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Study predicts bank branches in the US to be closed by 2034
Analysis of bank closures in the US, conducted by Fintech Self Financial, has revealed that physical bank branches are set to be wiped ...
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Safaricom focuses on apps to boost revenue
Kenya’s telecoms operator, Safaricom, has set sights on engaging with software engineering firms to expand its in-house mobile applications platforms as it seeks ...
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Paratus Namibia Signs First ‘Fibre Open Access’ Infrastructure Agreement
Paratus Namibia has signed its first ‘fibre open access’ agreement with Africa Online. As part of the deal, Paratus will share its infrastructure ...
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Klarna expands its Open Banking solution in 8 more European countries
Klarna, a payments and shopping service, has announced the expansion of its Open Banking solution across eight more European countries including Portugal, Denmark, ...
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Open Banking Europe partners with European Third Party Providers Association
Open Banking Europe (OBE) and the European Third Party Providers Association (ETPPA) has signed a Mutual Cooperation agreement. The Mutual Cooperation agreement formalises the interaction and ...
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Amazon opens its first check-out free supermarket in Europe
Amazon has announced the launch of a checkout-free supermarket in London, UK. In the US, Amazon already operates several stores without cashiers. The no-till ...
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NPCI partners with SBI Payments to launch RuPay SoftPoS solution
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with SBI Payments to bring RuPay SoftPoS to millions of India-based merchants. According to Mint, the solution transforms NFC ...
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Disney to close at least 20 percent of Disney Stores as it shifts focus to ecommerce
Disney has announced plans to close 20% of its brick-and-mortar Disney Store locations before the end of 2021 as part of a bigger focus ...
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Storemia, a platform helping small businesses create ecommerce stores easily, launches
The founder of Storemia, Bola Oluwagbesan has recently announced the launch of Storemia helps to empower small businesses. The platform helps small businesses ...
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Paytm processes 1 bn transactions for 2nd straight month
Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm has exceeded 1 billion in monthly transactions across its unified payments interface (UPI), wallet, cards and net-banking payment ...