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Opera launches MiniPay, a stablecoin wallet on the Celo blockchain

News | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Sep 2023

Opera has rolled out MiniPay, a Celo blockchain-based wallet integrated directly into the Opera Mini browser, to onboard African users to Web3.

stablecoin, blockchain, digital wallet, DeFi, mobile payments, Ethereum, digital onboarding

STICPAY forms new local payment partnerships

News | Payments General | 07 Sep 2023

UK-based digital payment provider STICPAY has partnered with nearly 40 payment providers to promote financial inclusion across Asia, Africa, and South America.

mobile payments, digital payments, money transfer, local payment method, digital wallet

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

dLocal doubles African footprint, adds four new countries, partners with Verve and Fawry

News | Online Payments | 28 Oct 2020

dLocal has expanded its payments network to include Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Cameroon, while adding new integration partners in Nigeria and Egypt.

dLocal, integration partners, Visa, MasterCard, merchants, Mpesa, airtel, Wizall Money, mobile money, mobile payments, local payments, local currency, Verve, Fawry, cards, tokens, ecommerce, online transactions

Thunes raises USD 10 mln to offer financing in emerging markets

News | Payments General | 06 May 2019

US-China-based company GGV Capital has announced leading a USD 10 million investment in Singapore-based cross-border fintech startup Thunes.

Thunes, GGV Capital, Venture Capital, cross-border payments, B2B payments, financing , funding round, financial technology, fintech, Singapore, China, APAC, US, North America, emerging market

Google adopts M-Pesa for payments on Playstore

News | Mobile Payments | 12 Mar 2018

Google has announced the adoption of M-Pesa as a mode of payment in its games and app store.

Google, M-Pesa, Playstore, mobile payments, payments app

RBI changes KYC norms for payment banks

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Feb 2018

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a letter to India’s payments banks, toughening the regulations around the KYC process, while on-boarding customers which affects telcos’ costs.

Reserve Bank of India, KYC, payment bank, telcos, compliance

Reconciling, splitting, and settling payments are key challenges for marketplaces

Interviews | Interviews | 16 Feb 2018

Christoph Tutsch, ONPEX: Many marketplaces run into the problem of how to split payments collected on behalf of different sellers

Christoph Tutsch, interview, ONPEX, marketplace, ecommerce, onboarding, PSP

Senegal rolls out digital currency accepted by MPesa

News | Cryptocurrencies | 18 Jan 2017

Senegal, in West Africa, has announced plans to use a digital currency in 2017 that will be circulated alongside paper money as legal tender.

Mpesa, cryptocurrency, digital currency, Senegal, Africa, eCFA, eCurrency Mint

Senegal gets busy with blockchain-enabled national digital currency

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Dec 2016

Senegal will begin circulating the eCFA, a digital currency based on blockchain technology.

West Africa, Senegal, blockchain, digital currency, bank, Banque Régionale de Marchés, eCurrency Mint, fintech

We expect (and welcome!) a big push in mobile payments for 2017

Interviews | Interviews | 15 Dec 2016

Alessandro Longoni, PaymentGenesInstant payments complement the PSD2 scope quite well, as they pave the way for new payment products to be developed

PaymentGenes, PSD2, regulation, online payments, report, consumers, Faster Payments, UK, Europe, merchants, fintech

Flutterwave in works on Moneywave project to unify disparaged African payments landscape

News | Online Payments | 09 Dec 2016

Flutterwave, a payment solutions provider, aims at standardizing the payments landscape across Africa by working on the Moneywave project, an incubator programme.

Flutterwave, fintech, Moneywave, project, Africa, payments landscape, banks, card schemes, Mpesa

Kenya Commercial Bank upgrades digital banking app

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 02 Aug 2016

Kenya Commercial Bank has upgraded its mobile banking application to enhance customer satisfaction in Kenya and Rwanda.

KCB, SWIFT EFT, RTGS, digital banking, mobile payments, online banking, loans, Mpesa, Kenya

Sefik Bagdadioglu, Kaymu: "There is a lot of opportunity in emerging countries"

Interviews | Interviews | 23 Feb 2016

We wanted to bridge the gap between offline and online markets by working with the emerging talent in small and medium-sized enterprises

Sefik Bagdadioglu, Kaymu, marketplace, online sales, offline, customer, website, merchants, expansion, retailer, pay on delivery, cards, consumers, electronic, internet, Nigeria