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- 12 Dec 2014
MasterCard Lists Expectations from Digital Financial Services Lab
MasterCard has expressed its expectations Digital Financial Services lab recently launched in East Africa with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In a telephone chat with…
- 28 Oct 2021
Remita Partners MTN’s Yello Digital Financial Services to Deepen Financial Inclusion
Remita, a leading Africa-focused fintech brand, has partnered with Yello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the Fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria and the operator of MoMo Agent Service, to extend…
- 22 May 2014
IFC Says Digital Financial Services Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa
Major new trends and innovations in digital financial services are opening up the possibility of significantly expanding financial inclusion in Africa, according to a new study released by IFC,…
- 18 Oct 2016
Mastercard, Tunisian Postal Body to Develop New Digital Financial Services
Strengthening their shared commitment to promoting economic equality through financial inclusion, Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, and the Tunisian Post have…
- 18 Sept 2016
Expert Seeks Migration from MM to Digital Financial Services
Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has urged Central Bank of Nigeria and licensed mobile money operators in the country to move away from mobile money services…
- 2 May 2019
FG Expresses Commitment to Affordable Digital Financial Services to the Unbanked
Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Information, Communication and Technology , has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to bring affordable digital financial services…
- 27 Apr 2016
ITU to Chart Roadmap for Future Digital Financial Services
The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Focus Group on Digital Financial Services (FG DFS) is set to meet in Washington DC, 27-29 April to discuss key elements of a global roadmap it is…
- 15 Dec 2022
Ogundeyi, Kuda CEO Predicts Digital Financial Services to be Mainstream in next 10 years
Mr. Babs Ogundeyi, Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Kuda Technologies Limited, has posited the boost of digital financial services in Nigeria in the future, saying there is hope for…
- 7 Jun 2021
IFC Launches its DigiLab Program in Nigeria, Others to Help Financial Institutions Improve Digital Services
To increase financial inclusion and support the digital transformation of financial institutions across Africa and the Middle East, IFC launched its DigiLab Finance training and support program with…
- 9 Dec 2021
Championing Financial Literacy in the Digital Economy
Digital technology has made financial services borderless and allowed access to other countries' financial products and services. Financial markets have become more digitized, and new currencies have…
- 26 May 2016
Digital Financial Services And The Need for Global Dialogue
The world is a growing and dynamic place. Despite the obvious challenges, it is generally becoming a richer and more prosperous place to live in with more people being lifted out of poverty than ever…
- 2 Jul 2024
WATRA Executive Secretary to Moderate Key Session on Safe and Inclusive Digital Financial Services at ITU GSR 2024
Mr. Aliyu Aboki, Executive Secretary of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), will moderate the highly anticipated Session 5 on "Safe and Inclusive Digital Financial…
- 6 Jul 2022
IFC Invests in Wave to Boost Access to Digital Financial Services in West Africa
To spur financial inclusion and support economic growth in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, IFC today announced an investment in Wave Mobile Money S.A. (Senegal) and Wave Côte d'Ivoire S.A., mobile money…
- 10 Mar 2016
IFC, Fidelity Bank to Expand Digital Financial Services
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed an advisory agreement with Fidelity Bank Ghana to expand agent and mobile banking in Ghana. It aims to make financial services more easily available to…
- 3 Dec 2014
MasterCard Launches Digital Financial Services Lab, $11m for R&D
MasterCard has launched a new innovation lab with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop financial services that help people build better futures. MasterCard said that across…
- 13 May 2026
OneWallet Partners MTN, Zenith Bank to Provide Digital Financial Services to Abia SMEs
OneWallet microfinance Bank is partnering Zenith bank and MTN to build a platform that will provide digital financial services to support the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)…
- 22 Dec 2017
NIBSS Tasks IT Professionals on Innovation to Drive Digital Financial Services
By peter oluka ‘Niyi Ajao, executive director, Business Development, NIBSS Plc., believes information technology (IT) experts have crucial roles to play to assist Nigeria deepen its financial…
- 20 Oct 2021
AFDB, MTN Ink $500,000 Grant Agreement to Enhance Women’s Access to Financial Services in Nigeria
The African Development Bank’s initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, have signed an…
- 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…
- 29 Oct 2019
Global Accelerex Highlights Impact of Digital Solutions on financial services @ MoDiTECH2019
The just-concluded Mobile and Disruptive Technology Forum (#MoDiTECH2019), presented participants the opportunity to discuss and deliberate on the Power of Digital Services. One of such discussions…
- 16 Feb 2022
PayPassage to Launch Financial Services Marketplace
PayPassage, a digital transaction solutions provider, said it is set to launch its financial services platform in Nigeria. A statement said the financial services platform would offer digital…
- 26 Jan 2022
PayPassage Set to Launch Financial Services Marketplace
PayPassage, a digital transaction solutions provider that makes financial products and services more affordable and accessible is set to officially launch her Financial Services Platform in Nigeria.…
- 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…
- 6 Mar 2014
EFInA @ Financial Services Workshop Decries MM Low Awareness
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) hosted a workshop with the theme of ‘Maximising the uptake of digital financial services through understanding consumers’ needs,’ but not without a…
- 16 Mar 2022
WCRD 2022: NCC Assures of Robust Digital Infrastructure for Improved Financial Services
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate deployment of robust broadband infrastructure accessible to all Nigerians. This is to enhance their access to…
- 3 Jun 2021
EFInA Report says 51% of Nigerian Adults have Access to Financial Services
Efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive financial inclusion across the nation is yielding result, as over 50 percent of Nigerian adults are using formal (regulated) financial services. This…
- 23 Sept 2021
Ericsson Report: Sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Financial Services Use Grow more than Triples
A major new Ericsson Consumer and Market Insight report titled Mobile Financial Services on the Rise reveals that nearly half of all consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa use mobile financial services in…
- 24 May 2022
NowNow, LBS Launch Financial Education Program to Drive Financial Inclusion Growth
Leading African B2B and B2C FinTech company, NowNow has partnered with the Lagos Business School’s (LBS) Sustainable Inclusive Digital Financial Services (SIDFS) to initiate a financial education and…
- 3 Feb 2017
AfDB , AFI Sign MoU to Enhance Financial Services
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent. The…
- 1 Aug 2018
IFC, Mastercard Present Key Tool to Expand Digital Financial Inclusion
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, together with the Mastercard Foundation, yesterday released a digital study that presents a set of best practice financial modeling benchmarks for agent banking…