Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks and enterprises, today announces a partnership with Capitec, South Africa’s largest bank by customer base, to power its international payments offering. Serving over 25 million customers – more than half of South Africa’s adult population – Capitec has transformed banking in South Africa through a focus on
Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Protus TACHE as Group Executive, Human Resources, effective 1 April 2026. As the Group accelerates its focus on talent, leadership effectiveness, and cultural alignment under its Growth, Transformation and Returns (GTR) strategy, this appointment serves as a critical lever in building a high-performing
Nedbank and Mastercard announced a landmark 10-year commercial agreement that expands their long-standing collaboration across Southern African. The agreement spans South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mozambique, and will bring enhanced digital payment experiences to customers and businesses across the region. Under the agreement, the bank will leverage Mastercard’s global technology expertise and payments
Andoh Obed Mensah, the newly appointed Country Manager of the African Development Bank Group for Sierra Leone, presented his Letters of Credence to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Francess Piagie Alghali, at a ceremony held on 22 March in Freetown. Welcoming the new Country Manager, Deputy Minister Alghali underscored the strong,
Mambu, the leading SaaS cloud banking platform, celebrates its 15th anniversary, celebrating a decade and a half of helping financial institutions launch and scale modern banking services around the world. Founded in 2010 by three university students, Mambu began with a simple idea. After a field trip to Mozambique exposed the limits of traditional banking
Cross Switch has gone live with Absa Pay, enabling merchants on its platform to offer customers a secure, bank‑authenticated payment option for online checkout. When customers select Absa Pay at checkout, they are routed to a secure Absa environment to authenticate the payment directly with their bank before being returned to the merchant’s platform to
PAPSS – the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is a centralised Financial Market Infrastructure that enables the efficient flow of money securely across African borders, minimising risk and contributing to financial integration across the regions. The organisation collaborates with African central banks to offer payment and settlement solutions that commercial banks and licensed payment service
Absa Group and Thunes have announced the launch of Absa Global Pay, a digital remittance solution enabling Absa customers to send money internationally via the Absa Banking App or Absa Online platform. According to the official press release, the service launched on 3 March 2026, with an initial release covering six countries, including the UK,
Mambu, the leading SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with Nyla, Africa’s first Islamic neobank, to power its shari’ah-compliant digital banking infrastructure as it launches in Ghana and prepares for expansion across West Africa. The partnership marks a significant milestone for Mambu’s Islamic banking offering in Africa, bringing scalable, cloud-native infrastructure to
Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announces a partnership with Chikwama Pay, a pan-African neobank providing accessible financial services through WhatsApp. Together, they are powering Africa’s first WhatsApp-enabled neo-bank with fully integrated borderless payment processing, bringing secure, seamless, and affordable financial services to millions of underserved people across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Chikwama
