Mastercard is carrying out the first pilot of a digital identity programme designed to let people prove who they are immediately, safely and securely in both the digital...
South African fintech startup My-iMali raises funding from Crossfin
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…Solution integration streamlines transactions for international student families attending K-12 schools in the UK Flywire, a provider of vertical payment and...
Visa and pan-African FinTech MFS Africa have partnered up to bring digital payments to more consumers and businesses across Africa to address the growing gap between the...
Diversified investment group, Sekunjalo Investment Holdings (Sekunjalo), has announced it has partnered with Chinese public Blockchain leader, Ultrain Technology Limited...
PHILIPS OLU OJO Merchants in Nigeria can now receive their values as soon as customers check out, as Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) has commenced...
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Mobile wallet platform My-iMali has raised funding from fintech holding company Crossfin to help it grow its customer base. Founded in 2018, My-iMali...
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Luno the leading cryptocurrency firm has seen a significant change in the way digital assets have been exchanged, traded and used through 2019 which sets up 2020 to be a...
Luno has been ranked in the top-ten of the CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark published yesterday. Luno came equal tenth out of 165 exchanges which were evaluated as part...
ADEWUMI OJO Luno’s CEO Marcus Swanepoel, speaking at AfricaCom 2019, has outlined how the implementation and use of cryptocurrencies will be an important part of...
BNP Paribas is acquiring a slice of wealth management technology provider Allfunds, in a deal which the bank believes will create market-leading wealthtech software. BNP...
Addressing regulatory uncertainty will be necessary before banks look to join Facebook’s Libra Association, according to David Marcus, head of Calibra. “We’ve been asked...
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ADEWUMI OJO With the focus to deepen financial transparency in the country through the Treasury Single Account (TSA), the federal government of Nigeria has launched a...
Technology start-ups in Lagos can now apply for the recently announced $687,000 seed capital by the Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to develop tech-focused...
PHILIPS OLU OJO Lagos state government has commenced the implementation of Open Government Initiative, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State has...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and EFIna are set to launch a new scheme to show improving financial inclusion rate for Nigerian Women. The scheme would be in the...
In a bid to aggressively and sustainably ramp up access to financial services and support the low income earners, underserved and un-served population, the National...
The government is mooting to regulate electronic payment services and products offered mainly under new Financial Technologies also referred to as Fintech. Fintech...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee of Nigeria, on October 31, 2019 joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Savings Day. Themed...
Prudential, a savings and insurtech platform has partnered with Boost, the leading cashless e-wallet app in Malaysia to enable e-wallet payments for Prudential’s...
Morocco will use financial technology, to give more access to financial services as part of its “financial inclusion” strategy, says central bank governor Abdellatif...
Fi Life has added a new 20-year level term life insurance policy to its current suite of life insurance policies. This level term policy is underwritten by Tokio Marine...