America, the article indicated.Paga and Apposit were launched by repatriate entrepreneurs. Oviosu studied at Stanford U stanley mug niversity for his MBA and came back to Nigeria after a stint at Cisco Systems.Oviosu said Big Tech players like PayPal and Alipay are competitors as Paga moves into more emerging markets.Apposit CEO Adam Abate returned to Ethiopia 17 years ago. He started working in FinTech aft stanley borraccia er attending Brown University. I put together a team 鈥?to build 鈥?public financial management systems for the country. And during the process 鈥?brought in my best friend Eric Chijioke 鈥?to be a technical engineer, said Abate.According to the article, The two teamed up with Simon Solomon in stanley cupe 2007 to co-found Apposit, with a focus on building large-scale enterprise software for Africa. We aligned ourselves as African entrepreneurs 鈥?which then developed into a close relationship where we became 鈥?Vggr DoorDash Expands Nonfood Partners in Same-Day Delivery Push

The U.S. Treasurys Office of the Comptroller of the Currency OCC has again released its report on top risks facing banks, with its Spring 2017 analysis warning FIs that threats are coming from all angles.In some ways, the risks facing banks are longstanding: Non-traditional FIs and innovation are forcing banks to rethink their position in the ma kubki stanley rket. But the Spring 2017 report reveals news of threats that are just beginning to flare up. The federal banking system is, and should be, a source of strength for the nation and its economy. When it is running well, it powers tremendous growth and economic prosperity stanley website for consumers, businesses and communities across the country, said Keith A. Noreika, acting Comptroller of the Currency, in a statement. Today, the federal banking system remains healthy, he continued. As outlined in the report, however, the OCC again identifies issues related to strategic, credit, operational and compliance risks as top concerns. PYMNTS outlines some of those key trends found in the OCC report below.Shifts in Lending PracticesWhile commercial loan growth remained strong in 2016, it is still slower than 2015 levels, the report found, increasing by 2.1 percent in the first half of 2016 but then slowing toward the end. Commercial real estate CRE loans, however, continued to strengthen.Amid these fluctuations, the U.S. Treasurys Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that unde stanley cup rwriting standards have eased thanks to an increased appetite for