Africa’s Cellulant partners Mastercard for online e-commerce payments
Cellulant’s customers can now pay online wherever Mastercard is accepted via the Tingg wallet.
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Housing Finance Bank in core banking tech overhaul
Uganda-based Housing Finance Bank will implement Flexcube from Oracle FS.
Egyptian fintech Telda lands $20m seed funding
The round was led by Global Founders Capital with participation from Sequoia Capital and Block.
UBCI revamps corporate banking tech with Finastra and Tesselate
Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (UBCI) modernises trade and cash management tech.
UBCI modernises treasury management ops with Profile Software
Tunisia-based Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et I’Industrie (UBCI) has implemented Profile’s Acumen.plus.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ayoconnect and Tugende
The ICYMI round-up brings to you the latest funding news from around the world, every week.
Prudential and Google Cloud team for health and financial inclusion in Asia and Africa
Prudential will leverage Google Cloud for its flagship health and wealth platform, Pulse.
MFS Africa implements ThetaRay’s solution to detect financial crimes
ThetaRay says its Sonar solution helps to “effectively identify truly suspicious cases”.
Middle East and Africa fintech funding round-up: Julaya, erad, SecondSTAX and Exits.me
A round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the Middle East and Africa.
FairMoney taps banking tech vendor Oradian to power next growth phase
Oradian’s account, finance and investment offerings are tailored to the needs of rapidly developing markets.
African crypto exchange Yellow Card lands $40m Series B
The new funding brings the total capital raised by Yellow Card to $57 million.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Kippa, Payall, Trek Health and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Central Bank of Egypt in treasury management system overhaul with Profile Software
CBE, Egypt’s central bank and monetary authority, will implement Profile’s Acumen.plus treasury management system.
US fintech Bankjoy appoints Michael Carroll as its new CTO
Carroll will oversee the development of technology, supporting Bankjoy’s digital service ecosystem.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: R2, NowNow and Hive Wealth
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from around the world.
Nigerian fintech Arca taps ThetaRay for AI-powered AML solution
Arca is the first Nigerian fintech to utilise ThetaRay’s Sonar solution.
Mambu core banking tech underpins new African bank, Carbon Finance
Nigeria’s Carbon Finance is now a full-service bank with pan-African aspirations.
African challenger Kuda cuts 5% of workforce
Kuda says cuts were made across growth, marketing and product departments in the company.
Momentum Metropolitan taps Duco for no-code data automation solution
Momentum went live with Duco’s platform as part of a wider data automation strategy.
Africa fintech funding round-up: Pezesha, Duplo, SubsBase, Grey and Anchor
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across Africa.
Barclays to sell remaining 7.4% stake in South Africa’s Absa
The offloading of 63,072,652 shares will raise approximately £538 million, Barclays says.
Pan-African banking group Ecobank launches fintech challenge
The challenge has a top cash prize worth $50,000 and is open to early- and late-stage fintech start-ups.
Egyptian BNPL firm valU acquires employee management fintech Paynas
Paynas provides employee management and payment services to MSMEs.
DPO Group co-founder and CEO Eran Feinstein retires
As Feinstein retires, Brandon Williamson has been appointed regional managing director for acquiring in South Africa.
Nigerian fintech TeamApt becomes QED’s first African investment
The new funds will help fuel TeamApt’s planned expansion across Africa in the coming months.
Klasha names former PayPal exec Ayman Jawhar as new CPO
Jawhar’s appointment follows the recent hiring of Nile Younis as Klasha’s new chief commercial officer.
Passive micro-investing app upnup launches in South Africa
The company says micro-investing is a good first step into the space, providing “investment on auto-pilot”.
South Africa’s TymeBank to acquire SME funding fintech Retail Capital
Retail Capital will form the foundation of an expanded business banking offering within TymeBank.
Umba acquires 66.6% stake in Kenyan microfinance lender Daraja
The Central Bank of Kenya says the deal will “support the stability of Kenya’s microfinance banking sector”.
African neobank 4G Capital goes live on Mambu’s cloud banking platform
The micro and small business-focused bank is looking to scale across East Africa.
BDCD in banking tech overhaul with BML Istisharat
BML’s ICBS core banking system will replace Sopra’s legacy solution at BDCD.
Remittance start-up SendSprint launches in UK in partnership with Flutterwave
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
Mojaloop: the open source software powering payments for the unbanked
FinTech Futures chats with Kim Walters, who led the building of Mojaloop’s software from the ground up.
Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank partners Thunes for cross-border payments
The partnership will enable “nearly 30 million” Moroccan bank account owners to receive remittances.
UAE’s YAP secures $41m to support continued expansion
Start-up says the funding will support expansion into Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Ghana and Egypt.
Bank of Mauritius in tech overhaul with Intellect Design Arena
Intellect Design Arena will implement its Intellect Quantum system at the central bank.
Nigerian fintech Moove lands $20m from British International Investment
BII is the new name of CDC Group, the UK government’s development finance institution.
Paytech Flutterwave hires Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
Indian B2B e-commerce platform Solv raises $40m Series A
Solv says the funding will support its expansion throughout more than 300 cities across Africa and Southeast Asia.
Ghana’s Fido raises $30m Series A to broaden financial inclusion in Africa
Fido has now raised $38m to date and intends to use the fresh capital to launch new financial products in Ghana.
