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Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola The Central Bank of Nigeria has said cryptocurrencies promote illegal activities and raise risks, among other reasons. It said this on Sunday in a statement regarding various comments and reactions following its recent reminder to Deposit Money Banks to desist from transacting in/and with entities dealing in cryptocurrencies. The CBN stated, “The recent regulatory directive became necessary to protect the financial system and the generality of Nigerians ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opened investigations into bank accounts of companies involved in the trading of cryptocurrencies with the intention of blocking those with suspicious transactions and fraud.

•Insists restrictions to safeguard Nigerians, financial system The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opened investigations into bank accounts of companies involved in the trading of cryptocurrencies with the intention of blocking those with suspicious transactions and fraud. A top central bank official while giving THISDAY more insight into last week’s decision mandating banks to close all accounts belonging to cryptocurrency traders, also pushed back criticism of the policy, saying the ban...

The Google Science Journal was seamlessly transferred to Arduino based on the collaboration of the Arduino science Physics Lab kit. The Arduino Science Physics Lab Kit was developed as an educational technology platform to introduce STEAM concepts to middle school learners. The science kit included all the components along with an Arduino MKR Wi-Fi 1010 board to assemble and conduct wireless physics experiments. Also, the kit provides a range of electronic sensors to measure light, temperature,...

Privacy changes In June last year, the company announced that app developers would have to ask users for permission to track and share their Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) for cross-property ad targeting purposes. Despite the launch of iOS 14 in autumn, Apple delayed the tracking restrictions until 2021 to allow developers more time to make the necessary changes. The plan is not to launch these changes in early spring, with a version of the feature coming in the next iOS 14 beta rele...

In December, the disclosure of the supply chain attack against SolarWinds sent shockwaves throughout federal agencies responsible for the security of US information assets. The ripple effect hit the IT community as well. Those ripples have continued into 2021, as what was already seen as a sophisticated attack on the IT supply chain has taken additional twists. New evidence points to attackers using well-established methods to gain initial access the old-fashioned way, through on-premises Activ...

News Central Bank of Bahrain to launch eKYC for financial institutions Wednesday 3 February 2021 13:26 CET | News The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced the launch of eKYC by financial institutions in the Kingdom as part of its initiatives for digital transformation in the sector. The national eKYC platform is operated by BENEFIT in collaboration with the Information and eGovernment Authority (IGA) and under the supervision of the CBB. The platform provides a national digital ...

Programming in the pandemic - Perforce: In open source, ‘crowd’ is a positive Latest Blog Posts Related Content UK government offers ‘inadequate’ response to broadband concerns How Aberdeenshire Council is using Cherwell’s ITSM platform Download Current Issue The Computer Weekly Developer Network examines the impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on the software application development community. With only a proportion of developers classified as key workers (where their responsibi...

Moving from the Lab to the Mainstream - Microsofts Machine-Learning Tool Image Credit: Microsoft Reinforced Learning systems are ready to make the jump from the research bench to real-world applications. Wondering why you are still seeing advertisements for holidays in your browser during a global pandemic? Its because most companies that place ads generally use traditional Machine Learning (ML) models that make predictions based on past behaviors. Thus, when the temperature drops, these models...

Volvo Innovation Portal eases in-car app development 1 February 2021 4:46 pm / 0 comments Downloading and using applications are a big part of the smartphone experience, and with Volvo already adopting Android as an operating system in its cars, it was only a matter of time before that experience would be ported over to the automotive world. The Swedish carmaker has launched an Innovation Portal to help third-party developers create apps for its vehicles, enabling increased functionality an...