Global
World Economic Forum releases findings of interoperability study on three CBDCs
Two CBDCs have been formally introduced and are recognized by international regulators. However, more are unfolding by the day or functioning on an ...
Global
El Salvador Plans to Build Tax-Free Bitcoin City
El Salvador is delving further into bitcoin and plans to issue sovereign bitcoin bonds, Bloomberg reported. The country, which has already made bitcoin ...
Ghana
Ghana: Actuarial Society of Ghana seeks regulations of financial services
The Actuarial Society of Ghana says the tremendous change in regulations surrounding the conduct of financial services business in Ghana requires the urgent ...
Innovation
Uganda: MTN Increases Senkyu Points On Momo Withdrawals and Makes Sending Money Free On Momo App
MTN Mobile Money Ltd has increased the number of Senkyu points a customer gets to 15 points for every Shs100 charged in MoMo ...
Ghana
Ghana: Republic Bank Launches Digital Suite Mobile Platform
Republic Bank has launched the Digital Suite platform which provides unique mobile services for customers to perform all financial transactions. The digital suite, ...
Global
India Considers Allowing Only Preapproved Cryptocurrencies — Crypto Regulation Expected by Year-End: Report
India is reportedly considering allowing only preapproved cryptocurrencies to be listed and traded on exchanges. In addition, the government aims to both introduce ...
Africa
UniTeller and Thunes collaborate to expand services in APAC and Africa
US-based remittance payments processors UniTeller has partnered with Singapore’s global payments network Thunes to continue its global expansion in emerging markets in Africa and Asia Pacific. The ...
Africa
Africa Health Holdings secures $18 million funding to drive telemedicine services
Healthcare startup Africa Health Holdings, has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Asia Pacific Land and Natural World ...
Innovation
Egypt: ADCB-Egypt launches AI-powered fraud detection solution through SAS
ADCB-Egypt and SAS have announced their partnership for the implementation of Egypt’s first AI-powered fraud detection solution aimed at enhancing the bank’s real time ...
Africa
Paga and LISNR partner to deliver contactless ultrasonic authentication
Paga’s payment solution works in a similar fashion to Square and PayPal Leading payments and finance company Paga Group has entered into a partnership with LISNR the ...
