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How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem

How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
September 08, 2022  |  API

In Europe, open banking is associated with a wave of open application programming interfaces (APIs) rolled out by banks that allow authorized third parties to...

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EMEA Daily: Wise Fined $360K for AML Violations by Abu Dhabi Regulator; PalmPay Hits 10M Users in Nigeria
EMEA Daily: Wise Fined $360K for AML Violations by Abu Dhabi Regulator; PalmPay Hits 10M...
August 30, 2022  |  Europe

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Wise has been slapped with a $360,000 fine by Abu Dhabi’s anti-money laundering regulator and PalmPay hits...

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Kenya’s GDPR-Style Legislation Threatens US Firms’ X-Border Data Transfer Model
Kenya’s GDPR-Style Legislation Threatens US Firms’ X-Border Data Transfer Model
August 23, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Around the world, data protection legislation sets the rules for how companies collect and process personal information. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Kenyan Central Bank Blocks FinTechs Flutterwave, Chipper
Kenyan Central Bank Blocks FinTechs Flutterwave, Chipper
July 29, 2022  |  Europe

The Central Bank of Kenya issued a letter on Friday (July 29) directing banking and mortgage CEOs to cease transactions with Kenyan FinTechs Flutterwave Payments...

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M-Pesa Debuts Bill Pay Tool for Airtel, Telkom Customers
M-Pesa Debuts Bill Pay Tool for Airtel, Telkom Customers
July 15, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

African money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted bill pay interoperability that lets Airtel and Telkom customers make mobile money payments directly into Safaricom’s M-PESA Pay...

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Kenya’s Nomanini Launches Supply Chain Finance App
Kenya’s Nomanini Launches Supply Chain Finance App
June 27, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Kenyan FinTech platform Nomanini has launched StockNow, a supply chain finance solution designed to connect fast-moving commercial goods (FMCG) and financial service providers, according to...

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Central Bankers in Kenya, Nigeria Criticize Crypto, Tout CBDCs
Central Bankers in Kenya, Nigeria Criticize Crypto, Tout CBDCs
June 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Kenyan and Nigerian central bankers have said central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could solve the risks cryptocurrencies have for financial stability, Reuters wrote Saturday (June...

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Kenyan Financial CEO: Crypto Could Enhance Mobile Money
Kenyan Financial CEO: Crypto Could Enhance Mobile Money
May 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency will be able to supplement mobile money in Africa if lenders can convince regulators it’s worth it, according to the head of Kenya’s biggest...

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