Africa
African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program set to expand digital skills among rural youth
Coding for Employment and its technical partners, Microsoft Philanthropies, will offer the digital ambassadors an intensive three-month program featuring in-demand skills The African ...
Global
Peru’s central bank joins global push to develop a digital currency
Peru is joining the global push to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC), central bank President Julio Velarde said on Tuesday, as ...
Global
Ripple outlines possible regulatory framework for crypto industry in US
Ripple, the company whose executives have often criticized the United States’ seeming lack of regulatory clarity on the cryptocurrency industry, has outlined its ...
Innovation
Nigeria: CredPal Pay launches on the African market
Nigeria-based consumer credit company has released its BNPL platform, CredPal Pay, on the African market. The product aims to help businesses grow faster and ...
Innovation
Uganda: TerraPay partners MTN Uganda to aid real-time international money transfers
Netherlands-based digital payments infrastructure TerraPay has partnered with telecoms company MTN Uganda to facilitate international cross-border remittances and money transfers. TerraPay has been offering inbound remittances to ...
Global
Binance aims to transform from a technology giant to a financial services company
Binance CEO, Zhao Changpeng has confirmed the exchange platform’s plans to shift from the innovative technology giant that it is, to a financial ...
Ghana
Ghana: GCB Launches Promo to Reward G-Money Customers, Agents
GCB Bank has launched a promotion to reward customers and agents of its G-Money service. Dubbed: “G-Money – Be a Gee – Twa ...
Global
Philippines Central Bank Exploring Regional Payment Network
Philippine central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking into creating a cross-border payment network across Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, according to ...
Global
Ripple Powers First-of-Its-Kind Payment Corridor Between UAE and Pakistan
Ripple’s technology will be used for sending instant remittances between the UAE and Pakistan Bank Alfalah, one of Pakistan’s biggest private banks, has ...
Global
Singapore and UAE conduct first cross-border digital trade document transfer
Singaporean and UAE financial regulatory organisations have successfully concluded a cross-border digital trade document transfer, the first of its kind. Singapore’s Infocomm Media ...