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India Boots Coinbase From Payments Interface Days After It Enters Market
India Boots Coinbase From Payments Interface Days After It Enters Market
April 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

India may not have banned cryptocurrency outright, as threatened, but the government is certainly making life hard for exchanges trying to service its would-be buyers...

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South African Strauss & Co. to Host NFT Auction for Fine Wines
South African Strauss & Co. to Host NFT Auction for Fine Wines
April 11, 2022  |  NFTs

Strauss & Co., the South African auction house, has partnered with five of the country’s wineries to offer fine wine non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the...

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Apple Faces More EU Antitrust Charges Over Music Streaming Practices
Apple Faces More EU Antitrust Charges Over Music Streaming Practices
April 11, 2022  |  Apple

Apple is facing another antitrust charge in the European Union following a complaint about its practices by music subscription service Spotify. As Reuters reported Monday...

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British Supermarket Asda Tests Personal Shopper With Buymie Handling Delivery
British Supermarket Asda Tests Personal Shopper With Buymie Handling Delivery
April 11, 2022  |  Shopping

Asda has debuted a new personal shopper trial at some stores, which will be a team-up with Buymie, the delivery platform, a report says. During...

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Grover CFO Says Rent-A-Tech Accelerates Shift to Circular, Sustainable Economy
Grover CFO Says Rent-A-Tech Accelerates Shift to Circular, Sustainable Economy
April 11, 2022  |  Technology

120 million tons per year. That’s the quantity of global electronic and electrical waste (eWaste) that will be produced per year by 2050 if current...

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FinTechs Think Big to Help Africa’s SMBs Find Working Capital
FinTechs Think Big to Help Africa’s SMBs Find Working Capital
April 11, 2022  |  B2B Payments

There’s been an increase in business-to-business (B2B) payments in the wake of the pandemic — a 10% year-over-year growth, according to data from McKinsey. B2B...

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African Payments Company Cellulant Expands Its Business Platform Into Ghana
African Payments Company Cellulant Expands Its Business Platform Into Ghana
April 11, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Cellulant has debuted a new digital pay platform, Tingg, which will help businesses and customers to make seamless payments. This comes as digital payments have...

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Nigerian FinTech ImaliPay Raises $3M in Seed Round to Bring Financial Services to Gig Workers
Nigerian FinTech ImaliPay Raises $3M in Seed Round to Bring Financial Services to Gig Workers
April 10, 2022  |  Investments

FinTech startup pioneer ImaliPay has closed a seed funding round for $3 million, IBS Intelligence wrote Friday (April 8). Founded in late 2020 in Nigeria,...

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FinTech Ukraine Weekly: Telecoms Cut Roaming Charges for Ukrainians; Amex Rewards Members Can Donate Points
FinTech Ukraine Weekly: Telecoms Cut Roaming Charges for Ukrainians; Amex Rewards Members Can Donate Points
April 08, 2022  |  International

This week in the FinTech Ukraine: European telecom companies have agreed to cut roaming charges on Ukrainians, and American Express is allowing U.S. card members...

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