Businesses and governments across the globe are looking for resources to help better manage the health, safety and economic risks presented by the recent pandemic. To...
Soth Africa based fintech startup Peach Payments has raised an undisclosed amount of growth funding to drive its expansion across Africa. Peach Payments enables...
Google is piloting a feature that lets people authorise purchases with their voice through its Assistant tool. The trial, spotted by Android Police, lets people add a...
An integrated payment and digital commerce group, Interswitch Group, has raised N305 million towards its response on COVID-19. Out of the cash, employees of the firm...
Nigerian financial service technology company OPay has joined Nigerians and the Government in rolling out a series of anti-pandemic and relief efforts. The latest is its...
Bankers from Sub Saharan Africa and China who attended the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit 2020 agree that...
Samsung is integrating its blockchain wallet with the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini app for buying and selling cryptocurrencies. The Samsung Blockchain Wallet lets...
DHL acquires a stake in their strategic partner company, Link Commerce, in support of growing e-commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa and other global emerging e-commerce...
Wealthtech provider FNZ has struck a deal with FinSwitch to provide a new blockchain-enabled administration utility for the South African fund management industry...
Following the introduction of XRP, Luno has added Litecoin (LTC) to its trading platform. From 11th May millions of customers around the world will be able to buy, sell...
Owen Odia Most people have heard of cryptocurrencies. However, if you ask what these people know about cryptocurrencies, they probably won’t be able to say more than “it...
South African insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions has raised US$1.3 million in the second tranche of its Series A funding round to help it expand within its existing...
ADEWUMI OJO The Bank of Ghana has established a new FinTech and Innovation Office to drive the Bank’s cash-lite, e-payments, and digitisation agenda. The emergence of...
OneDegree, a Hong Kong-based insurtech, recently announced its medical pet insurance. This launch comes just after the company received its virtual insurance license...
Central banks should issue a digital version of cash to prevent the ‘privatisation’ of money and trust in the monetary system disappearing, according to a new report...
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has partnered with AXA Mansard, a leading provider of insurance products and services, to launch a range...
By Stefan Nalletamby As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally, the African continent, while less affected, is preparing to undergo its...
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has ordered the express payment of stipends due to 25,907 vulnerable citizens in the state as part of palliative measures to...
OLU OJO PHILIPS “On prime-time television, we watched the scene of bales of naira notes on display and a minister of the Federal Republic was in charge of the...
OLU OJO PHILIPS From all indications, the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) platform does not have an active fail-over...
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has announced the launch of Beta Health, a low-cost health financing product that offers instant access to health insurance for every Nigerian...
