Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population.

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FICO and TransUnion Team to Improve Credit Access in Kenya

FICO and TransUnion Team to Improve Credit Access in Kenya
FICO and TransUnion Team to Improve Credit Access in Kenya
February 18, 2025  |  Partnerships

FICO and TransUnion Kenya partnered to broaden access to credit in Kenya. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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FirstRand Adopts Fiserv’s Cloud-Based Banking Platform
FirstRand Adopts Fiserv’s Cloud-Based Banking Platform
February 06, 2025  |  Cloud Banking

FirstRand Group, the largest financial institution by market capitalization in Africa, said Wednesday (Feb. 5) that it will adopt Fiserv’s cloud-based banking platform, Finxact. Get...

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Visa Invests in Moniepoint to Unlock Africa’s Small Business Potential
Visa Invests in Moniepoint to Unlock Africa’s Small Business Potential
January 23, 2025  |  SMBs

Visa is betting that Nigerian FinTech Moniepoint will accelerate growth for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Payments Processor PayRetailers Expands in Brazil With Transfeera Acquisition
Payments Processor PayRetailers Expands in Brazil With Transfeera Acquisition
December 19, 2024  |  Acquisitions

PayRetailers, a payments processor serving Latin America and Africa, acquired business payments FinTech Transfeera. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Visa Invests in Four African FinTech Startups From Accelerator Program
Visa Invests in Four African FinTech Startups From Accelerator Program
November 06, 2024  |  VISA

Visa is injecting fresh funding into four startups that graduated from the first batch of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. Get the Full Story...

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Mastercard Launches Tokenized Card-Based Bill Pay Solution
Mastercard Launches Tokenized Card-Based Bill Pay Solution
October 28, 2024  |  Mastercard

Mastercard launched a new card-based bill-pay solution for merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators and payment service providers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital
Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital
October 17, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Visa is teaming with littlefish, an omnichannel platform that helps financial institutions serve small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Mastercard, Amazon Team to Digitize Payment Acceptance in MENA, S. Africa
Mastercard, Amazon Team to Digitize Payment Acceptance in MENA, S. Africa
September 30, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Mastercard and Amazon have teamed to digitize payment acceptance in Africa and the Middle East.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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JPMorgan Aims to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia
JPMorgan Aims to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia
September 18, 2024  |  Banking

America’s largest bank is increasing its expansion efforts outside the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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