Tag: Payments

Wamda

LemFi extends its payment services to Egypt

Press release: LemFi, a leading international payment services startup based in London, with a strong presence across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe, […]
July 8th, 2025
Rest of World

Meta’s grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled

Meta’s fintech ambitions have failed to take off in India — the company’s largest market, with over 500 million WhatsApp users. When WhatsApp first began testing […]
July 7th, 2025
Korea Tech Today

SK Telecom Launches Refund Service for Users Affected by April Hacking

SK Telecom has launched an early termination penalty refund service for customers who switched carriers following a major hacking incident earlier this year. Starting July 15, […]
July 7th, 2025
TechCabal

South Africans ditch cash and cards for digital payments, new report shows

South Africans are changing how they pay for things faster than ever. A new “State of Consumer Payment in South Africa” report by Stitch in partnership […]
July 4th, 2025
WeeTracker

Kenya’s BuuPass Secures Funding From Yango Ventures To Expand Intercity Transport

Kenya’s BuuPass Secures Funding From Yango Ventures To Expand Intercity Transport Kenyan mobility startup BuuPass has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from Yango Ventures, marking a […]
July 2nd, 2025
Tech Nova Ghana

South African Fintech Lesaka Acquires Bank Zero for $61.4M

Lesaka Technologies is doubling down on South Africa’s fintech boom, agreeing to acquire Johannesburg-based neobank Bank Zero for ZAR 1.091 billion ($61.4 million). The deal merges […]
July 2nd, 2025
Tech Nova Ghana

Africa Launches PAPSSCARD to Power Cross-border Payments and Boost Financial Sovereignty

On June 27, at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria, Africa officially launched PAPSSCARD — the continent’s first pan-African card scheme — as a […]
July 1st, 2025
Techpoint Africa

Off-grid solar pioneer d.light reaches $842M in consumer financing

Solar energy financing in Africa just got a massive boost. d.light, the Stanford-born solar company that’s been quietly revolutionising energy access across the continent, has expanded […]
July 1st, 2025
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