Identity verification platform iiDENTIFii has raised a US$15 million Series A funding round led by African investment company…
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Brazilian payments company EBANX announced plans to expand its operations and payments solutions outside Latin America for the…
World Mobile Group, a global mobile network combining renewable energy with blockchain technology, partners with COTI, creator of…
Flutterwave announced that it has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at over…
South Africa is one of the top hubs for fintech, with several fintech startups in South Africa dominating…
Singapore-headquartered challenger bank Tyme has closed a US$180 million Series B round with fresh infusions from Tencent and…
Cape Town-headquartered device identity and authentication solutions provider Entersekt has bagged an investment from Accel-KKR. According to a statement,…
B2B ecommerce and embedded finance platform TradeDepot has raised US$110 million in a Series B equity and debt…
African fintech hubs have grown rapidly in the past few years, leading to pockets of fintech development across…
Ozow, a South Africa-based payments company, has raised US$48 million in a Series B round of funding, according…
South Africa-headquartered AI-based banking-as-a-service platform Jumo announced in a statement that it has raised US$120 million from new…
South African microfinance company Barko is looking to launch a digital bank using banking infrastructure by banking software…
In the context of digital banks in Africa, two challenger banks have clearly made their mark. One of…
Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, are not a new concept to Africa. Multiple CBDC projects in Africa…
South African AI-based insurtech company Naked has clinched an investment of US$11 million, the company announced today. The…
Yoco, a payments and software company from South Africa, has raised US$83 million in a Series C funding…
Standard Bank and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to accelerate its digital transformation. The bank’s growing investment in…
In Africa, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya have the three most developed fintech ecosystems, combining more than 450…
FIS, an American Fortune 500 company which offers a wide range of financial products and services, announced that…
Citi has announced the launch of a new service for its institutional clients that speeds up the processing…