The highly anticipated Nigeria Fintech Week (NFW) returns with a renewed focus on embracing resilience, driving innovation, and fuelling diversification. Scheduled to take place from October 24 to 26,...
Payments giant Visa Inc on Wednesday agreed to acquire Brazilian fintech platform Pismo for $1 billion in cash to expand its footprint in Latin America, a vote of renewed...
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Two months after UK fintech Unlimit announced the acquisition of a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the company has received a similar...
Nigerian fintech start-up Nearpays flew the country’s flag high at the inaugural Gitex Africa tech conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on Friday when it was awarded the coveted Fintech and...
The Absa Young Africa Works (YAWs) project is in partnership with Mastercard Foundation to fund and train 5,000 local businesses with the aim of creating 50,000 jobs in Ghana....
The Finance Magnates Africa Summit (FMAS:23) will be kicking off in few days in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event of the year in Africa is being held between May...
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....
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,...