payments

Nigeria records largest global drop in cash usage as digital payments surge

Nigeria recorded the steepest decline in cash transactions to surpass six cash-reliant economies in the past decade thanks to the…

3 months ago

Safaricom, Kenyan commercial banks propose Pesalink for national payments overhaul

Safaricom and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) have proposed that Pesalink become the preferred next-generation fast payment system (FPS) in…

5 months ago

YC-backed Waza launches Lync, an alternative to Mercury for African startups after $8m raise

Waza, a YCombinator-backed B2B payments company, has launched Lync, a banking product designed to help businesses manage multi-currency accounts and…

5 months ago

Tiger Global-backed Minka is the latest LATAM fintech to set up shop in Africa

In recent years, a handful of Latin American fintechs have made inroads into Africa to tap into its growing digital…

12 months ago

Post-CEO exit, Cellulant appoints new leaders, shifts focus to profitability

Cellulant, the pan-African payments startup valued at $133 million in 2022, has named new executives three months after the CEO…

1 year ago