Singapore-headquartered payments network Thunes and US-based cross border payments company UniTeller have announced a partnership to expand UniTeller’s services globally,…
Ozow, a South Africa-based payments company, has raised US$48 million in a Series B round of funding, according to a…
The African fintech industry has grown by leaps and bounds, no doubt. VC dollars have flooded the startup market, mobile…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) have completed a first-of-its-kind digital cross-border…
Financial inclusion is on the developmental agenda in Egypt, and fintech startups in Egypt are one of the key driving…
Global crypto adoption is being propelled by emerging markets, and crypto in Africa is at the forefront of this. As…
Some of the most innovative models in fintech we’ve seen have come out of our Africa portfolio, such as the…
In another big round this week, pan-African digital payments gateway MFS Africa has secured US$100 million in a Series C…
Over 500 fintech startups across multiple categories and counting. Nearly US$900 million raised in capital in the last 7 years,…
Fintech companies in Nigeria are at the forefront of Africa’s fintech revolution, and many of them have turned out to…
South Africa-headquartered AI-based banking-as-a-service platform Jumo announced in a statement that it has raised US$120 million from new and existing…
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa had a substantial win in Nigeria last week, after the two mobile money players won…
Nigeria-based SME lending startup Payhippo has secured US$3 million in a seed funding round, according to a statement by the…
The sixth Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) will take place at the St. Regis hotel in Cairo, Egypt on November 16,…
Pan-African cross-border payments company Chipper Cash has secured US$150 million in an extension to its Series C, TechCrunch reported. The…
Saudi Arabia’s fintech ecosystem is thriving to say the least. In last week’s fintech news, a new report pointed out…
Striving to become a hotbed for fintech innovation, Mauritius’ Budget 2021-2022 has laid out a series a new measures to…
South African microfinance company Barko is looking to launch a digital bank using banking infrastructure by banking software provider Temenos,…
In the context of digital banks in Africa, two challenger banks have clearly made their mark. One of these is…
Nigeria officially rolled out its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, on October 25. This makes it the first…