Category: Fintech
Safaricom partners with Mastercard to expand payment services
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Thanks to a partnership between Safaricom and Mastercard, over 636,000 Kenyan retailers will now accept payments and receive…
Absa Group announces winners of its 2024 Technology Hackathon
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Absa Group has revealed the winners of its 2024 Technology Hackathon, which ignited engagement and fueled innovation across…
Lupiya and Network International partner to launch e-commerce enabled debit card in MEA
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Zambian neobank Lupiya has announced a new partnership with Network International, a leading enabler of digital commerce across…
Happy Pay secures R32 million pre-seed funding to boost growth in South Africa’s BNPL sector
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South African fintech startup Happy Pay has raised R32 million ($1.8 million) in pre-seed funding to scale its…
CBN instructs payment service providers to start tracking PoS transactions
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requires all Payment Service Providers to route all electronic or physical transactions…
Chipper Cash expands operations with Ghanaian brokerage license
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The Ghana Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given Chipper Cash a broker-dealer licence. Chipper Cash is famous…
Nigerian fintech giant Risevest enters Kenyan market
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Risevest, a Nigerian investment business, acquired Kenya’s Hisa stock trading platform to strengthen its fintech foothold in Africa.…
Opay, others to charge N50 levy on electronic money transfers in Nigeria
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Nigerian fintech companies like OPay, Moniepoint, and PalmPay will charge N50 for electronic payments of N10,000 or more…
GTCO debunks allegations of falsifying financial statements
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Leading Nigerian bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) rebuffed allegations of unethical business practices and financial misrepresentation,…
Airtel Money and Emerald Finance partner to launch the Ka’Starta loan service in Zambia
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Emerald Finance Limited has partnered with Airtel Mobile Commerce Ltd (Airtel Money) to introduce the Ka’Starta Loan service,…
