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How South African businesses use Bitcoin to evade tax

This cash is provided to a “crypto agent” who converts it into Bitcoin and transfers it to a personal wallet.

UBA: A bank of many firsts, in pursuit of customer satisfaction

Recently, UBA again raised the bar, with another first of its kind, that is currently setting the pace in the digital banking space.

Apple Pay goes live in South Africa with Absa, Nedbank and Discovery Bank cards

Investec Bank says it will roll out the feature soon (probably not in the coming months though).

DEAL: Curacel raises $450,000 pre-seed funding to drive insurance inclusion in Africa

Curacel’s flagship CLAIMS platform acts as a bridge between primary care hospitals and Africa’s insurance companies.

Nigerian fintech Xerde rolls out new social funding app

The new application will help drive digital transformation by providing accessible funding solutions to innovators

Kenya banking startup gets seed funding for global expansion

Tanda plans on growing its Kenyan footprint to over 100,000 merchants and agents while expanding further to Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.

Our unmatched digital platforms keep us on upward trajectory – Titan Trust Bank CEO Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/our-unmatched-digital-platforms-keep-us-on-upward-trajectory-titan-trust-bank-ceo/

As a bank, we are focused on delivering digital and fintech solutions that will position us as Africa’s most trusted financial institution.

Incentro Africa Achieves the Work Transformation Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

The company becomes the first in Africa to earn this specialization

FNZ Goes Live With Blockchain Solution For South African Funds Industry 7

Partnership with FinSwitch now supports hundreds of thousands of transactions for over 140 South African financial institutions every week

How to navigate digital transformation in 2021

Organisations fortunate enough to be far along their digital transformation journeys could arguably adapt more easily to the disruption.

Bitcoin’s next big move

From store of value to global payments system – Citibank.

How Digital Adoption Across Africa Supersedes the World

This creates the opportunity to unlock enormous economic potential, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in partnership with Casablanca Finance City.

SEI South Africa Achieves Level 2 B-BBEE Rating

Achievement Demonstrates Continued Commitment to South African Economic Empowerment

Economists are banking on young digital entrepreneurs to pull Africa back from Covid-19

If it does, it could help abet a steep decline in economic performance for the region, and cushion the impact of hits taken by the oil, tourism, and mining-dependent countries.

How next generation financial services platforms are driving global financial inclusion (By Andy Jury)

Next generation tools that provide essential financial services are becoming a powerful force for change by driving financial inclusion in developing economies

EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s e-payments provider, secures $2.33 million grant from the African Development Bank

EthSwitch has created a common network for ATMs and POS terminals operated by all Ethiopian banks.

UBA poised to change the face of e-banking with new mobile app

Reeling off some of the features and benefits of the app, he said a lot of investment in cutting edge technology and attention to details was put into the new UBA mobile app.

Global payments platform Nium enables customers to remit funds into four major African markets

Customers of Nium can now remit funds via bank transfers or to mobile money wallets

African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

Launched in 2016 as a Nigerian and U.S.-based payments company with offices in Lagos and San Francisco, Flutterwave helps businesses build customizable payments applications through its APIs.

Digital banking: Access Bank, UBA, others jostle for market share

In 2020 Nigerian banks were believed to have seen a surge in digital incomes as a result of the COVID-19 global health pandemic as customers opted for the purportedly friendlier electronic platforms for conducting their businesses.

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