Contactless payments platform SnapScan has released an update to its app that allows people to make peer-to-peer payments from its electronic wallet.
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South African payments company Yoco has raised about R1.2-billion from top investors in a series-C funding round as demand grows among small businesses for its digital payments tools.
Mastercard is looking to make it easier for consumers to buy, spend and hold cryptocurrencies.
South African insurance-technology start-up Pineapple has raised R80-million in a series-A funding round from investors including Vunani Capital and Old Mutual.
Vodafone Group has hinted it could spin off its African mobile money service M-Pesa after its popularity soared through the coronavirus pandemic.
Naspers, through its Foundry start-up investment business, said on Wednesday that it is investing R34-million in Ctrl, a digital short-term insurance marketplace that connects consumers, brokers and insurers.
Digital payments processor Stripe has taken its first major step towards a stock market debut by hiring a law firm to help with preparations, according to people familiar with the matter.
Vodacom has taken the wraps off its much-anticipated VodaPay “super app” in South Africa, designed in collaboration with Alibaba Group-owned fintech services platform Alipay.
Nigeria’s biggest mobile payments company is vying to become Africa’s next unicorn, and its ambitions now stretch beyond the continent.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday urged Ethiopia to open up its telecommunications sector to private mobile money business investors.