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MTN South Africa to provide PayShap

News | Mobile Payments | 29 Apr 2024

Telecommunication operator MTN South Africa has entered a collaboration with Investec and Electrum to provide PayShap on its MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) platform. 

partnership, financial services, financial inclusion, mobile payments, digital payments

Xsolla launches new payment methods

News | Payments General | 08 Mar 2024

Xsolla has launched new payment methods, aiming to provide gamers in the region of Africa with access to Embedded Finance solutions and instant earnings.

product launch, partnership, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, KYC, embedded finance

Mastercard partners with Loop

News | Payments General | 01 Mar 2024

Mastercard has partnered with Loop, aiming to empower businesses and consumers in Saudi Arabia with access to advanced credit card offerings and innovative payment solutions. 

partnership, credit access, payments , financial services, credit card

Mastercard partners with MTN Group Fintech

News | Mobile Payments | 29 Feb 2024

Mastercard has partnered with MTN Group Fintech to provide African people and businesses with digital tools to transact through secure mobile payments.

partnership, mobile payments, fintech, SMEs, financial inclusion

South African mobile operators combat fraud with GSMA initiative

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 23 Feb 2024

Telecommunications operators Cell C, MTN, and Telkom have welcomed the launch of two universal APIs available in South Arica that combat fraud and digital identity theft.

API, fraud prevention, digital identity, cybercrime, cybersecurity

Insights on Open Banking Evolution in Africa – interview with Deloitte

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Feb 2024

Deloitte Africa explores how Africa's financial sector navigates Open Banking's rise, leveraging tech partnerships, overcoming regulatory gaps, and ensuring data security for inclusive, innovative finance.

Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report, fintech, banks

Revio raises USD 5.2 million in seed funding

News | Payments General | 28 Sep 2023

South Africa-based API payment and collections company Revio has raised USD 5.2 million in a seed round led by QED and Partech

payment processing, payment methods, payments orchestration, startup, funding

STICPAY forms new local payment partnerships

News | Payments General | 07 Sep 2023

UK-based digital payment provider STICPAY has partnered with nearly 40 payment providers to promote financial inclusion across Asia, Africa, and South America.

mobile payments, digital payments, money transfer, local payment method, digital wallet

Mastercard to acquire a stake in South Africa's MTN

News | Payments General | 14 Aug 2023

Mastercard has decided to acquire a minority stake in the fintech arm of South Africa-based MTN, with a value of USD 5 billion.  

investment, fintech, payments , digital payments, acquisition

Our vision is to bank and economically empower Africa's gig economy – Interview with ImaliPay

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 13 May 2022

In this interview, we spoke with Sanmi Akinmusire, co-founder of ImaliPay, to discover how the company is promoting the financial inclusion of gig economy workers

financial inclusion, gig economy, fintech, financial health

Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA) launches Every Action Counts coalition

News | Payments General | 28 Jun 2021

The ‘Every Action Counts’ (EAC) coalition has been launched by the Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA), funded by the Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) initiative of the MAVA Foundation.

green finance, partnership, financial institutions, digital banking

MTN South Africa, IFC to help underbanked in South Africa

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 24 May 2021

MTN South Africa has announced a USD 2 million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to expand MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business in South Africa.

partnership, unbanked, financial services, compliance

Nium assists customers to remit funds into four major African markets

News | Mobile Payments | 09 Mar 2021

Nium, a global payments platform, has announced that its clients are able to send funds to their business partners located in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania.

mobile money, money transfer, remittances, e-wallet

Mastercard, MTN partner to enable global ecommerce payments across Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Feb 2021

Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with South-Africa based telco MTN to enable consumers in 16 countries across Africa to make ecommerce payments globally.

MasterCard, MTN, partnership, e-wallet, mobile payments, online payments

South Africa-based Mama Money grows 500% during the pandemic

News | Payments General | 16 Feb 2021

South Africa-based money transfer fintech company Mama Money has observed growth of over 500% in volumes during 2020, according to the official press release. 

South Africa, Mama Money, fintech, cross-border payments, money transfer, remittance

Vodacom M-Pesa goes global

News | Mobile Payments | 17 Jun 2020

Vodacom M-Pesa, a Tanzania-based mobile money service provider, has announced the expansion of its International Money Transfer service portfolio.

Vodacom M-Pesa, Tanzania, mobile payments, mobile money, Africa, remittances, Bank of Tanzania

Mobile money market expected to reach USD 12.0 billion by 2024

News | Mobile Payments | 27 Feb 2020

According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the mobile money market to grow from USD 3.4 billion in 2019 to USD 12.0 billion by 2024.

MarketsandMarkets, mobile payments, online payments, mobile payments market, Vodafone, Google, Orange, FIS, PayPal, MasterCard, Fiserv, airtel, Gemalto, Alipay, MTN, Paytm, Samsung, Visa, Tencent, Global Payments, Amazon, Apple, Western Union Holdings, Comviva, and T- Mobile

Adyen expands payment offering to Africa with Celullant partnership

News | Online Payments | 04 Jun 2019

Adyen has announced the expansion of its payment network to a number of African markets through a partnership with Cellulant.

Adyen, online payments, local payment method, Africa, Celullant, merchant

Standard Chartered launches digital-only bank in West Africa

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 15 Mar 2018

Standard Chartered has announced the launch of its first digital-only retail bank in Ivory Coast, saying it will use the  African country as a testing ground for a global launch of digital services.

Standard Chartered, digital-only bank, West Africa, Ivory Coast

MTN shuts down mobile money services in South Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Sep 2016

MTN, an African telecom company, has decided to close its mobile money service in South Africa, the second mobile company to do so this year.

MTN, mobile money services, mobile payments, South Africa, m pesa, aYo, insurance