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PaySwift’s 400% Fee Markup: How a Nigerian Fintech Bets on Desperation
**PaySwift’s 400% Fee Markup: How a Nigerian Fintech Bets on Desperation**
Fintech darling PaySwift didn’t just post record revenues last quarter—it achieved them by quietly hiking transaction fees on its “FlexiLoan” product to an effective annual rate of 148%. The Central Bank’s latest shadow audit, leaked yesterday, reveals that the average cost of a ₦10,000 short-term loan now carries a hidden ₦4,200 “processing charge,” buried on page seven...
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Moonshot AI's $2B Megadeal Exposes America's Open-Source Blindspot
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