Startup

HoBee Initiative wins the LBS MBA Entrepreneurship Contest, to pocket grand prize up to $2 million

HoBee Initiative, a platform that allows individuals to share unwanted items with others to improve savings and reduce waste, has won the grand ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

Opinions

Money is necessary, but not sufficient for business survival and growth – Interswitch Boss

The Group CEO of Interswitch, Mitchell Elegbe had stated that while money is necessary, it is not sufficient to guaranty the survival and ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

News

Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank Group’s board of directors

Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group, will be stepping down from SoftBank Group’s board after serving as a director for 13 years, as ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

Startup

UK fintech Fly Now Pay Later lands £35m Series A

Fly Now Pay Later, a UK-based fintech which allows people to spread out the cost of their holiday trips have landed £35 million ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

Kenya

Kenya led with largest number of bank accounts of 42million in 2019 – Agnes Gathaiya

Kenya played a leading role in the democratization of payments in Africa with the successful implementation of M-pesa and other instant payment schemes, ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

News

Oracle gains three new Flexcube customers in Nigeria, Thailand, and Laos

Oracle Financial Services Software (Oracle FS) revealed three new customers for its Flexcube core banking system in its Q4 2020 financial results. The ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 21, 20200

Nigeria

Innovation is about Value Creation, Not Technology – FITC Boss

FITC has advised legal practitioners to leverage technology and imbibe the culture of agility, adaptability, relevance, innovation, collaboration and partnership, to avoid looming ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 20, 20200

Intelligence

Another Regulatory Fine Mess- A Global Research Report on Financial Institution Fines and Enforcement Actions

Fenergo has published its latest analysis of global regulatory fines for AML, KYC, sanctions, MiFID, and data privacy violations against financial institutions. Between ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 20, 20200

News

Uber says cutting 3,000 jobs and trimming investment

The San Francisco-based company is laying off about 3,000 people Uber on Monday announced it is cutting a quarter of its global workforce ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 19, 20200

News

Pension fund operators invest N47.32bn in infrastructure

The Pension Funds Administrators have increased their pension funds investment in infrastructure to N47.32bn, latest statistics from the National Pension Commission have revealed. ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 19, 20200