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China’s UnionPay Signs Crypto Card Deal with Korean Cryptocurrency Paycoin
Chinese financial services company, UnionPay, also known as the Chinese version of Visa and Mastercard has signed a deal with Korean payment provider, ...
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Wema Bank, Volopa launch ‘OYA ‘mobile remittance service
Wema Bank has partnered with financial technology company Volopa to announce the launch of a new mobile money transfer service Oya App. The ...
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Reserve Bank partners with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software on Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency Research Project
The Reserve Bank today announced that it is partnering with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software, a blockchain technology company, ...
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MTN Group Made At Least $160 Million Gain On Its Jumia Investments
The MTN Group has now fully exited its 18.9 percent investment in Jumia Technologies AG (Jumia), realizing a total consideration of approximately R2.3 ...
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Allegro Record IPO a Boon for E-Commerce Investors in Poland
Poland’s biggest publicly-traded private equity company MCI Capital SA is hoping that the country’s recent record initial public offering, for online selling platform ...
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MoneyGram received $9.3 million from Ripple in Q3
Recent financial filings have revealed Ripple sent MoneyGram millions of dollars worth of XRP in Q3 2020. MoneyGram collected $9.3 million in Q3 ...
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Verve Partners Dlocal to Boost Tokens on Payment Platform
Verve, one of the leading payments technology company and card scheme in Africa, has announced a partnership with dLocal, the leading cross-border payment ...
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MTN gets R2.3-billion in net proceeds as it sells Jumia stake
MTN Group said on Friday it had now exited its 18.9% stake in African online retailer Jumia, making R2.3-billion in net proceeds. MTN ...
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The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
The winners of Central Banking’s 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards were unveiled on 28th October in an online ceremony. Across 21 categories, ...
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Paystack partners Google to empower SMEs in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa
Tech startup, Paystack has disclosed that it partnered with Google to aid over 500,000 Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, Kenya and ...