Browsing: Fintech

South African tech startups are making it big in global markets as they expand their solutions. Explore, a South African…

MTN on Tuesday unveiled its new pan-African API marketplace to enable developers and businesses to discover and subscribe to what…

South Africa’s telco Telkom waded into the country’s red hot financial area with a new financial services entity to compete…

FinTech startup Remitly has raised $85 million (R1.4 billion ) at a $1.5 billion (R24.7 billion) valuation in a funding…

South Africa’s AuthGate – an enabler for digital payment – is planning to expand into The Netherlands and Belgium. The…

South Africa’s AuthGate – an enabler for digital payment – is seeking to raise capital. The self-funded startup seems to…

As more and more transactions are performed digitally, less paper and coin money is needed – signalling the eventual disappearance…

At a time when South African SMEs need it most, FinTech SME capital provider, ProfitShare Partners today announced that it…

South Africa’s FinTech startups, associated with AlphaCode, share how the country’s extended lockdown has provided some with growth opportunities as…

South Africa’s Mama Money has joined forces with Western Union, the world leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments.…

Stellenbosch-based FinTech startup Paymenow today announced it has been accepted into Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator managed by…

Stellenbosch-based FinTech startup Paymenow today announced it has concluded an initial equity investment round with ViaMedia (part of the Digital…

South African FinTech company Centbee launched a new feature in its Bitcoin wallet today that allows you to purchase prepaid…

Planet42, a South Africa based FinTech startup that focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised R41…

Today, ProfitShare Partners launches an exciting year-long initiative designed to get small businesses working and creating jobs. In partnership with…

Retailer Pepkor, previously Steinhoff Africa Retail, continues to report strong growth from its financial technology (FinTech) services. The company, which…

South Africa’s FinTech startup Peach Payments announced on Wednesday that it has received funding from fund manager Allan Gray and…

The ability to create value out of new products and services lies at the heart of the burgeoning FinTech sector.…

COVID 19 has undoubtedly shown Africa and the rest of the world just how quickly an epidemic can incapacitate existing…

Bank Zero, a start-up by mostly former First National Bank (FNB) staffers chaired by venture capitalist Michael Jordaan, is planning…

It is still too early to estimate the scope of any impact on Africa’s most valuable company Naspers’s operations and…

South Africa’s financial regulators today launched the Intergovernmental FinTech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub to respond to changes in the…

Banks can be as powerful and valued as the big technology firms. Yes, those trillion-dollar titans. This is because banks…

MTN, Africa and the Middle East biggest mobile phone operator delivered a strong set of results for the year to…

The latest data released today by MTN shows that the number of active Mobile Money (MoMo) users increased by 7,5 million…