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- 13 Dec 2018
Nigeria’s OneFi Secures First Ever Credit Rating for an African Fintech
One Finance Limited (OneFi) announces that is has been assigned a “BB” rating with a Stable outlook, from Global Credit Rating Co. The company behind Paylater, Nigeria's leading digital financial…
- 30 Sept 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 8 Mar 2019
OneFi Secures $5M Debt Facility from Lendable
One Finance Limited has announces that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The facility comes from New York and Nairobi-based Lendable, a technology-enabled…
- 21 Mar 2019
OneFi Acquires Amplify, Fuels Effort to Shape Nigeria’s Fintech
Amplified Payments Ltd , a fintech company that builds and facilitates payment solutions and digital financial transactions in Nigeria, has today announced its acquisition by One Finance Limited .…
- 19 Dec 2019
Carbon Expands into Kenya
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has launched into Kenya. Kenyans will now be able to access instant loans, from Ksh 500 to 50,000, using their National ID number and a…
- 24 Feb 2020
Carbon Launches USSD Service to Enhance Access to Finance
Carbon, the Pan-African digital financial services company, has introduced a USSD service to its platform, making it even easier for individuals that have little or no access to smartphones or the…
- 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…
- 29 Jun 2021
Carbon, Visa Partner to Enable Payments Across Africa
Carbon, a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to…
- 29 Jun 2021
Carbon Teams Up With Visa to Enable Payments Across Africa
Carbon , a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, Tuesday announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments,…
- 12 Oct 2021
Carbon Partners Network International to Deepen Digital Payment Offerings
Carbon, a Pan-African fintech startup and digital bank has entered into a partnership with Network International, an enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, as part of its plan…
- 2 Aug 2018
Paylater Loan App Reaches 1m Downloads
In Nigeria, a country of nearly 200 million people, 61% of the adult population is un- or underbanked. Fintech companies like Paylater represent a tremendous opportunity to get formal banking…
- 14 Feb 2024
Carbon Expands Portfolio Acquires Vella Finance
Carbon has announced its acquisition of Vella Finance, a burgeoning startup with a two-year track record. This strategic manoeuvre by Carbon, orchestrated through its parent company, One Credit…
- 8 Apr 2019
Paylater Rebrands as “Carbon” to Become a ‘Digital Financial Services Platform’
Paylater, the Nigerian fintech company specializing in consumer lending, today confirmed its much-anticipated name change in light of its growing banking services. Re-launching as “Carbon, the…
- 22 Oct 2019
Carbon Launches Financial Services Platform for Businesses
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has launched Carbon for Business, a digital financial services platform that provides startups, small and medium-sized enterprises…
- 4 Feb 2020
Carbon Unveils New iOS App
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has unveiled an iOS app, making it the first digital lender in Africa to be able to initiate and complete an entire loan cycle via an…
- 18 Feb 2020
Carbon Launches $100,000 Entrepreneurship Fund to Champion African Startups
Carbon has set up a $100,000 Pan-African fund to address the lack of funding and support holding back budding tech entrepreneurs on the continent. Carbon’s Disrupt fund, the first of its kind by an…