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Safaricom taps Onafriq to enable remittances to Ethiopia

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Mar 2024

Kenya-based telecommunications company Safaricom has augmented its M-PESA platform, through a partnership with Onafriq, to offer remittances to Ethiopia.

remittance, money transfer, mobile payments, expansion, growth markets

Mastercard partners with Loop

News | Payments General | 01 Mar 2024

Mastercard has partnered with Loop, aiming to empower businesses and consumers in Saudi Arabia with access to advanced credit card offerings and innovative payment solutions. 

partnership, credit access, payments , financial services, credit card

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 partners with KCB Bank

News | Payments General | 27 Feb 2024

Mastercard has announced its partnership with KCB Bank in order to provide its customers across the East African region with optimised payment systems. 

partnership, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce, cross-border payments, banking, financial services, financial institutions

China Construction Bank partners with Thunes

News | Payments General | 24 Oct 2023

Global B2B payment infrastructure platform Thunes has announced its partnership with China Construction Bank to optimise cross-border payments in the region.

partnership, cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce, payments , online payments, digital payments, mobile payments, ecommerce

Thunes partners with Access Africa

News | Payments General | 03 Oct 2023

B2B payments infrastructure platform Thunes has announced a partnership with Access Bank to improve cross-border payments in and out of 13 African countries.

partnership, payments , cross-border payments, paytech, fintech, remittances, banking

Kenya's startup Kotani Pay gets USD 2 mln funding

News | Cryptocurrencies | 06 Sep 2023

Kenya-based Kotani Pay has received USD 2 million to simplify cross-border remittances in Africa with blockchain and stablecoins.

cryptocurrency, financial inclusion, cross-border payments, unbanked, funding

Airtel partners with Mastercard

News | Mobile Payments | 15 Aug 2023

India-based Airtel partners with Mastercard to enable mobile customers to transfer funds across Africa.

digital payments, ecommerce, payments , money transfer

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

ITC and Alibaba.com to support MSMEs in embracing digital trade

News | Ecommerce | 04 Jul 2023

Alibaba.com has signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with International Trade Centre (ITC) to encourage MSMEs to take part in the global digital trade.

Alibaba, ecommerce, digitalisation, SMEs, online shopping

dLocal receives payment service licenses for Kenya and Rwanda

News | Online Payments | 24 May 2023

Urugay-based payments platform dLocal has announced that the Central Bank of Kenya and the National Bank of Rwanda granted dLocal their respective payment service licenses.

payment processing, API, ecommerce, payment methods, Acquirer, merchant

TransUnion reports global increase in digital fraud attempts

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 Apr 2023

Global information and insights company TransUnion has reported an 18% increase in digital fraud attempts in Hong Kong and 80% globally from pre-pandemic levels.

research, report, survey, online fraud, cybersecurity, cybercrime, phishing, vishing, credit card fraud, digitalisation, fintech, trust, data analytics, fraud prevention

Flutterwave receives EMI and remittance licenses in Rwanda

News | Online Payments | 15 Mar 2023

Nigeria-based fintech Flutterwave has received EMI and remittances licenses from the National Bank of Rwanda as it expands operations in East Africa.

Flutterwave, EMI licence, ecommerce, expansion, remittance, cross-border payments

Tempo France, Nairagram to launch remittances to Africa

News | Online Payments | 07 Feb 2023

Global money transfer system Tempo France and US-based financial service company Nairagram have partnered to launch remittances from the EU to 20 countries in Africa. 

remittances, cross-border payments, partnership

NALA expands in the EU

News | Online Payments | 10 Jan 2023

Tanzania-based fintech company NALA that enables payments to Africa has expanded into Europe by adding 19 European Union countries to its send markets’ list.

expansion, payments , online payments, remittances, money remittance, cross-border payments, fintech

SPENN and Mastercard partner

News | Online Payments | 14 Nov 2022

SPENN, a Denmark-based fintech, and Mastercard have partnered to enable SPENN Mobile Wallet users to make digital payments on the Mastercard network.

partnership, financial inclusion, fintech, digital payments, ecommerce

NALA integrates Google Pay

News | Online Payments | 27 Oct 2022

Tanzania-based fintech NALA has announced the integration of Google Pay into its users’ payment options suite. 

product upgrade, online payments, cross-border payments, remittance, digital wallet, payments

EFT Corporation joins forces with ACI Worldwide to fight fraud in Africa

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 01 Sep 2022

Mauritius-based fintech EFT Corporation has partnered with ACI Worldwide to shield their customers from fraud.

fraud prevention, PCI compliance, EFT, ACI Worldwide, risk management, transaction monitoring

Sudan's Bloom raises USD 6.5 mln in seed round

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 20 Jul 2022

Sudan-based Bloom, a fintech that offers savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a USD 6.5 million seed round.

fintech, funding, product launch, digital banking, mobile banking

RSwitch partners with EFT for financial inclusion in Rwanda

News | Payments General | 07 Jul 2022

Rwanda-based payment solutions company RSwitch has teamed with fintech EFT to enable Rwandans to access their money across all technological platforms.

partnership, financial inclusion, transactions , digital wallet, merchant, payment gateway