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China leads in race for digital currency
Since early this year, China has gradually ratcheted up testing of its first central bank-backed digital currency, known there as DCEP, or ...
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Canal + takes a stake in the MultiChoice group
MultiChoice, which is listed on the JSE, disclosed Canal+’s investment in a press release on the stock market information service Monday morning. ...
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FNB Introduces QR Code Payments to all Speedpoint Devices
FNB has revealed that shoppers across South Africa will now be able to make QR code payments at all standalone sale terminals. ...
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Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc appoints 2 new directors
Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc has announced the appointments of Engr. Henry Ikem Obih as the Independent Non-Executive Director, and Dr. Kenneth Onyewuchi ...
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Crown Agents Bank Secures Payments partnership with VodaCash in DR Congo
Crown Agents Bank has secured a payments partnership deal with VodaCash, the first in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). VodaCash is a ...
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Paxful Users Convert $1.5 million in Bitcoin to Tether in Weeks
Nearly $1.5 million worth of Bitcoin have been traded for Tether on the Paxful peer-to-peer exchange. Paxful added Tether support just under three ...
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Nigeria’s Digital Bank, Kuda, Becomes the First Registered Nigerian Bank to be Added as a Binance P2P Payment Option
Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank, has become the first registered bank in Nigeria to be added as part of the Binance P2P ...
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Crypto finance firm Swipe launches Visa DeFi lending card
Swipe, a Binance owned cryptocurrency debit card provider, is expanding its offering with a new crypto Visa card that allows users to borrow ...
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Government investments in digital identity and biometrics programs progress around the world
Progress and plans for national digital identity systems and biometric e-government solutions have been announced around the world, including a $250 million investment ...
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Singapore UOB taps Visa API to simplify digital payments
Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) has become the world’s first lender to use a new Visa API that lets customers add cards to ...