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Nigeria: World Bank says Nigeria Lost $144b in 4 years over CBN Exchange Rate Policies
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) approach to managing exchange rates has drawn criticism from the World Bank once again and caused disagreement ...
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Nigeria: 94% of cash transactions within N500, 000 new cash withdrawal limit, says Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said 94 per cent of all cash transactions falls below the N500,000 new weekly cash withdrawal limit ...
Africa
Africa: African Development Bank Partners with Bank One on Trade Finance
The African Development Bank Group is supporting the trade finance efforts of Bank One Limited. The Group will provide a $40 million trade finance package that ...
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Nigeria: CBN says 1.4m POS Agents Generated N6tr in Transactions
Every local government in Nigeria has a Point of Sale (POS) agent present, according to Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of ...
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Rwanda: World Bank Provides $200 Million to Support Accelerated Human Capital Development in Rwanda
The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved $200 million in International Development Association (*IDA) financing to advance Rwanda’s policy and institutional reform program ...
Ghana
Ghana: BoG increases mobile money transaction limit
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased mobile money transaction and wallet limits. The Bank in a statement issued on December 22, 2022, ...
Global
Global: Saudi fintech PayTabs acquires Turkey’s Paymes
Paymes, the largest social commerce network in Turkey, has been purchased by PayTabs, a Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian payment service company. ...
Egypt
Egypt: Fintech Galaxy Acquires Egypt’s Underlie as it Expands Regional Open Finance Footprint
UAE-based Fintech Galaxy, the first Central Bank-regulated Open Finance platform in the Middle East, announced the acquisition of Underlie, an Egypt-based Open Banking platform ...
Global
Global: Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica case for $725-million
Facebook owner Meta Platforms has agreed to pay US$725-million (R12.4-billion) to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third ...
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Tanzania: TCRA- Tie up SIM cards, NIDA numbers by January 31, 2022
Dr Jabir Bakari, director general for the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) said in Dar es Salaam that unverified active SIM cards still ...
