A partnership between global money transfer giant Western Union and Pan-African FinTech MFS Africa is looking to improve payment integration between Africa and the rest...
There is no denying that trust plays an important role when it comes to payments transactions. And according to Isaac Kamuta, it’s one of the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping increase access to financial services in Africa. In recent years, advances in machine learning, a type of AI, have had...
FinTech Optasia, Ecobank and MTN are partnering to launch a mobile money microloan service in Guinea. In a Thursday (Jan. 26) press release, the Dubai-based...
In this article, PYMNTS analyzes trends shaping the banking sector in the EMEA region. Zooming in on the different subregions shows that the EMEA banking...
According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) data, there are more than twice as many mobile money accounts as there are bank accounts across many African...
The displacement of traditional banks’ dominance in the delivery of financial services has been one of the defining characteristics of the FinTech boom of the...
Regulatory frameworks such as the European Union’s Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) have played a critical role in the implementation of open banking, forcing retail...
African banking group Ecobank has announced that its current CEO Ade Ayeyemi will retire after he turns 60 years old, which is in line with...