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- 6 Nov 2023
FCCPC Says Licensed Digital Lenders now 211
The number of digital lenders licensed to operate in Nigeria has risen to 211, according to new data from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Pic credit: stears.co Of…
- 20 Nov 2019
Fintechs Dangle Loans Online without Collateral
A growing number of Nigerians are now getting loans to meet their daily financial needs, thanks to the boom in financial technology industry. Whether it’s a personal loan, medical loan, rent…
- 19 Jul 2020
Stanbic IBTC Upgrades Mobile App with Exciting Features
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has upgraded its mobile app by introducing exciting features to enable seamless transactions for its customers. The one-stop mobile app, tagged Super App, consists of the…
- 17 Oct 2021
Fairmoney Receives Investment Grade Ratings from Global Credit Ratings
FairMoney Nigeria, a digital bank, has obtained investment-grade ratings, BBB (NG) Long Term, and A3 (NG) Short Term with a stable outlook by Global Credit Rating (GCR). The assigned ratings were…
- 20 Mar 2019
Akinwuntan Praises EcobankPay as Easing Loan Access for SMEs
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has stated that SMEs who embrace the EcobankPay app stand a good chance of easily accessing business loans from the bank. Akinwuntan made this…
- 15 Oct 2019
Access Bank Hits over N1Bn in Digital Lending Daily
Access Bank’s expanded digital lending portfolio, which gives Nigerians quick and 24/7 access to funds for emergencies without any collateral, has hit a record N1billion daily in loan value. …
- 23 Feb 2020
UBA Launches ‘Click Credit’ to Ease Access to Cash for Customers
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial institution, has launched ‘Click Credit’, a time loan designed to address the urgent needs of customers whose salary accounts are domiciled…
- 19 Apr 2022
Five Reasons why E-commerce is a Boost to Informal Retail
Having existed in the background for centuries, Nigeria's informal retail market is witnessing massive rejuvenation, thanks to B2B e-commerce brands applying technology to resolve the chronic market…
- 5 Jun 2025
PalmPay Seeks $100m Funding Round
PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in negotiations to fund between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B financing, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Although its…
- 22 Apr 2020
Carbon Partners with AXA Mansard to Launch Healthcare Benefits Program
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has partnered with AXA Mansard, a leading provider of insurance products and services, to launch a range of healthcare benefits for its…
- 20 May 2020
Carbon Launches its New Social Banking Service
digital financial services company, Carbon in an effort to improve the experience of its customers, has launched Carbon Express - A keyboard extension that allows customers to access Carbon services…
- 2 Apr 2019
Paga Celebrates 10 Years Of Making Life Possible
Mobile money company, Paga, clocks 10 years in business since being founded in 2009 and officially opened its doors for commercial operations in 2012. Today marks 10 years since Tayo Oviosu, Paga’s…
- 10 Mar 2016
Uber Begins Africa Expansion Plan
Uber's African expansion will focus on convincing traditional taxi drivers to work for it, says Alon Lits, GM for Sub-Saharan Africa. US-based Uber plans to expand in Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana this…
- 19 Jan 2023
Our Agency Banking as a Service will Change the Face of Financial Inclusion – Pinto
Jaime Pinto is Chief Commercial Officer for Africa at Software Group. He is experienced in Payments/Financial solutions, Digital and Mobile solutions, Banking and Telecom industries. His…
- 24 Apr 2019
Visa, PalmPay to Deepen Financial Inclusion Across Africa
Visa, the global payments technology company and PalmPay, a new player in Africa’s Fintech industry, announced a partnership to advance financial inclusion across Africa through access to digital…
- 19 Jun 2018
UBA, Others Lead as African Banks Make Waves
Ade Ayeyemi’s office in Lomé, the capital of Togo, is a good place to think about crossing borders. Ghana is ten minutes’ drive away. From his window the boss of Ecobank can watch trucks…
- 4 Nov 2021
Doroki Partners Visa, Paga to Launch ‘Business Connect & Grow’ Platform
Doroki, a platform focused on digitizing small-to-medium businesses, announces the launch of Business Connect and Grow - a transformational suite of digital tools for small-to-medium businesses…
- 21 Jun 2023
Three Ways Embedded Finance can Drive a Cashless Economy
By Victor Irechukwu, Head of Engineering, OnePipe. In recent years, non-bank providers have been integrating financial services into various products and services. This enables merchants that have…
- 30 Nov 2023
PalmPay Releases 5 Financial Safety Tips to Master Before the Holiday Season
As the holiday draws near, fraudsters are on the prowl for whom to defraud using dubious shopping websites and posing on social media platforms as customer support agents of legitimate businesses to…
- 30 May 2021
Releaf, OnePipe Partner to Deepen Financial Inclusion, Improve Productivity for South-South Farmers
Releaf, a raw material procurement & logistics platform that is making it easy for crops to move from farm to factory and OnePipe, a digital gateway enabling financial services, have partnered to…
- 2 Nov 2022
Afrinvest Affirms Nigerian Banks as Resilient Despite Economic Downturn
The 2022 Afrinvest Banking Sector Report has revealed that despite daunting economic challenges, commercial banks in the country recorded modest improvement in all regulatory indicators. The report,…
- 15 Nov 2020
UBA Deepens Retail Products, Services through Digital Channels across Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial services institution, has deepened its retail products and services with an aim to delivering services aimed at meeting the needs of its…
- 17 Feb 2022
Earnipay Secures $4mn Seed Funding to Provide On-demand Salary to Employees in Africa
Earnipay, a financial technology solution that provides flexible and on-demand salary access to income-earners, has closed a Seed round of $4million led by Canaan and with participation from XYZ…
- 4 Jun 2015
Diamond Bank Launches Diamond Y’ello Debit Card
Diamond Bank, leading retail Bank, using new technology and digital applications to drive financial inclusion and innovative customer experience has announced its plans to issue MasterCard debit…