Digital Payments
Mastercard, TeamApt Target 40m MSMEs With Digital Payments
By Benson Daniel Mastercard and TeamApt, the financial infrastructure company owned by Moniepoint, have expanded their collaboration to increase digital payment acceptance among...
Stablecoin Card Spending Could Reach $50 Billion Annually by 2028
Global spending through stablecoin-linked payment cards could quadruple to $50 billion a year by 2028, according to stablecoin payments company RedotPay. The forecast...
Tunisia Cash Holdings Hit Record $10.5 Billion, Putting Pressure on Banks
Cash holdings in Tunisia have risen about 16% over the past year to a record 30 billion dinars ($10.5 billion), central bank data...
India Orders Google to Remove Firebase Accounts Used in Banking Scams
India has ordered Google to remove dozens of websites and databases hosted on its Firebase platform after authorities identified a pattern of criminals...
Nigerian Entrepreneur Builds Clea to Simplify Foreign Payments for African SMEs
A Nigerian computer scientist and serial entrepreneur, Sheriff Olayinka Adedokun, has founded Clea, a payment platform designed to simplify international transactions for African...
Standard Chartered-Backed Anchorpoint Begins Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin Rollout
Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint Financial has begun the first phase of its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin rollout, initially giving limited access to institutional distributors...
NIBSS Payment System Records 26.55m Transactions Worth N1.4trn
By Benson Daniel The National Payment Stack operated by the Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System has processed 26.55 million transactions valued at N1.4...
Trust Deficit Threatens Growth of Nigeria’s Digital Economy
By Benson Daniel Nigeria's digital economy is facing a growing trust challenge that industry stakeholders say could slow innovation, discourage investment and weaken...
