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The Paypers analysed the most relevant investments that were announced during Q4 2023 and discovered a surge in funding for companies operating in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Financing rounds indicate a preference for digital lending and banking, payment apps and commerce solutions, and Buy Now, Pay Later services.
investment, funding, expansion, payments , banking, ecommerce, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, financial inclusion, SMEs
Deloitte Africa explores how Africa's financial sector navigates Open Banking's rise, leveraging tech partnerships, overcoming regulatory gaps, and ensuring data security for inclusive, innovative finance.
Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report, fintech, banks
India-based Airtel partners with Mastercard to enable mobile customers to transfer funds across Africa.
digital payments, ecommerce, payments , money transfer
The Paypers has analysed the most prolific partnerships announced in Q1 2023 within the global fintech space, with a focus on Open Banking, A2A payments, embedded finance, B2B payments/lending, and entrance into separate verticals.
The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, fintech, Open Banking, digital banking, account-to-account payment, embedded finance, B2B payments, lending, Variable Recurring Payments, API, banking, partnership
UK-based Zodia Custody has raised USD 36 million in a Series A funding round led by SC Ventures, which is the venture arm of Standard Chartered.
funding, investment, cryptocurrency, digital assets
Thunes has been granted a new Payments Institution licence by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) in France.
product launch, payments , cross-border payments, financial institutions, regulation
In the wake of the FTX meltdown from November 2022, governments and financial regulators from around the world are working on regulating crypto.
regulation, compliance, cryptocurrency, digital assets, crypto asset, crypto
An estimated 293 million scam reports were filed and USD 55.3 billion was lost in scams in 2021 worldwide. Jorij Abraham, General Manager at ScamAdviser.com and The Global Anti-Scam Alliance, tackles the most common types of scams and how they spread across the globe, creating a new epidemic.
scam, fraud management, fraud detection, online fraud, COVID-19, digitalisation, fraud prevention, identity theft, identity fraud, phishing, crypto
UAE-based VoIP solution BOTIM (subsidiary of Astra Tech) has embedded MoneyGram’s fintech capabilities into its service offerings to enable money transfers to 200 countries.
money transfer, remittance, API, partnership, fintech
Egypt-based fintech Money Fellows has raised USD 31 million in series B funding to grow its portfolio of services and expand across Africa and Asia.
funding, investment, B2B payments, financial services, digital banking
Jenna Wyer, Senior Vice President for the Americas at Thunes, talks about the adoption of real-time payments and their impact on payments in the Americas.
real-time payments, ecommerce, merchants, checkout optimisation , expansion, PSP, API, BNPL, credit card, PIX
Experts from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences dive deep into the latest data of online marketplaces operating in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM)
marketplace, ecommerce, merchants, retail, online shopping, cross-border ecommerce
Core technology player Global Processing Services has secured USD 100 million in funding to grow its embedded finance and API payments platform, according to TechCrunch.
investment, funding, fintech, neobanks
payment methods, cryptocurrency, fraud prevention, risk management
dLocal, a technology-first payments platform, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common shares.
dLocal, JP Morgan, local payment method, merchants
B2B payments, fintech, virtual cards, B2B transactions, cards, investments, acquisitions, digital payments, innovation, partnerships, coronavirus, expansion, corporate cards, cross-border payments, commercial payments, investors, fraud, card schemes, businesses, PSPs, payments , suppliers, digitisation, corporates, banks, payment providers, travel, expenses, commercial card
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an unfunded USD 250-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility with ABSA bank.
The African Development Bank, AfDB, Absa Bank, Risk Participation Agreement, trade finance, African Issuing Banks, Africa, RPA programme, Africa Investment Form
Michel Golffed, dLocal: "As Morocco begins to modernise its payments landscape, an opportunity exists for first movers who are able to build trust in the country."
Morocco, dLocal, ecommerce, Africa, marketplace, Jumia, payments , retail, emergent market, bank, bank account, digital wallet, credit card, debit card, Visa, MasterCard, fraud prevention, financial inclusion
Digital IDs implementations have always come with challenges. But have emerging markets reached the success? Malaysia and Nigeria are two cases worth studying
digital ID, identity, banking, government, authentication, security, ecommerce, verification, financial transactions, fraud, biometrics, payment cards, fingerprints, Malaysia, Nigeria
Abhishant Pant, payments professional: Are mobile wallets driving behaviour changes in India?
Abhishant Pant, mobile payments, mobile wallets, India, innovation