3+ week, 3+ day ago   (172+ words) RSwitch has taken its digital financial inclusion campaign, #TwagiyeKashiresi, directly to communities in Kigali, engaging residents and businesses in Nyabugogo and Gisozi Agakiriro. The two-day outreach focused on helping people understand and adopt digital financial services by providing demonstrations, answering…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (145+ words) Orange has raised €4.1 billion through a four-tranche euro-denominated bond issuance, as the telecommunications group moves to strengthen its financing position amid strong demand from investors. The issuance attracted a total order book of €16 billion, nearly four times the amount raised....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) The collaboration has supported the continued development of BenefitPay, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s National Wallet. FOO, an award-winning B2B fintech solutions provider headquartered in the UAE, has marked a new stage in its long-standing partnership with BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) The company marked the milestone with a private reception at its Nairobi office, bringing together senior executives from banks across the region and members of the local team. East Africa’s payments market has changed significantly over the past decade, driven…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (199+ words) Kabogo emphasised the need to ensure that investments in digital skills translate into tangible employment opportunities for young people. Kenya is seeking to deepen cooperation with the United States on digital economy development, with a focus on artificial intelligence, digital…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (267+ words) Circle Internet Group has signed an agreement to acquire Tazapay, a cross-border payments infrastructure company, in a deal aimed at expanding stablecoin-enabled money movement across global markets. The acquisition will bring together Circle’s USDC stablecoin and Circle Payments Network with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (325+ words) Instarc, a regulatory technology firm based in Tallinn, has secured a €1.25 million strategic investment to accelerate the commercial rollout of its cloud-native compliance platform for financial and accountable institutions in South Africa. The system is designed to be fully scalable…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) TechAfrica News Visa Enhances A2A Protect to Help Banks Stop Account-to-Account Fraud in Real Time The expanded solution introduces a new unified fraud score—Visa’s first in-market integration of Featurespace technology—giving financial institutions faster, clearer signals to detect more fraud…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (192+ words) TechAfrica News ZARU Adds Absa to South African Banking Network to Strengthen Stablecoin Infrastructure The addition of a second major banking partner introduces structural redundancy, designed as a core institutional safeguard rather than a fix for past vulnerabilities. ZARU, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (401+ words) Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has granted preliminary approval for two new projects to join its regulatory sandbox, expanding the testing of emerging financial technologies in the country’s non-banking financial sector. The approvals were granted by the FRA committee responsible…...