Ericsson and Mastercard Enhance Global Digital Money Movement and Accelerate Digital Financial Inclusion

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Ericsson and Mastercard have announced a collaboration aimed at reshaping how money moves across the world. By integrating the Ericsson Fintech Platform (Mobile Financial Services) with Mastercard Move — Mastercard’s portfolio of money movement solutions — the collaboration will enable telecom service providers, banks, and fintechs to expand digital wallet capabilities, introduce new payment services,

Conduit Partners With Onafriq for Stablecoin Payments

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Conduit, a leading cross-border payments platform powered by stablecoins, has announced a strategic partnership with Onafriq at the Africa Fintech Summit. Onafriq is Africa’s largest digital payments network of networks, connecting more than one billion mobile money wallets and 500 million bank accounts across over 40 African countries. The partnership marks a significant milestone for

Kenya’s Digital Payments Evolution and Mobile-Led Transformation Are Showing the Way

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In an earlier article, “Kenya’s Payments Evolution: What Banks and Fintechs Can Learn from M‑Pesa and Mobile Operators,” we explored how Kenya, often referred to as the “Silicon Savannah,” was emerging as a global leader in mobile-money innovation and digital financial inclusion. One of the key takeaways was that banks had an awful lot of

RealPay at Ripple Swell Event

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RealPay at Ripple Swell 2025: Scaling African Innovation on the Global Stage RealPay is taking African FinTech from local solutions to global impact. What began as a focused FinTech offering has grown into a 49+ product ecosystem – designed for African businesses navigating an intricate digital economy. Their digital payments and collections solutions are as

Paga Group Expands Into the U.S. Market With Digital Banking for Africa’s Diaspora

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Paga Group, a UK-headquartered financial technology company and one of Africa’s fastest-growing fintech businesses, today announced its expansion into the United States market with the launch of digital banking services for Africa’s diaspora community. Created in partnership with a US-regulated bank, Paga’s new service provides Africans living in the US with unprecedented access to international

Yellow Card Supercharges Cross-Border Payments, Joining the Fireblocks Network for Payments

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Yellow Card, Africa’s leading fintech for digital asset payments and infrastructure, has long focused on solving one of the most difficult challenges for businesses across the continent: cross-border payments. For too many companies, the reality has been a maze of fragmented systems, high transaction costs, and slow, manual processes. By reimagining financial infrastructure to meet

Mastercard and Circle Partner on Digital Settlements

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Mastercard and Circle are deepening their longstanding partnership to enable USDC and EURC settlement for acquirers across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). As stablecoins continue to address real-world challenges and improve efficiencies across a range of use cases, this collaboration highlights their shared commitment to advancing digital settlement in the region. This

HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Scale Stablecoin Payments in Africa

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HoneyCoin, a transformative global payment orchestration platform, announced a $4.9 million funding round led by the global venture firm Flourish Ventures. Flourish is joined by a dynamic mix of regional and global investors: Visa Ventures, TLcom Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, Lava, Musha Ventures, 4DX Ventures, and Antler. The new capital will accelerate the scale of

Safaricom and PayPal Link Accounts

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Safaricom has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with PayPal that aims to empower more than 35 million M-PESA customers and two million businesses and micro traders in Kenya with seamless access to PayPal’s global payments network. The partnership opens new opportunities for individuals and enterprises to transact beyond borders, connecting Kenya’s thriving digital economy with the

Western Union, Zoona and Chipper Cash Launch International Money Transfer Services

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Western Union, Zoona Transactions Zambia Limited, and Chipper Cash today jointly announced the launch of international money transfer services through the Chipper Cash app. This new, co-branded service empowers customers in Zambia to send and receive money across borders with greater ease, flexibility, and security, meeting the growing demand for digital-first financial solutions. Zoona, a