News

Bolt raises €100m to expand its product segments in Europe & Africa

Bolt, the Uber rival, has raised €100m (Ksh 11 billion) from London-based Naya Capital Management to boost its growth and development strategy. Bolt ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 27, 20200

News

Safaricom’s Sanda Ojiambo appointed United Nations Global Compact Executive Director

Safaricom’s Sanda Ojiambo has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) the worlds largest corporate sustainability initiative. Sanda ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 27, 20200

Global

India overtakes China in fintech VC funding in Q1 2020

Startups in the payments and lending sectors led the number of investments in India, whereas China’s deals were more in cross-sector fintech startups ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

News

Apple Pay is on pace to account for 10% of all global card transactions

Apple’s mobile wallet is gobbling up a growing chunk of card payments around the world. As the service grows, it’s becoming a greater ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Nigeria

CBN approves N10bn applications for healthcare intervention

The CBN disclosed that it has approved about N10 billion worth of applications for the loan component of the CBN’s COVID-19 intervention in ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Opinions

Fintechs – The positive impact of going negative

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced – the ongoing coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding. Individuals, organisations and governments ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Opinions

New digital business models depend on agile and adaptive compliance processes

In the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, the financial services industry has experienced an unprecedented level of disruption. The industry-wide unpreparedness to ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Ghana

Ghana becomes the first African country to introduce universal QR code

Ghana’s central bank has launched a universal QR code payment solution with HPS, making it the first African country to introduce a universal ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Regulatory

The swift climb of Regtech- How technology is transforming regulatory compliance

Worldwide, financial services in all forms are subject to extensive regulatory supervision for the protection of a large number of stakeholders. Regulatory compliance ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 26, 20200

Opinions

REGULATION FOR INCLUSIVE DIGITAL FINANCE

An Enabling Regulatory Framework is Critical for Financial Inclusion Digital financial services (DFS) have become the leading driver of inclusion for the unbanked ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 25, 20200