Paysend, the UK-based FinTech with over 7 million customers, today announces a partnership with Damane Cash, a payments institution and subsidiary of Bank of Africa, to enable money transfers to Morocco. With features such as low fixed fees, upfront exchange rates, faster transfer speeds and the ability to make instant, digital end-to-end international payments, this
The launch of the service follows the implementation of a seamless account opening procedure for customers who do not have domiciliary accounts with Ecobank Nigeria Ecobank Nigeria (www.Ecobank.com/ng/), an affiliate of the leading Pan-African banking Group, Ecobank Group, has extended its innovative remittance services to its business account holders. Under the new plan, business customers
Online fraud and digital wallet hacking now account for nearly 20% of U.K. fraud Individuals falling victim to confidence tricks has increased to 12.8% ACI Worldwide calls for a radical rethink of fraud fighting strategies and industry-wide collaboration More than one in ten people in the U.K. (12.1%) have fallen victim to payments fraud in
Nigeria is Africa’s undisputed real-time payments and digital payments leader, recording 3.7 billion real-time transactions in 2021 and ranking sixth in the league table of the world’s most developed real-time payments markets, according to the third edition of ACI’s Prime Time for Real-Time report The widespread uptake of new digital and real-time payment services helped
The partnership will allow Kenyans living in the UK and US to send money directly from their banks, through the NALA app, instantly and at the most competitive rates to Equity Bank Kenya accounts and other mobile wallets. Equity Bank Kenya has signed a partnership with NALA Payments Limited, a remittance payment processing platform licensed
Collaboration with global cloud communication service provider Infobip enables banks to use globally-trusted WhatsApp platform to communicate and engage with customers 24/7 using the latest technology Leading digital payment solutions provider Network International (www.Network.ae) has announced it will bring WhatsApp for Business banking services to financial institutions across Africa through a landmark collaboration with Infobip.
By, Sandy Rheeder CIO of Mukuru Fintechs that are innovating, operating and growing throughout Africa have moved on from the broad academic concept of financial inclusion to the practical onboarding and walking hand in hand with underserved people along a financial journey. The first port of call is understanding that serving the underserved is not
For centuries people have crossed borders to live, work, and trade. While cross-border payment systems are crucial for financial inclusion and growth in a globalised economy, cost and efficiency challenges remain, particularly in Africa. Mark Dankworth, President Business Development Africa at leading pan-African fintech enablement partner, Ukheshe Technologies says fintechs are at the forefront of
KongaPay, a frontline mobile money platform and a member of the Konga Group, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has signed a landmark deal with Bibimoney, a UK-based industry leader to expand access to financial inclusion for many in Nigeria, while also raising standards in the Fintech ecosystem in Nigeria and beyond. The iconic partnership was
Absa Bank Kenya has partnered with global payments technology platform Visa to launch a domestic and cross-border remittance service that will allow seamless person-to-person money transfers and persons-to-businesses payments via the Visa Global network. The Absa Visa Send Money, a first-of-its-kind market solution, will allow Absa debit and credit cardholders to transfer funds from their
