Crypto had a bumpy, and at times wild, 2023. But industry observers and participants continue to believe that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have the potential to revolutionize fin...
Nilesh Dusane, global head of institutional payments at AWS, and Ben Janse van Rensburg, interim CIO at BankservAfrica, told PYMNTS that instant payments will do much to transform South Africa’...
Paysera has teamed with Ria Money Transfer to help unbanked customers send and receive money. The partnership, announced Friday (March 10), lets clients send money to 522,000 Ria cash pickup loca...
Ooredoo and Huawei have partnered on mobile money in the Middle East and North Africa. This collaboration will provide Huawei’s FinTech and mobile money platform to Ooredoo’s operating compan...
Financial institutions have an opportunity to provide customers with the financial literacy tools they want. January is Financial Wellness Month, and as inflation continues to stretch most househ...
In what began as a recognition of workplace imbalances and inequities, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts are now evolving into a way of strengthening companies with a broad chorus of...
Unbanked Nigerians and those using a feature phone in the country will soon have access to eNaira banking services through an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel. Communication...
Some of the most underbanked populations in the world can be found in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where countries like Egypt have bank account ownership rates as low as 22%. While in...
Digital and financial services solutions firm Vodacom is introducing a new cash advance product to give people who are underbanked fast access to funds. VodaLend Cash Advance complements other of...
Mobility FinTech Moove has teamed up with Japanese financial services company MUFG and carmaker Suzuki to promote financial inclusion among gig workers in Africa. With the collaboration, “Moove...