Fintech
Nigeria: OPay named The Sun’s first-ever Fintech/Digital Bank of the Year 2025
Leading financial institution, OPay, has been named Fintech/Digital Bank of the Year 2025 at The Sun Awards organised by The Sun Publishing Limited, ...
Fintech
Global: SME Bank appoints Flagright to strengthen AML screening
SME Bank has selected Flagright, an AI-native, no-code platform for transaction monitoring and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, to enhance its financial crime prevention ...
Fintech
Nigeria: Paystack Expands into Banking with Ladder Microfinance Bank Acquisition
Paystack has taken a major step beyond payments by entering Nigeria’s regulated banking space through the acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank, marking its ...
Fintech
Global fintech funding rebounds to $53bn in 2025 as UK leads Europe
Global fintech investment rose sharply in 2025, climbing 21 per cent to $53 billion across 5,918 deals, signalling a strong recovery after several ...
Africa
Africa: Flutterwave acquires African open banking fintech Mono
Flutterwave has acquired Mono, an African open banking fintech, in a move aimed at deepening bank-based payments, data access, and trusted financial infrastructure ...
Fintech
Nigeria: Fairmoney MD Forecasts Growing Dominance of Fintech Banks
The Managing Director of Fairmoney Microfinance Bank, Henry Obiekea, has predicted that fintech-led institutions will emerge as key players among Nigeria’s dominant banks ...
Fintech
Global: Benefit and Ant International Partner to Bring Alipay+ Cross-Border Payments to Bahrain
Benefit, Bahrain’s leading fintech and electronic transactions provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with Ant International to introduce cross-border QR payments between ...
Fintech
Global: Barbados Set to Launch BiMPay Instant Payment System in March 2026
The Central Bank of Barbados has announced the rollout of its new national instant payment system, BiMPay, marking a major step forward in ...
Fintech
Global: ECB Advances Plan to Connect TIPS with India’s UPI and Nexus Global Payment Systems
The European Central Bank (ECB) has begun work to interlink the Eurosystem’s Target Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform with India’s Unified Payments Interface ...
Fintech
Nigeria: PalmPay urges Nigerians to safeguard digital accounts
PalmPay Nigeria on Tuesday carried out a sensitisation 7km walk across major streets of Kano metropolis to educate residents on online fraud and ...