Africa
Africa Data Centres to Set Up 10 New Facilities at U.S.$500 Million Across the Continent
Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyper-scale data centres in ten African countries which will among other things, boost employment ...
Global
BOC partners with UnionPay International to accept QR code payments in Sri Lanka
Bank of Ceylon (BOC) has partnered with China-based payments group UnionPay International (UPI) to offer UnionPay QR code payment service in Sri Lanka. UnionPay is the ...
Innovation
Tanzania: Tigo Pesa partners BoA to Launch ‘Kibubu’
TIGO Pesa and the Bank of Africa (BoA) have launched a mobile money savings product dubbed as Tigo Pesa ‘Kibubu’ that enables their ...
Innovation
SA: Vodacom rolls out 5G network in ‘Free State’ province
Vodacom Central Region has switched on 5G mobile network in Mangaung Municipal District, in the Free State province of South Africa. The telecom ...
Global
India: GooglePay users can now open a Time deposit account
Google partners with Equitas to offer time deposits to users of its payments wallet, extending its presence in the nation’s lucrative digital banking ...
Innovation
Nigeria: SEC creates Fintech division to understudy cryptocurrency investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it has set up a Fintech division to study cryptocurrency investments and products in order ...
Innovation
Rwanda: New SIM Card Registration Process to Curb Fraud – RURA
Telecom operators will be implementing new directives for SIM card registration in a move Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) said will help curb ...
Global
Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa launch joint CBDC pilot
The central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa have announced a joint initiative to trial international settlements using central bank digital ...
Global
Central Bank Digital Currencies to Be Tested in BIS Experiment
The Bank for International Settlements will test the use of central bank digital currencies with Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa in an ...
Global
Chinese Regulator Aims to Digitize Securities Market Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts
China Aims to Digitize Financial Markets Using Blockchain The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is interested in digitizing much of the securities and futures markets ...
