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Mambu Tapped as Core Banking Engine for Nyla, Africa’s First Islamic Neobank
Amsterdam-based Mambu, a SaaS cloud banking platform, announced a partnership with Kigali-headquartered Nyla to power its core banking…
Rwanda and Kenya Sign Deal To Allow Licensed Fintechs To Operate In Their Countries
The central banks of Rwanda and Kenya just signed the Kigali Declaration on Fintech License Passporting, a major…
Flutterwave Acquires Open Banking Startup Mono
Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable fintech firm, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued…
Wise Secures Conditional Approval in South Africa for Cross Border Payments
The global fintech company Wise has received conditional approval from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to operate…
Zazu Banks on Africa’s Entrepreneurs with $1M Pre-Seed
Zazu, a new pan-African digital banking platform built exclusively for entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), has…
Vodacom M-Pesa Goes Global with Payment Blitz
Vodacom Tanzania’s M-Pesa is making a major play for the global digital economy, launching a suite of cross-border…
Rank (formerly Moni) Expands with Acquisitions to Build a Community-Powered Money App
Y Combinator-backed fintech Moni has rebranded as Rank, signaling a broader push to become Africa’s leading community-powered money…
Revolut Taps Former Mastercard Exec Yacine Faqir to Lead Morocco Expansion
Global fintech Revolut has appointed Yacine Faqir, a former Mastercard executive, as Chief Executive Officer for Morocco, signaling…
Stream Raises $4M to Modernize Business Payments in MENA
Stream, a Saudi-born payments platform redefining how businesses across MENA bill and get paid, has raised $4 million…
Flutterwave Taps Polygon to Power Africa’s Biggest Blockchain Payment Network
Africa’s largest payments infrastructure company, Flutterwave, is partnering with Polygon Labs in a multi-year deal to power instant,…