The Pan African bank, ECOBANK, commeces on the 4th edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge which was launched on August 10, 2021. The challenge identifies and partners Fintech entrepreneurs...
By BARRY EICHENGREEN, Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley. Some say that issuance of central bank digital currencies will transform the international monetary status quo by eroding...
Accroding to KPMG Pulse of Fintech H1’21 total fintech investment in Canada skyrocketed to $4.8 billion in the first half of 2021 , already surpassing the previous annual record,...
Last December, Upstart launched its IPO and raised about $240 million. On the first-day of trading, the shares jumped 47%. But this was just the beginning of the gains as...
Are you planning to attend a key FinTech event this year? See a number of our FinTech and related events curated by Knowledge Innovations: August Sudan Fintech Summit Sudan’s...
At a short ceremony this morning, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) minted Jamaica’s first batch of central bank digital currency (CBDC). A total of J$230 million dollars in CBDC will...
Moove, an African mobility fintech, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation...
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This note analyzes the benefits and costs of issuing a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. A central bank digital currency is not simply paper currency in digital form:...
Digital Wallets have become an entry point for consumers to engage with financial services and they create new opportunities to target the underserved banking population according to a Whitepaper,...