30 results
- 3 Mar 2023
Western Union, MFS Africa Partner to Enable Money Transfers into Millions of Mobile Wallets Across Africa
MFS Africa, Africa’s largest payment gateway, has partnered with Western Union to enable individuals and businesses across the continent to receive money from over 200 countries and territories.…
- 12 Jul 2017
Xpress Money, TerraPay Partner for Money Transfers to Mobile Wallets in Africa
Xpress Money, one of the world’s most dependable money transfer brands has partnered with TerraPay, the world’s first mobile payments switch, to enable real-time international money transfers to…
- 29 Mar 2021
MFS Africa Scales up to 320 million Mobile Money Wallets
Pan-African Fintech company MFS Africa has announced that it now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets on the continent. In a statement released to the media, the company said based on the…
- 16 Apr 2026
Top 7 Reliable Virtual Cards for Running Ads in Nigeria
Meta Description: Tired of ad payment failures? Discover the most reliable virtual cards in Nigeria for running Facebook, Google, and TikTok ads without interruptions. One of the biggest challenges…
- 16 Feb 2023
EziPay partners with MFS Africa to enable remittances across Africa
EziPay, award-winning, intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company, has partnered with MFS Africa, the continent’s leading digital payments gateway, to bring last mile…
- 27 Aug 2020
MFS Africa, MoneyGram Partner to Meet Demand for Mobile Wallets
Pan-African cross-border payment services provider MFS Africa has partnered with MoneyGram, a global player in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, enabling MoneyGram to extend the reach of…
- 10 Dec 2020
MFS Africa Partners Xoom to Target Africa’s Untapped Remittance Markets
MFS Africa, Pan-African Fintech platform has announced a partnership with Xoom, a PayPal service to offer secure and convenient mobile money transfers to six countries across Africa. MFS Africa will…
- 15 Feb 2023
EziPay, MFS Africa Partner to Provide Connectivity for Remittances in Africa
Intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay, has partnered with leading digital payments gateway MFS Africa to bring last mile connectivity for remittances and…
- 26 Jun 2025
Moniepoint Clinches Two IBSi Awards for Leadership in Corporate Banking and Digital Wallet Services
Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s leading fintech platform, has been named a Category Winner in two prestigious categories — Corporate Banking and Digital Wallets — at the IBS Intelligence (IBSi) Digital…
- 12 Dec 2024
PalmPay, Jumia Partner to Launch Integration for Shoppers in Nigeria
PalmPay, Africa-focused fintech operating Nigeria’s most used mobile wallet, and Jumia, Africa’s e-commerce giant, today announce a strategic partnership to enhance the digital payment ecosystem on…
- 24 Feb 2025
Visa Enhances Digital Wallet Experience with Tap to Add Card in CEMEA
Visa has announced the launch of its new Tap to Add Card feature in Central Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, marking a significant advancement in digital wallet provisioning. This innovative…
- 29 Jan 2023
Coinazer, Africa's First Web-Base Crypto Payment Gate & Wallet System Debut in Nigeria
A group Nigerian tech savvy youths have developed a web-based crypto platform to facilitate seamless and borderless means of accepting cryptocurrency payment globally. L-R: Sitting, Director,…
- 13 Jan 2017
Deloitte Warns against Bitcoin Wallet Thieves, Others
Asides Bitcoin transactions being irreversible and the prices volatile, Tope Aladenusi, Partner, Cyber Risks Services, Deloitte West Africa, has warned that ‘Bitcoin wallet thieves’ and…
- 7 Nov 2021
Nigerians Cautious over CBN’s eNaira
Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians have opened digital wallets to hold the eNaira, Africa’s first digital currency, but sceptics warn that broad mistrust of the government could hurt its adoption.…
- 11 Apr 2016
Redundant MM Agents Hobble Penetration- Experts
Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has said that large number of redundant mobile money agents is a major challenge of the industry. He said this as…
- 24 Apr 2017
Stakeholders Seek Regulatory Review to Boost Mobile Money
Stakeholders in the mobile money ecosystem have called for a review of the prevailing mobile money regulatory framework, so that the country can achieve the target growth rate in the system. They…
- 3 Feb 2026
Onafriq, PAPSS Launch Wallet-Based Payments Pilot from Nigeria to Ghana
Onafriq Nigeria Payments Ltd, a CBN licenced payment service provider, partners with The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to pilot the continent’s first wallet-based outbound…
- 20 Oct 2021
MFS Africa Acquires Baxi, Expands into Nigeria
MFS Africa, has announced a signed agreement to acquire Nigeria’s super-agent networks, Baxi. “Nigeria is home to one of the most dynamic markets on the continent; it is Africa’s largest economy and…
- 7 Jun 2017
MFS Africa, Paga to Connect Nigerian Remittance Market to the World
MFS Africa and Paga have announced their partnership connecting Paga users and Nigerian bank account holders to remittance senders from around the world. Thanks to this collaboration, anyone with a…
- 25 Jul 2019
WorldRemit Launches New Mobile-To- Mobile Digital Payment Service in Africa
WorldRemit users can now make instant, low-cost international mobile money transfers to 15 million accounts in Guinea, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Niger. Digital money transfer…
- 11 Jun 2024
Interoperability between mobile money and card is enabling Africa’s access to the global financial system
By Christian Bwakira, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Onafriq Mobile money has exploded across African economies as an enabler of financial inclusion by bringing in large swaths of the population…
- 26 Aug 2021
pawaPay Secures Seed Funding of $9M
African payments company pawaPay, has secured a $9m Seed raise. The round was co-led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph, with participation from Vunani Capital, Kepple Ventures and Zagadat…
- 28 Feb 2019
MTN, Ericsson Extend Mobile Money Deal to Nigeria, Others
MTN and Ericsson have signed a five-year contract extension to deploy new products and provide managed services for mobile money services in 13 countries across Africa and the Middle East. The new…
- 22 Nov 2018
MTN, Orange Launch Mobile Money Interoperability to Scale up Mobile Financial Services
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable…
- 13 Feb 2023
New alliance Launches Data Analytics-driven Consumer Finance Service in Africa
SC Ventures, the innovation Fintech investment and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, has entered into an agreement with Yabx, a company incubated by Comviva and part of the Mahindra Group, to…
- 2 Sept 2022
African Fintechs Tap into Potential US$150bn Market
African Fintechs are tapping into a market valued at US$150-billion, according to a new report by McKinsey which showed that this market will likely grow by 10% per year to US$230-billion by 2025.…
- 6 Dec 2022
African Fintechs Seek Comprehensive Regional Regulatory Policies
Fintech businesses have called for comprehensive regulatory policies for regions rather than countries. Fintech industry watchers and researchers say this is the fastest-growing start-up industry in…
- 9 Mar 2023
CBN Approves Guidelines for Open Banking in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved operational guidelines for open banking in Nigeria. The guideline was released via a circular by Musa Jimoh, the Director of the CBN’s Payments System…
- 28 Aug 2025
Zabira Turns Six, Rebrands for Inclusive Digital Finance
Zabira Technologies, a leading digital assets exchange and financial services provider, has announced a major brand relaunch in celebration of its sixth anniversary. L–R: Stanley Emmanuel, Head of…
- 9 Apr 2024
Zeepay Raises Equity from Leading Institutions to Support its ongoing Expansion
Africa50 and Oikocredit lead equity investment in Ghanaian fintech Zeepay to support Africa expansion; The investment will support the expansion of Zeepay’s cross-border remittances and mobile…