The European Banking Authority (EBA) has identified topical issues including irresponsible lending, creditworthiness assessments, and digitalisation in its Consumer Trends Report for 2020/2021. Furthermore, ...

Norway-based fintech Horde has selected Open Banking platform Nordic API Gateway to structure loans between friends. Alongside that Horde has launched a social lending ...

Nuru, a developer of hybrid solar off-grids based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has raised EUR1 million (US$1.2 million) in funding ...

The Kenya-based Savannah Fund has announced a US$25 million fund that will invest in early-stage startups across Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on ...

Equity Group Holdings Plc, a Pan-African financial services holding company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Uganda Securities Exchange, and Rwanda Stock Exchange ...

Cairo-based fintech Dayra has joined Y Combinator and raised $3 million in a pre-seed round that includes a mix of equity and debt ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently published its final revised Guidelines on money laundering and terrorist financing risk factors. The revisions take into ...

The Switzerland-based mobile payment provider Bluecode has announced a cooperation with Huawei to offer its customers a mobile payment option.  This mobile payment option is meant to ...

Revolut, the global financial platform with more than 15 million customers worldwide, has operationalised its European specialised banking licence in 10 European markets. ...

Joburg-based fintech group Adumo has received $15-million in funding from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFC Financial Institutions Growth Fund.  Adumo ...