Interswitch and Visa Enter into Strategic Partnership

Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa, and Visa Inc., the world leader in digital payments, today announced a strategic partnership that will further advance the digital payments ecosystem across Africa. As part of the agreement, Visa will acquire a significant minority equity

Bank Zero Begins Final Countdown

Having completed its core value proposition, preparations are underway to open its digital doors Bank Zero has now fully completed its core value proposition by going live with its debit card. Following this card go-live, rigorous health-checks such as simulated card attacks, card fraud detection and retailer readiness are currently underway. Thereafter the final countdown

GCB Posts GH¢317.13 Million Profit

GCB Bank has posted profit before tax of GH¢317.13 million for the nine months period ending September 30, 2019. This is an improvement over the GH¢224.99 million recorded over the same period in 2018 financial year and represents 40.9% increase. During the period, total revenue amounted to GH¢1.13 billion, up 25.1% compared to GH¢ 903.23

Ecobank Announces Appointment of Deepak Malik to its Board of Directors

Deepak Malik joins the Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) Board of Directors as a nominee of Arise B.V. (“Arise”) which now holds a 14.1% equity stake in ETI Mr. Deepak Malik has been coopted to the Board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (https://www.Ecobank.com), the parent company of the Ecobank Group as a Non-Executive Director. Deepak Malik

Interswitch Expands Presence in Health-Tech Space Through Acquisition Of e-Clat

Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Nigeria and other African countries is pleased to announce the acquisition of e-Clat Healthcare Limited, a Nigeria-based health technology company that aims to improve healthcare delivery in Africa. The deal was completed on September 30, 2019, and it involves Interswitch acquiring a

Temenos Successfully Delivers State-of-the-Art Core Banking Platform for Ghana’s Second Largest Bank

Temenos, the banking software company, today announced that Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) has gone live with Temenos T24 Transact, the next generation in core banking, to power its operations for retail and corporate banking. Temenos’ cloud-native, cloud-agnostic platform will empower CBG to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver innovative digital banking services and exceptional customer experience.

MIGA Supports Banking in Middle East & North Africa

MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued $67 million in guarantees to BBAC of Lebanon to help increase the loan portfolio of BBAC’s branches in Iraq. This in turn is expected to facilitate the growth of domestic Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). MIGA is providing a guarantee for up to five years,

Airtel Africa & Finablr Partner to Facilitate Seamless Inbound and Outbound Cross-border Payments

Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider, and Finablr, a global platform for payments and foreign exchange solutions, have entered into an extensive global partnership that will see the two companies bringing together their complementary capabilities. As an outcome of the arrangement, Airtel Africa mobile money operations will be integrated with Finablr’s technology platform and

MTN Launches Mobile Money API Hackathon

In pursuit of its goal to contribute to bridging the financial divide, MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo) Access Programming Interface (API) platform. The open API enables developers and programmers to innovate on the platform and develop products and other solutions that will create a wider range of digital

Cellulant Unveils Tingg, Africa’s First Payments Super App in 8 Countries

Cellulant, Africa’s leading financial technology company has announced the launch of Tingg, an all-in-one, multi-functional consumer super app that will include a wide array of payment, commerce and financial services into a single platform that will revolutionize the way customers interact with digital payment services in the continent. Tingg is Cellulant’s solution to the fragmentation