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Mastercard partners with MTN Group Fintech

News | Mobile Payments | 29 Feb 2024

Mastercard has partnered with MTN Group Fintech to provide African people and businesses with digital tools to transact through secure mobile payments.

partnership, mobile payments, fintech, SMEs, financial inclusion

Mastercard acquires minority stake in MTN's fintech business

News | Payments General | 06 Feb 2024

Global payment-technology corporation Mastercard has concluded the acquisition of a minority stake in the South African MTN Group’s fintech business. 

acquisition, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce

Insights on Open Banking Evolution in Africa – interview with Deloitte

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Feb 2024

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

Payment technology predictions for Asia Pacific – what to expect of 2024

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 24 Nov 2023

Jonathan Bautista, BPC, analyses Asia-Pacific's payment landscape rapid shift from traditional methods to digital solutions, driven by fintech innovation.

payments , e-wallet, cryptocurrency, fintech, startup, contactless payments, COVID-19, transactions , digital payments, cross-border payments

Mastercard to acquire a stake in South Africa's MTN

News | Payments General | 14 Aug 2023

Mastercard has decided to acquire a minority stake in the fintech arm of South Africa-based MTN, with a value of USD 5 billion.  

investment, fintech, payments , digital payments, acquisition

The synergy between CBDC and mobile money

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jun 2023

Athu Karume, eCurrency’s President of Africa Markets, presents the benefits of a CBDC implementation that integrates into the existing mobile money services and systems.

CBDC, mobile money, payment methods, cross-border payments, tokenization

Kredivo raises USD 270 mln in series D

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Mar 2023

Kredivo Holdings, the Singapore-based parent company of Kredivo and Krom Bank Indonesia, has raised USD 270 million in a series D round led by Japan’s Mizuho Bank.

funding, investment, fintech, BNPL

Western Union partners with MoMo

News | Online Payments | 20 Mar 2023

Fintech company MoMo has announced its partnership with Western Union in order to allow money transfers in Vietnam through the MoMo application. 

partnership, mobile payments, online payments, payments , digital payments, ecommerce, money transfer

DPO releases new DPO Pay Mobile payments app

News | Mobile Payments | 30 Nov 2022

Africa-based digital payments company DPO Group has launched DPO Pay Mobile to allow businesses to securely transact in multiple currencies across Africa.

mobile payments, QR code, product launch, merchants, digital wallet

Acquisitions and investments in the payments industry: challenges and opportunities

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 03 Jun 2022

Anda tackles the M&As and investments from Q4 2021 to Q1 2022, focusing on challenges and opportunities and what should businesses consider when looking to acquire capital or companies.


payment processing, account-to-account payment, Unicorn, BNPL, acquisition, online payments, payments

MTN's Mobile Money (MoMo) receives banking license in Nigeria

News | Mobile Payments | 12 Apr 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the license for MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) payment service bank in the country, extending its services to wider banking operations.

mobile payments, mobile money, digital banking, financial inclusion, digitalisation

SWK Bank collaborates with getmomo

News | Payments General | 18 Feb 2022

SWK Bank has started its collaboration with getmomo, a Germany-based provider of bail replacement and services around rental payments.

banks, partnership, instalment payments, BaaS, startup

MoMo receives new funding of USD 170 mln

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Dec 2021

Vietnam-based e-wallet MoMo has raised another USD 170 million in its latest Series E funding round led by Japanese bank Mizuho.

funding, investment, e-wallet, digital wallet, online shopping, online payments, mobile payments

BtoBet to strengthen its payments portfolio for Africa-based partners

News | Online Payments | 16 Jul 2021

Sportsbook and gaming platform provider BtoBet has annouced plans to strengthen its payment portfolio for Africa-based  Africa.

MoMo acquires AI startup Pique

News | Payments General | 01 Jul 2021

Vietnam-based payment startup MoMo has acquired the AI startup Pique in a bid to better capitalise on the data of its registered users.

e-wallet, artificial intelligence

MTN South Africa, IFC to help underbanked in South Africa

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 24 May 2021

MTN South Africa has announced a USD 2 million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to expand MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business in South Africa.

partnership, unbanked, financial services, compliance

Mastercard, MTN partner to enable global ecommerce payments across Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Feb 2021

Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with South-Africa based telco MTN to enable consumers in 16 countries across Africa to make ecommerce payments globally.

MasterCard, MTN, partnership, e-wallet, mobile payments, online payments

Vietnam-based mobile wallet MoMo raises USD 100 mln

News | Mobile Payments | 13 Jan 2021

Vietnam-based e-wallet company MoMo has raised at least USD 100 million from six global investors, including Warburg Pincus, as part of plans to become a super app and go public by 2025.

Momo, Vietnam, e-wallet, mobile wallet, digital wallet, mobile payments, investment, funding round

COVID-19 accelerates ecommerce growth in Taiwan, says GlobalData

News | Ecommerce | 18 Nov 2020

Global Data has revealed that he ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent social distancing measures undertaken by the government have further accelerated the ecommerce growth in Taiwan.

Global Data, research, Taiwan, COVID-19, pandemic, ecommerce, PChome, Momo.com, cards, alternative payment methods, Line Pay, Apple Pay, retailers

Mobile Money, Orange Money fees to be reinstated as COVID-19 restrictions reduce

News | Mobile Payments | 23 Jun 2020

Lonestar Cell MTN and Orange Liberia have announced that starting from 1 July 2020 all fees waived on Mobile Money  and Orange Money transactions will be reinstated.

Lonestar Cell MTN, Orange Liberia, transactions fees, mobile money, Momo, Orange Money, Central Bank of Liberia, digital payments, merchants, P2P, COVID-19