Report: The power of data analytics in fintech solutions
A deep-dive industry report focused on the priorities and use of data analytics at financial institutions.
Africa
Tyme lands $110m in Series B funding, plans Asia-Pacific expansion
TymeBank looks to expand beyond its South African headquarters.
Netflix bags Uber’s product head Ebi Atawodi as payments director
Atawodi spent more than six years at Uber.
UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
Is 2021 the year to inspire better banking?
Sanat Rao says the time is right to invest in back-end systems change.
Kenyan paytech Popote raises funding from GreenHouse Capital
The undisclosed amount of funding will help the paytech scale.
BLOC Smart Africa fund secures capital from Ivory Coast & Luxembourg
The fund will invest in high-growth potential start-ups to scale up across the continent.
Nigeria’s Xend Finance increases size of funding round to $2m
It initially launched its platform publicly late last year after raising $1.5 million in funding.
Banking Technology February 2021 issue out now
The roaring 20s.
HPS acquires Mauritius payments processor ICPS
HPS nabs the full stake in ICPS from former partner MCB.
UK-Nigeria mobile wallet Sendit.Money goes crowdfunding
It has already exceeded its £100,000 target, having raised £146,006 at time of writing.
Nigeria’s central bank issues crypto shutdown throwing fintechs into disarray
Nigeria is one of the world’s largest users of virtual currencies.
A look inside MENA investor Global Ventures’ fintech portfolio
Global Ventures’ portfolio covers payment acceptance, digital wallets, credit and trading.
Nigerian wealthtech Cowrywise raises $3m pre-Series A
The co-founders aim to democratise Nigerians’ access to savings and investment products.
Absa launches digital bank Spot Money in South Africa
The open banking platform integrates with various bank and payment services.
Kenyan agri-insurtech Pula raises $6m Series A
The funding round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital.
Pyypl’s regulation-first approach to MENA starts to pay off
“The options today are mobile money or banks,” says CEO.
The end to end benefits of cloud first transformation
Cloud has become a go-to technology for many in the financial services industry.
EXCLUSIVE: Oracle wins Flexcube deal with Somalia entrant BB Bank
Upcoming Islamic bank picks Oracle FS to furnish its core operations.
Arab Investment Bank picks fresh batch of Temenos solutions
Egypt-based bank adds to existing portfolio of Temenos products.
2020 in review: Top core banking stories
We run down the most interesting core banking stories from this year.
2020 review: 10 largest bank job cuts this year
This year has seen several job cut announcements.
2020 review: Top 10 fintech funding rounds
Some start-up’s valuations have soared this year.
Top 10 Women in Fintech Power List 2020
We bring you a shortlist of ten women in – or investing in – fintech.
MFS Africa opens up continent to PayPal’s remittance service Xoom
Present in a whopping 160 markets already, Xoom still wants more of the pie.
Report: Digital KYB – a springboard to customer onboarding success
FinTech Futures’ latest in depth industry report on KYB, in partnership with DueDil.
South African BaaS provider Ukheshe to acquire local fintech Oltio
Oltio is a smaller South African firm which hosts QR code payments for Mastercard.
On-demand payment innovation at the heart of digital “new normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered industry changes in rapid time.
Chipper Cash raises $30m in Series B featuring Jeff Bezos VC
The Amazon founder’s personal VC participated in Chipper’s latest funding
FNZ acquires investment solution vendor Silica from Ninety One
Silica claims to service more than 1.3 million investor accounts.
What the Fintech? Episode 16 | Financial inclusion 2020
Nina Mohanty shares her research findings on financial inclusion around the most vulnerable people in our communities.
Report: Three key strategies for customer experience success
In-depth industry report on customer experience, featuring expert insights from Mettle, HSBC & Northwestern Mutual.
Banking Technology November 2020 issue out now
Without limits: The Barclays accelerator races ahead
Nigerian challenger bank Kuda raises $10m in seed funding
Kuda completes the largest seed round in Africa.
Oracle gains new Flexcube deals in Middle East and Africa
Technology vendor signs a selection of new clients.
Egypt’s AAIB finally goes live with Temenos after five years
AAIB signed the deal with both Temenos and IBM back in 2015.
Prospa sets out to serve global diaspora of African entrepreneurs
The start-up’s sweet-spot customers are entrepreneurs and micro-SMEs.
African remittance firms thrive amid COVID-19
Azimo saw a nearly 200% increase over the expected number of new customers in April, May and June.
Stripe acquires Nigerian start-up Paystack in $200m deal
Paystack has 60,000 business customers across Nigeria and Ghana.
Modul8 and Nium partner to provide card-issuing for APAC region
The two claim they can deliver the service for companies in as little as three months.
