The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has clarified that national banks can engage in certain cryptocurrency-related activities without requiring prior ...

Nigerian digital bank Carbon has resumed issuing debit cards through a new partnership with Verve, the Interswitch-owned card scheme, following a nine-month pause ...

Revolut and Visa have launched legal challenges against the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) over its decision to impose a cap on interchange fees ...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has endorsed Nigeria’s fifth progress report, marking a key milestone in the country’s efforts to strengthen its ...

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has officially licensed Tamara Finance, expanding the country’s consumer finance and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) sector. With this addition, the ...

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), spearheaded by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and ...

Investor demand for Nigeria’s short-term fixed-income instruments remains strong as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to attract both local and foreign ...

Airtel Africa has joined forces with Mastercard to launch the “Airtel Money GlobalPay Card”, a virtual payment solution designed to enhance digital transactions ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a $230 million trade finance facility for Access Bank Plc to strengthen trade finance activities and ...

British lenders have tapped into the Bank of England’s (BoE) Indexed Long-Term Repo (ILTR) facility at unprecedented levels since the pandemic, borrowing more ...