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Uganda – Airtel Money Virtual MasterCard for Online Transactions
Airtel Uganda has finally joined MTN in launching its own virtual debit Mastercard product to allow customers to make safe, convenient, and secure ...
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Fintech firm Checkout.com crowned Europe’s top unicorn after tripling valuation to $15 billion
Online payments firm Checkout.com is now Europe’s top tech unicorn. Checkout.com said Tuesday that it had raised $450 million in an investment led ...
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The next part of my journey is to nurture, build and grow a thousand more lion riders – Cellulant CEO
It is the end of a leadership era at Cellulant, the Kenya-based fintech company, as co-founder Ken Njoroge says he will transition from ...
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Mastercard unveils cloud POS acceptance tech
Mastercard has teamed up with NMI and Global Payments to launch its first cloud point-of-sale acceptance technology. Mastercard already helps businesses accept contactless ...
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New Zealand’s central bank says its systems have been hacked
New Zealand’s central bank says that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and ...
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Sharia fintech firm Alami bags $20m in round led by AC Ventures, Golden Gate
Alami Technologies, a sharia fintech platform based in Indonesia, announced that it has raised over US$20 million in equity and debt funding in ...
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Currency in circulation reached N2.9tn in 2020 – CBN
Currency in circulation rose by N249bn from N2.66tn as of the end of November to N2.91tn in December 2020. The data was obtained ...
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First Bank launches virtual payment card
First Bank of Nigeria Limited says it has launched a virtual payment card, a naira-denominated debit card and digital representation of the plastic ...
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Excess liquidity – CBN hits banks with N600bn CRR debit
The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday hit the banking system with N600 billion Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) debit in a bid to ...
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Kenyan data analytics company Gro Intelligence raises $85m Series B funding round
The Kenya-founded data analytics company Gro Intelligence has raised a US$85 million Series B funding round, by some way the largest funding round ...