Youverify
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Youverify Secures $2.5 Funding to Strengthen Anti-money Laundering Compliance

Youverify, an AI-driven Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions provider, has raised $2.5 million from Elm, a Saudi Arabian digital innovation and solutions

Anchor
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Startup, Anchor Invests $2.4m Seed Led by Goat Capital

Anchor, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup, has raised a $2.4 million seed investment round which was led by Goat Capital. The round

OPay
News

OPay Set to Establish Digital Bank in Egypt

OPay, the financial technology and electronic payments solutions, has announced plans to apply for a license to establish a digital

Ecobank
Fintech

APPLY: Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2023

Ecobank has announced the launch of the 2023 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge which aims to contribute to the

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.

MFS Africa
Acquisition

MFS Africa Acquires US-based Global Technology Partners (GTP)

MFS Africa, the African digital payments network, has reached an agreement to buy Global Technology Partners (GTP). Based in Tulsa,

Sofri
Product Launch

DLM Capital Group Launches Sofri Digital Bank – Unveils BrodaShaggi as Brand Ambassador

DLM Capital Group, the Development Investment Bank, has announced the launch of its digital bank – Sofri, its one-stop-shop mobile

Fintech Funding Renewable Energy

Kenya’s M-KOPA Secures $75m Funding to Expand Platform for Underbanked

M-KOPA, the Kenyan pay-as-you-go energy services for off-grid customers, has raised $75 million in a growth equity round to expand

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Finclusion Group Raises Additional $20m to Build Out Neobank Offering Across Africa

Finclusion Group has secured US$20million in debt & equity funding from various prominent investors in its latest capital raise. Investors

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