Tag: FinTech
Tanzanian Fintech NALA launches Apple Pay integration
Less than a week after launching a feature that allows Kenyans to pay their bills with M-PESA, Tanzania-based fintech NALA is making another splash.
According to the fintech, it...
Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence to be top growth drivers for Fintech...
Data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are the top technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that are powering fintech solutions, found a Mastercard study...
Ghana Fintech & Payments Association welcomes BoG’s Regulatory Sandbox
Ghana Fintech and Payments Association (GFPA) has welcomed the Bank of Ghana's Regulatory and Innovation Sandbox as one critical component required to accelerate the...
African fintech PAGA processes $14 billion worth of transactions
African mobile payments company Paga took to Linkedin to announce that it has processed about ₦6.1 trillion ($14 billion) since it launched in January 2012.Â
In...
MoneyGram invests in UAE-based startup Jingle Pay
MoneyGram has acquired a 12% stake in Jingle Pay as part of a wider partnership with the UAE-based financial superapp targeting the region's huge...
Kenyan start-up Sky.Garden face closure
Amidst news of global funding winter, Kenyan B2C marketplace Sky.Garden is facing reportedly closure.Â
TechCrunch reports that the Amazon-like start-up may be facing closure after...
Ugandan Fintech NUMIDA raises US$12.3 million pre-Series A funding
Y Combinator-backed Ugandan fintech start-up, Numida has raised a total of $12.3 million from five investors in its pre-Series A round led by Serena...
Chipper Cash to provide remittance services from US to Ghana
Chipper Cash, a cross-border payments app, has received authorization from the Bank of Ghana to provide remittance services from the US to Ghana.
Last year,...
Fintech lending boosts credit access for US small businesses
The use of alternative data sources and machine learning to assess the credit quality of applicants gives US fintechs an advantage over banks when...
Vendease secures $30 million to transform procurement, business operations for restaurants...
Vendease, a Y Combinator-backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to buy supplies, access financial services and power their business operations, has raised...