The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the issuance and implementation of a new standard, the Kenya Quick Response Code Standard 2023. This standard will guide how Payment...
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is likely to outpace the United States and become the world’s top fintech market by 2030, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27%, according...
The African Development Bank has signed a $525,000 grant agreement with Africa FinTech Network (AFN) to set up the African FinTech Hub. This online portal will be a one-stop...
Africa continues to produce innovative fintech companies and Gwala is one of them. The Moroccan company that provides earned wage access to employees in Morocco, has secured pre-seed funding....
Indian fintech giant PhonePe is preparing to launch a dedicated app store for Android users in India, the latest product push from the Walmart-backed firm that commands the mobile...
Today, Smile Identity announced that it has acquired Appruve’s parent company (Inclusive Innovations, Inc.) and is actively fulfilling regulatory requirements to finalize the transaction for the affiliated entities in...
Global investments in the fintech sector fell by more than 30% last year from 2021’s record high levels, according to research by KPMG. For its Pulse of FinTech report,...
Fido, the leading fintech company whose mission is to empower individuals and entrepreneurs to capture opportunities in Africa has launched Fido Score, the first transparent digital financial identity and...
Nearly one-fourth of the more than 200 senior legal and compliance moves in the financial services sector in the last one year was in fintechs that bolstered their legal...
Ryan Reynolds, an actor and serial investor, has announced today he has invested in Canadian FinTech firm Nuvei. Nuvei is a global payments technology company dedicated to accelerating its...