Finance & Services

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today announced the commercial launch of Afreximbank Trade Payment Services also known as “AfPAY” to facilitate international trade between African financial institutions and their clients. The …

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has received authorization from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to provide remittance services from the United States of America to the country. The …

 Cyberattacks in the Kenyan financial sector continued to grow significantly in the second quarter of 2022 as scammers increasingly become corporate-oriented, shifting from other sectors, a new report shows. According …

Retail traders in the country have a great potential to crack financing for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives and priorities if some hindrances are resolved, a report by Standard …

Faced with a serious labor shortage crisis, Portugal has turned to Morocco to recruit 400 agricultural workers ahead of its harvest season. Portugal’s Minister of Labor Ana Mendes Godinho on …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the eNaira application has so far recorded a total of 905,588 downloads. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja after the Monetary …

BMCE Capital Investment, part of the BMCE Capital Group, on Tuesday announced the launch of its first venture capital dedicated to financing Moroccan startups. The new MAD 50 million ($4.5 …

Sterling Bank PLC has announced it will take a new name after receiving shareholders’ approval to convert from a core banking business to a holding company. The leadership of the Bank …

The SA Reserve Bank on Thursday raised its main lending rate by 75 basis points to 6.25%, for the second meeting in a row. Three members of the monetary policy …

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading fintech company, today announced Google Pay, a mobile payment service, developed by Google, as a payment method on Flutterwave’s platform.  As part of this collaboration, Google Pay will …