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Meet Andrew Kabeera, the new Executive Director of PostBank Uganda
Post Bank Uganda has appointed Andrew Kabeera as its new Executive Director, effective July 2020. A seasoned banker, Kabeera brings to Post ...
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Papersoft is participating in the talk “Digital Financial Services in Emerging Markets” for the Digital PayExpo conference
Papersoft will be participating in the talks for the Digital PayExpo 2020 conference, on the 3rd – 4th November, with the topic “Digital ...
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Visa and Standard Chartered partner to promote eCommerce payments in Nigeria
Standard Chartered in collaboration with Visa, has launched a new ‘Safe is Smart’ campaign to promote eCommerce payments in Nigeria. Standard Chartered in ...
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European fintech giant Revolut is close to applying for a bank charter in California
Revolut, the biggest European digital bank with 13 million users, is close to applying for a banking license in the U.S., CNBC has ...
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Germany looks to blockchain to help decentralize their energy economy
The country seeks to innovate with help from a variety of Blockchain companies. The Deutsche Energie-Agentur, also known as DENA — the main ...
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Africa’s Biggest Bank Standard Bank Group Moves to Fend Off Fintech Rivals
Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa’s largest lender by assets, is planning to scale-up some of its operations on the continent and further digitize ...
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Zapper exits Masterpass Interoperability
Following last week’s FNB announcement of the rollout of their QR-enabled Speedpoint terminals, some confusion as to the status of the current and ...
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Saudi Arabia Witnesses Largest Bank Merger in Middle East, North Africa
Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank said it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial Group in a deal valued at $14.8 billion, creating what ...
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Ebang aims to set up digital financial platform in New Zealand
Ebang, a major Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment supplier, is planning to acquire a financial firm in New Zealand to set up a ...
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Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the ...