Nigeria

CSCS Shareholders Approve N4.3bn Dividend, as Non-core Revenue Grew 162.5%

The Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, recently held its 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM), where shareholders approved N0.86 dividend per share payout to ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 27, 20200

Opinions

Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology

As The Economist recently noted, one of the most obvious consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic will be “the infusion of data-enabled services into ...

By Regtech AfricaMay 27, 20200

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