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Qashio and CredibleX to Provide Financing to Businesses in MENA Region

Qashio and CredibleX have established cooperation within the framework of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Business Finance Initiative.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard and 4thWave to Drive B2B Payments Across EEMEA

Mastercard has partnered with 4thWave, a provider of an innovative digital platform for finance and banking as a service (BaaS), to optimize business-to-business (B2B) payment flows.

Fintech & Ecommerce

White Label Payment Gateway

A white-label payment gateway is an all-in-one solution suitable for a business of any scale. It is easy to implement and offers multiple advantages at a reasonable price to payment service providers (PSPs), financial institutions, and merchants worldwide.

Fintech & Ecommerce

African Fintech Cleva Raises $1.5 Million

Nigerian fintech company Cleva, which specializes in creating a banking platform that allows African businesses and local individuals to access international payments by opening dollar accounts, raised $1.5 million as seed funding.

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Bitcoin-Accepting Merchants Grew 174% in 2023

The number of merchants accepting Bitcoin payments increased almost threefold last year, with a notable concentration in Europe and Latin America.

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Ant Group Reportedly Plans to Purchase MultiSafepay

The media reports that the Chinese Ant Group is currently preparing to implement its intention to acquire the Dutch payment company MultiSafepay.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Adyen and Straumur to Enhance Payment Processing in Iceland

Adyen, a global financial platform based in the Netherlands, announced the beginning of cooperation with the Icelandic firm Straumur, which is a subsidiary of Kvika.

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Central Bank of Nigeria Launches Naira-Pegged Stablecoin Pilot

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approves the Africa Stablecoin Consortium (ASC) to pilot cNGN (a stablecoin pegged to the value of Nigerian Naira) in its innovative Regulatory Sandbox.

Blockchain & Crypto

Spain’s Central Bank Chooses Partners for CBDC Project

Cecabank, Abanca and Adhara Blockchain will experiment with central bank digital currency (CBDC), testing different use cases within the pilot of the wholesale CBDC by Spain’s central bank (Banco de España).

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PRIME Africa Provides Access to Improved Financial Services for Moroccan Migrants

To improve financial services for Moroccans, a new partnership has been launched between the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and international money transfer operator, Moneytrans, which is part of the Platform for Remittances, Investments and Migrants’ Entrepreneurship in Africa (PRIME Africa) project.

News

Bumper to Expand Flexible Auto Payments in Europe

Bumper, a fintech company specializing in providing services, related to automotive payments, reported the successful completion of a Series B financing round for $48 million.

Fintech & Ecommerce

FinTech KindCard Plans to Acquire Banking Platform OpenTransact

The fintech company KindCard, specializing in the provision of payment services, intends to acquire the OpenTransact banking platform.

News

HSBC Takes on Revolut With New App for Non-Customers

HSBC Holdings plans to release an app with which financial services consumers will be able to make international payment transactions.

Fintech & Ecommerce

OnlineCheckWriter.com Launches Cloud Banking Service in Oman

B2B Payment Platform OnlineCheckWriter.com expanded the geography of using its cloud banking service.

News

IndusInd Bank Launches Corporate Credit Card

IndusInd Bank has launched a corporate credit card on the RuPay network.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Exploring Payment Orchestration: Types and Their Impact

The concept of payment orchestration has emerged as a pivotal element in ensuring seamless transactions for businesses and consumers alike. Payment orchestration, simply put, is the process of efficiently managing multiple payment service providers (PSPs) to optimize payment processing.