Umba
Acquisition Banking Funding

Digital Bank Umba Acquires Majority Stake in Daraja Microfinance Bank

Umba, a Nigerian digital bank, has acquired a majority stake in Daraja, a Kenyan microfinance bank, for an undisclosed amount.

Momo
Payment

Barely a Month After Commencing Operations, MTN Nigeria’s Momo PSB Loses $53.7m to Fraud

Momo Payment Service Bank, a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria has alleged a fraudulent loss of N22 billion in one month

Airtel
Payment Product Launch Telecom

Airtel Payment Service Bank, SmartCash Launches in Nigeria

Airtel Africa has revealed the official commencement of operations of its payment service bank tagged SmartCash in Nigeria. This revelation

Momo
Payment Product Launch

MTN’s MoMo Payment Service Bank (PSB) Formally Begins Operations

Following the final approval for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) licence granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), MTN

MTN
Fintech

MTN Gets Final Approval For MoMo Payment Service Bank

The fintech space in Nigeria is about to get another big competitor in the name of MTN. The telco has

DLM Trust
Acquisition

CBN Approves DLM Capital Group’s Acquisition of Links Micro Finance Bank

Prominent Development Investment Bank, DLM Capital, has received the final approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its

Canza Finance
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Canza Finance Secures $3.27m in Seed Funding

Canza Finance, a Nigerian neobank building a non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising

DPO Group
Payment

DPO Group Granted Regulatory Licence to Provide Payments Services in Nigeria

One Payment Limited, a subsidiary of the Pan-African digital payments group, DPO Group has been granted a licence by the

Standard Chartered Bank
Banking Digital

Standard Chartered Closes 50% of Nigerian Branches to Focus on Digital Banking

Standard Chartered Bank has disclosed that it will close 50 percent of its branches in Nigeria to focus on digital

eNaira
Cryptocurrency

GTB, Ecobank Lead Adoption of CBN’s eNaira

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Ecobank have been named as banks leading the customers adoption of the eNaira. This is