Global
Global: EU Digital Finance Platform launches
The European Commission has launched the EU Digital Finance Platform, a website designed to build dialogue between fintech players and supervisors. First announced ...
Africa
Ghana tops African countries with the fastest internet speed in latest global ranking
The global leader in fixed broadband and mobile network testing applications, Speedtest, has released the ranking of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the ...
Egypt
Egypt’s annual core inflation records 10.1% in March: CBE
The annual core inflation rate recorded 10.1 percent in March 2022, compared to 7.2 percent in February 2022, the Central Bank of Egypt ...
Namibia
Namibia: Pension Payouts At 55 Are for Your Own Good – Namfisa
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has said setting 55 years as the only time people can access their retirement savings is ...
Global
Global: Bank of Ireland fined over data breaches
Bank of Ireland has been fined €463,000 by the Data Protection Commission for a series of data breaches affecting customer personal information. The ...
News
IFC offers conditions for buying Equity Bank stake
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will require Equity Group to commit to the global financier’s standards touching on environmental, social, and anti-money laundering ...
Ghana
Ghana: African Payments Company Cellulant Expands Its Business Platform Into Ghana
Cellulant has debuted a new digital pay platform, Tingg, which will help businesses and customers to make seamless payments. This comes as digital payments have ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenya launches mobile money merchant interoperability service to boost financial inclusion
Kenya on Friday launched mobile money merchant interoperability across different telecom networks in order to boost financial inclusion. The Central Bank of Kenya ...
News
Forex repatriation: CBN to commence payment of N65 rebate to exporters next week
The CBN governor expressed the bank’s determination to ensure the success of the initiative The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that ...
Global
Monetary policy: RBI to revisit KYC rules after digital lending fraud
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the RBI actions on KYC rules have to be in consonance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ...