Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is among the most fintech-forward commercial banks in Asia. What makes SCB’s digital finance strategy successful is that it leverages all the advantages of...
African fintech startups raised more than US$2.7 billion in VC funding in the last two years, according to a new report. Disrupt Africa’s Finnovating for Africa publication, released every...
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $11.2 million in debt-equity funding in a pre-Series A round led by Beyond Capital...
One97 Communications Limited, which owns the brand Paytm, is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) with an eye on building artificial general intelligence software stack. India’s leading payments and financial...
The U.K. has created an investment vehicle to back growth-stage financial technology companies until they can go public, in a bid to bolster Britain’s global image as a fintech...
Mastercard has announced that it has agreed to take a minority stake in the fintech unit of MTN Group. The deal values MTN’s fintech unit at $5.2 billion, according...
The Africa Money and DeFi Summit, which aims to connect African fintech and Web3 industries with international players, will take place in Accra, Ghana on October 3-4. Organised by...
Nigerian fintech startups, Opay and Kuda, South Africa’s Yoco and Egyptian’s Fawry made a debut on CNBC’s list of top 200 global fintech companies. Together, CNBC and independent market...
The European fintech industry bore the brunt of a global drop in fintech funding during the first half of 2023, declining by more than half over the peceding period....
Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, has forged a strategic partnership with Monese’s XYB, an end-to-end ‘coreless’ banking platform provider. The XYB platform, launched just a few months ago, aims to...