Equity Group Reports Strong 3rd Quarter Performance

Kshs.34.4 billion, PAT and Kshs.1.264 trillion assets 28% Profit After tax growth 31% growth in Non-funded income 27% growth in Earnings per Share 15% growth in customer deposits 21% growth in net loans Equity Group Holdings Plc today reported Kshs.34.4 billion shillings profit after tax for the nine months to 30th September 2022. The Group recorded

Fintech Emerging as Africa’s Most Vibrant Sector, Finds Mastercard Study

White paper finds that fintech companies have tied up with banks, mobile network operators (MNOs), and other stakeholders to develop wide-ranging solutions for consumers, micro and small merchants Study further found that regulators across multiple African countries have adopted a collaborative approach to enable the introduction of new solutions by fintech companies Fintech startups in

Equity Links PayPal Withdrawals to Equity Mobile App and Equity Online Enhancing Customer Experience

PayPal withdrawal service is now available on Equity Mobile App and Equity Online Customers to enjoy seamless PayPal account linking and withdrawal service alongside other numerous bank services on Equity Mobile App and Equity Online Equity Bank is currently the only Kenyan bank offering 24 hours PayPal withdrawal into a bank account Equity Bank has

Mastercard and Cellulant Partner to Empower Millions of Consumers Across Africa to Join the Global Digital Commerce Market

Partnership will enable customers to pay globally with a Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to the Cellulant wallet, Tingg Mastercard’s technology will enable consumers to shop online with or without a bank account, through a simple and secure payment experience  Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow millions of Cellulant customers across Africa to shop

African Markets Build Resilience in a Challenging Environment

Absa Africa Financial Markets Index shows improving market infrastructure in majority of countries in the region African countries have responded positively to the need to develop domestic financial markets to protect economies from external shocks, OMFIF’s 2022 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index reveals. Even as challenging market conditions weighed on performance in the index, 19

Payhippo Acquires Nigeria’s Maritime Microfinance Bank to Expand its Customer Offerings

With direct access to Nigeria’s Inter-bank Settlement System, this acquisition will enable Payhippo to launch an array of products and services for its customers  Payhippo, Nigeria’s credit-led SME fintech, has acquired Maritime Microfinance Bank (MFB), a financial institution specializing in saving products, demand deposits, and investments as well as micro and SME loans. The acquisition

Cellulant and Solv Kenya Partner in Payments Deal to Serve Tens of Thousands of Micro, Small Medium Enterprises (MSME)

This partnership will enable MSMEs using the Solv Kenya platform to reconcile, receive, and view all their payments on the go under one roof  Leading Pan-African payments provider Cellulant (https://www.Cellulant.io/) and MSMEs-focused B2B digital platform Solv Kenya have signed a financial services partnership that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and

Alternative Payments Giant Cellulant Achieves Data Sovereignty Using Pure Infrastructure’s VMware Cloud

To deliver a Pan-African services, companies must meet each country’s regulations relating to data residency, compliance, and data sovereignty  Cellulant (https://www.Cellulant.io), a Pan African financial technology company that provides locally relevant and alternative payment methods for global, regional and local merchants, has created a contiguous cloud experience that enables it to meet data and cloud

Leading Digital Payment Solutions Provider Network International Reports a Strong Strategic Execution with Q3 Revenue up 28% Year on Year

Network is a leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East & Africa, focused on helping businesses and economies prosper by simplifying commerce and payments  The company, which operates across Africa and the Middle East, has seen another quarter of financial and strategic delivery, underpinning full year expectations; Figures include positive licensing updates to

Finance in Africa 2022: Navigating the Financial Landscape in Turbulent Times

Banks weathered the pandemic well, showing the resilience of the sector  The European Investment Bank (EIB) (https://www.EIB.org) has completed its annual survey of banks in Africa in 2022, supported by Making Finance Work for Africa. In Finance in Africa in 2022: Navigating the financial landscape in turbulent times (https://bit.ly/3goYM2l), the seventh report in this series,