Ethopia
Ethiopia: Kenya’s Safaricom on The Verge of Launching Mobile Money Services in Ethiopia
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom, is currently on the verge of launching its mobile money services in Ethiopia, four months after its license ...
Africa
Africa: AfDB, Japan Sign $350m Deal to Support Private Sector Operations
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Japan have signed an exchange of notes for an eighth private sector assistance loan from Japan to ...
News
Nigeria: Access Bank Launches Access POS Rewards! In Partnership With Connected Analytics
Nigeria’s retail giant Access Bank and Connected Analytics, owners of ThankUCash, a leading rewards platform, have announced a new partnership tagged Access Rewards. ...
Global
Global: Bank of Japan kicks off CBDC pilot
Following a two-year investigation phase, the Bank of Japan is kicking off pilot trials of a digital yen. The pilot trials of the ...
News
Uganda: BoU Names Stanbic Bank Primary Dealer of the Year
Bank of Uganda (BoU) has named Stanbic bank as the best-performing Primary Dealer Market Maker (PDMM) for the past year. It is a ...
Ghana
Ghana: Banks wrote-off ¢5.9bn as bad debt in 2022
Banks operating in Ghana wrote-off about ¢5.9 billion as bad debt in December 2022. According to the Domestic Money Banks Income Statement, this ...
Global
Global: Mastercard and Visa to be hit with £7.5bn compensation claim
The global payment giants Mastercard and Visa are facing the latest in a string of multibillion-pound competition lawsuits with the launch of a ...
Global
Global: Shieldpay Partners With Fenergo to Achieve Perpetual Due Diligence and Scale Operations
Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Shieldpay, the market leading fintech ...
Ghana
Ghana: Attorney General okays sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel
After scrutinising documents relating to the transfer of shares in the sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel, the Attorney General has given clearance ...
Africa
Africa: EziPay and MFS Africa Partner to Support Remittances and Transactions
Intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay has partnered with digital payments gateway MFS Africa, to assist with remittances and collections to ...
