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Fidelity Bank announces 53.9% PBT growth
Fidelity Bank Plc has announced a 53.9 percent growth in Profit Before Tax (PBT) to N10.1 billion for the first quarter ended march ...
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Apple Pay to enter Israeli payment market in May 2021
Apple Pay has announced plans to launch in Israel on 5 May 2021, making it the first major international player to enter the country’s ...
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FIS rolls out cloud-based solution for real-time payments
Global financial technology provider FIS has announced RealNet, a new cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) platform. The FIS RealNet platform enables account-to-account (A2A) transactions for ...
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Google Pay now allows users in India to carry out UPI transactions via NFC
Google Pay now allows users in India to carry out UPI transactions via NFC on their phones. According to techradar.com, Google Pay users in ...
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Othieno Mayende emerges as New Chairman of Kcb Bank Uganda
KCB Bank Uganda Limited has appointed Constant Othieno Mayende its chairman Board of Directors. Othieno Mayende will replace Aga Sekalala Jr, whose term ...
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Goldman Sachs Doubts Bitcoin as Store of Value Citing Environmental Problems and ‘Lack of Real Use’
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs is questioning whether bitcoin can be a long-term store of value and digital gold. The firm’s analysts cited ...
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Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA
In 2016, Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea started as a marketplace for African-based and inspired clothing, accessories, arts, and crafts. Over the past five years, Afrikrea has ...
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Amazon to invest $280m in Africa headquarters
Last week, the US retail giant Amazon announced that it would be opening its first African office in South Africa with a real estate investment ...
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MTN Nigeria selects Remita for improved post-paid transactions
MTN Nigeria has unveiled Remita, a leading electronic payment platform, for the management of all its post-paid invoicing, payment as well as service-and-expense ...
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Jumeni, Ghanaian startup launches waste management platfrom
Jumeni, a software company in Ghana has developed a digital platform that helps in waste management. The solution includes a recycling and waste ...