NIBSS payment system surpasses 100 million transactions
Nigeria’s payment infrastructure provider, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc, has announced that its National Payment Stack (NPS) has...
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LemFi Appoints Former CBN Adviser Haydar Daudu as West Africa Policy Head
Fintech company LemFi has appointed Dr Haydar Daudu, a former adviser to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as its...
Airtel Money Scales Back London IPO Target to $800m as Investor Valuation Concerns Mount
Airtel Africa's mobile-money business is considering reducing the size of its planned London initial public offering to at least $800...
CIBN Tasks Financial Journalists on Recapitalisation, Tax Reform, Fintech Revolution
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has urged financial journalists to play a stronger role in explaining and...
Ghana Gives dLocal Direct Payments Licence, Cutting Reliance on Local Intermediaries
Global payments technology company dLocal has secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider licence from the Bank of Ghana, allowing the...
Mastercard, Flowcart Bring Payments Into WhatsApp Chats as Social Commerce Expands in Africa
Kenyan technology startup Flowcart has partnered with Mastercard to embed card payments directly into social and conversational commerce, potentially changing...
PAPSS Targets Full African Coverage Within Five Years
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, PAPSS, plans to connect every African country to its cross-border payment network within the...
Governments Back GITEX Platform to Accelerate Financial Innovation
Governments and financial-sector regulators have backed a new GITEX platform aimed at accelerating financial innovation across Africa. The platform, MINT...
Nigerian Entrepreneur Uses AI to Tackle Africa’s Persistent Business Payment Challenge
Nigerian Entrepreneur Targets the Challenge of Getting Paid For many businesses, making a sale is only the beginning of the...
MTN Considers Banking Licences as Telecom Giant Deepens Push Into Lending
MTN Group is considering obtaining banking licences in selected African markets as the telecommunications giant accelerates its expansion into lending...