11/04/2021
Highlighting the advantages of the Blockchain for payment at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH2021), which held in Lagos recently, Akindeinde said it would reduce the risk of corruption and transaction costs.
11/02/2021
The United Bank for Africa, Africa’s global bank, was also named as winner, ‘Excellence in Digital Banking’ award at the same event.
11/02/2021
Connect Group CEO Steven Heilbron said his company has become "one of South Africa’s fastest growing fintech businesses" serving SMMEs.
11/02/2021
Deal has been described as ‘transformational’ for its business.
11/02/2021
And while Facebook, in its curious rebrand to Meta, hopes crypto will form a central role in its future success, FT columnist Jemima Kelly believes it will be as useless in the metaverse as it is right now in the real world.
10/31/2021
Advanced technologies are critical to stopping climate change—and the drive to develop and scale them is accelerating. Here are five themes that could attract $2 trillion of annual investment by 2025.
10/29/2021
Stitch will initially offer a seamless, tokenized pay-by-bank product to help businesses and fintechs in Nigeria improve their user experience, eliminate fraud and reduce fees associated with other payment methods.
10/28/2021
A Sanne-hosted webinar focusing on the Fintech landscape in Mauritius and how it can propel FinTechs to success.
10/28/2021
The World Bank justifies the measure with the fact that “60% of the Mozambican population does not have official civil identification (identity card).”
10/28/2021
Critically, the investment in Temenos’ open banking platform will enable Barko to launch new banking products, from deposit and savings accounts to credit and loans, at speed and at a low cost.
10/28/2021
Knox Wire integrates with nearly all mainstream banking systems, using API, and offers a dedicated development team to assist with integration and maintenance.
10/27/2021
Banking regulators including central banks, monetary authorities and reserve banks all over the world are currently assessing the potential benefits and drawbacks of introducing a CBDC.
10/27/2021
With the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) there will be increasing opportunities in the areas of trade and investment, as the global economy emerges from the pandemic.
10/27/2021
There is a shift in the market to consider flexible modular architecture as opposed to a one size fits all approach.
10/25/2021
Shiftly’s co-founder Carel de Villiers told the publication that Standard Bank had previously declined its account opening application as well.
10/25/2021
As a reflection of the global push towards sustainability, this is the first year that the index has included Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) indicators.
10/25/2021
PaxNaija educational centre inaugurated
10/25/2021
“The milestones achieved since our incorporation within the digital banking space indicates that the Group is on track to achieving its vision of building the leading Neo-bank in emerging markets,”
10/25/2021
Despite this gold rush, however, activity is yet to echo through Africa.
10/25/2021
The initiative is accessible on the Bank’s payment infrastructure as the NQR code can be used to make payments through one’s FirstMobile App.