Africa

AfDB launches Transaction Guarantee for trade transactions in Africa

The African Development Bank, through its Financial Sector Development’s Trade Finance operations, has launched a Transaction Guarantee instrument, according to Devdiscourse. Transaction Guarantee is designed ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Global

Philippines: Peppermint gets granted financial lending licence

Securities Exchange Commission in the Philippines has granted Peppermint a financial lending licence, allowing it to offer alternative non-bank micro-enterprise loans. The financial lending service – ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Global

Brazil: BCB publishes details about Open Banking phase 2

The Central Bank of Brazil has published a new set of dates and details regarding the country’s push towards phase 2 of Open Banking. Information on the ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Global

UK: Payment Systems Regulator launches Digital Payments Initiative

UK-based PSR has announced a new initiative to understand potential barriers to the take-up of digital payments and identify potential solutions. The initiative will be ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Africa

West Africa: 13th West Africa Internet Governance Forum (Waigf)

The ECOWAS Commission and its partners virtually convened the 13th edition of the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) with various stakeholder groups ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Global

Mastercard Outlines Plans for Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies

Mastercard’s CEO has outlined the company’s plans to develop products and services around cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “We want ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Africa

Kuda, the African challenger bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation

Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup that is taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first, personalised and often cheaper set of ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

News

Rwanda: MTN Mobile Money Breakdown Disrupts Business, Service Delivery

MTN services including mobile money, YOLO and buying internet or voice bundles were down for a couple of hours, Sunday August 1, triggering ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Nigeria

Nigeria: BDCs -With one stone Emefiele has shot at corruption, money laundering, terrorism

In a bid to streamline the nation’s forex market and bring sanity in the foreign exchange system, the regulatory watchdog of Nigeria’s monetary ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

Global

Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal

Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Square is expanding competition with global payments giants like PayPal by acquiring a major Australian lending company. Square announced Sunday ...

By Regtech AfricaAugust 3, 20210

AfDB launches Transaction Guarantee for trade transactions in Africa

Philippines: Peppermint gets granted financial lending licence

Brazil: BCB publishes details about Open Banking phase 2

UK: Payment Systems Regulator launches Digital Payments Initiative

West Africa: 13th West Africa Internet Governance Forum (Waigf)

Mastercard Outlines Plans for Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies

Kuda, the African challenger bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation

Rwanda: MTN Mobile Money Breakdown Disrupts Business, Service Delivery

Nigeria: BDCs -With one stone Emefiele has shot at corruption, money laundering, terrorism

Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal

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