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Peach Payments to expand Africa footprint after funding round
Peach Payments, a local fintech has received an undisclosed amount of funding in the latest business investment round. The round was led by ...
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ECB: Half of Europeans Think Blockchain Solves Counterfeit Digital Euros
The European Central Bank published this week the results of a public consultation on a digital euro. Half of the respondents, most of ...
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Quirion launches multibanking offer
Germany-based robo-advisor Quirion has announced integrating multibanking into its smartphone app with the technology of Banking-as-a-Service provider Banksapi. After users link their bank ...
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Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees
Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer ...
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Jamaica records 39% surge in net remittance inflows in January 2021
…assisted by 17.3% decline in outflows Jamaica recorded a big surge in net remittance inflows of US$224.4 million in January 2021, representing a ...
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The race towards a CASHLESS Africa
Globally, economies are in various stages of development having either started developing, replaced or are busy replacing daily batch payment systems with real-time ...
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Ghana: Mobile Money Accounts Hit 1.2 Billion in 2020 … Driven By the Global Pandemic
There has been dramatic acceleration in mobile transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions, GSMA ...
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Uganda: Bank of Uganda Keeps Policy Rate Unchanged at 7% for April
Uganda’s Central Bank kept its benchmark policy rate unchanged at seven percent Wednesday in a strategic move that promises stable lending rates amidst ...
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Turkey bans the use of crypto
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has announced it is banning the use of cryptocurrency for payments throughout the country. The ...
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Forter, Flutterwave join forces to help merchants identify fraudsters
Ecommerce fraud prevention company Forter has announced a partnership with Flutterwave, Africa-based payments technology company. The partnership aims to enable merchants to accurately ...