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Send by Flutterwave launches Naira travel card for diaspora holiday spending

Send App, a cross-border remittance product of Africa’s largest payments startup Flutterwave, has launched a physical Naira card for Nigerians…

7 days ago

How to update your SASSA banking details and cellphone number

For millions of South Africans, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grants are a critical lifeline, and the December…

1 week ago

Capitec VRP lets South Africans make recurring payments directly from bank

Stitch, one of South Africa’s largest payments fintech startups, has partnered with Capitec Bank, the country’s largest retail bank by…

1 week ago

100 million cards later, Verve looks towards contactless payment and tokenisation

Verve, a payment card scheme operated by Nigerian fintech company Interswitch, is expanding its contactless payment products and introducing tokenisation…

2 weeks ago

Vodacom now enables Tanzanians to pay merchants globally via M-Pesa

Vodacom’s Tanzania arm has launched M-Pesa Global Payment, a suite of new international payment features on M-Pesa that allow its…

2 weeks ago

MTN’s MoMo PSB seals deal with Thunes to expand cross-border payments for Nigerians

MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), the fintech platform of Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator, MTN, has inked a strategic…

3 weeks ago

Backed by $350K, Fusepay takes aim at Seychelles’ slow, paper-heavy payments system

Fusepay, a Seychelles-founded fintech building payment tools for frontier markets, has launched its digital payment platform to help businesses in…

3 weeks ago

Nomba bets on cash-heavy DRC, starts with remittance to crack the market

For the past year, Nomba, a Nigerian fintech last valued at over $150 million, has been establishing operations in the…

3 weeks ago

As loan defaults rise, Zeeh relaunches Direct Debit for Nigeria’s digital lenders

Zeeh Africa, a Nigerian open-finance startup that builds APIs to enable businesses to verify customers and access their bank data,…

3 weeks ago

UmrahCash is building the “OPay for pilgrims” travelling to Saudi Arabia

Since 2017, at least 10 million Muslims have travelled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, yearly—except during the pandemic years of 2020…

4 weeks ago

YC-backed Moni rebrands as Rank, backs its ambition with a bank acquisition

Moni, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian fintech offering community banking services, has rebranded as Rank and acquired AjoMoney, a group savings…

1 month ago

Chowdeck’s new ‘Bills’ feature and Mira migration show its super app ambitions

Chowdeck, the Nigerian on-demand delivery platform, is no longer just delivering meals. With a new feature that lets users pay…

1 month ago

Mukuru users to get instant loans after JUMO partnership

Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest digital financial services platforms, has partnered with AI-powered banking platform JUMO to launch Fast Loan,…

1 month ago

MTN’s fintech has made ₦131.62 billion so far this year, thanks to airtime lending

MTN Nigeria’s fintech arm made ₦131.62 billion ($91.64 million) in the first nine months of 2025, but mostly on the…

1 month ago

Flutterwave adopts Polygon blockchain to power stablecoin cross-border payments

Flutterwave, Africa’s largest payments infrastructure company, is betting on stablecoins to make cross-border transactions faster and cheaper through a multi-year…

1 month ago

Nigeria moves to create single powerful regulator for fintechs with proposed bill

Nigeria’s House of Representatives, the 360-member lower chamber of the National Assembly, is considering a bill sponsored by Hon. Fuad…

2 months ago

This YC-backed startup wants to be the control centre for African business finance

Managing business finances in Africa typically involves using scattered tools: accounting and budgeting softwares, banking and payroll apps, multiple Excel…

2 months ago

How much would you have made if you invested in Moniepoint?

Imagine backing one of Africa’s quietest giants before the crowd caught on. Today, that small company, Moniepoint, is now worth…

2 months ago

Raenest enters US market with new stablecoin and stock investing products

On Thursday, Raenest, a Nigeria-based cross-border remittance company that offers multicurrency accounts for freelancers and businesses, unveiled four new products…

2 months ago

Moniepoint bets $7.39 million on London expansion in UK remittance push

Moniepoint’s London remittance bet has cost it $3.77 million since February 2024, according to UK regulatory filings. Moniepoint Group set…

2 months ago