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Xsolla launches new payment methods

News | Payments General | 08 Mar 2024

Xsolla has launched new payment methods, aiming to provide gamers in the region of Africa with access to Embedded Finance solutions and instant earnings.

product launch, partnership, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, KYC, embedded finance

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

Revio raises USD 5.2 million in seed funding

News | Payments General | 28 Sep 2023

South Africa-based API payment and collections company Revio has raised USD 5.2 million in a seed round led by QED and Partech

payment processing, payment methods, payments orchestration, startup, funding

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

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

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

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

Vodacom Tanzania expands M-Pesa transfers in East Africa

News | Online Payments | 17 Sep 2021

Vodacom Tanzania has announced it now allows for direct money transfers from M-Pesa to bank accounts in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda and other mobile wallets.

product launch, online payments, cashless

PawaPay raises USD 9 mln seed financing

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Aug 2021

UK-based and Africa-focused payments company PawaPay has closed USD 9 million in seed funding to scale its operational presence, recruit talent and expand into new markets.

funding, investment, mobile payments, financial inclusion

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

Making web payments and monetisation everyone's opportunity

Interviews | Payments General | 20 Apr 2021

The Paypers interviewed Briana Marbury, Executive Director of the Interledger Foundation, to learn about the Interledger Protocol, and how advancing open payments and Web Monetisation standards will enable more equitable and creative web opportunities

Interledger Foundation, online payments, unbanked, digital payments, financial inclusion

Nium assists customers to remit funds into four major African markets

News | Mobile Payments | 09 Mar 2021

Nium, a global payments platform, has announced that its clients are able to send funds to their business partners located in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania.

mobile money, money transfer, remittances, e-wallet

The blueprint for financial inclusion – Mojaloop's vision for solving the unbanked problem

Interviews | Payments General | 20 Nov 2020

The Paypers interviewed Paula Hunter from the Mojaloop Foundation to learn how financial inclusion can happen in vital regions across the world when an open source approach is embraced

Mojaloop, Mojaloop Foundation, Paula Hunter, financial inclusion, charitable nonprofit, digital finance, Open Finance, interoperability, real-time payments, transactions , mobile money, Central banks, unbanked, SME, credit score, lending, central bank digital currency, CBDC, blockchain, KYC

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

Ria Money Transfer, Thunes enable cross-border payments in emerging markets

News | Mobile Payments | 22 Oct 2020

Ria Money Transfer has partnered with global cross-border payment provider Thunes, enabling customers across the globe to send funds directly to consumers from emerging markets.

Ria Money Transfer, cross-border payments, Thunes, emerging markets, mobile wallets, M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, mobile money, alternative payment solutions

Uganda-based police hunt for mobile money hackers

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 12 Oct 2020

The Uganda-based police force has begun searching for hackers who accessed the systems of a third party that processes phone-based transactions.

Uganda, mobile money, hackers, fraudsters, third party, phone-based transactions, MTN Group, Standard Bank, mobile-money systems, Criminal Investigation Department, Bloomberg, utility bills, payments , cell phone

Remitly doubles mobile wallet offerings and global consumer reach

News | Mobile Payments | 26 Aug 2020

Independent provider of remittance and financial service products for immigrants Remitly has announced the expansion of its mobile wallet network.

Remitly, remittance, immigrants, mobile wallet, mobile wallet network, M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, bKash, GCash, Airtel Mobile Money, GoPay, Ovo, Thunes, emerging markets, COVID-19, digital purchases, home delivery, cash pickup, bank deposit