The maiden edition of the 3i Africa summit has birthed strategic partnerships that will put the continent ahead through financial technologies. The aim is to drive investment, innovation, and impact in Africa using fintech as the catalyst. The summit with thousands of participants to explore strategies on how Africa can [...]
Scheduled to take place from June 10 to 14, London Tech Week 2024 promises to be even more expansive than its previous editions, offering attendees unparalleled opportunities to showcase innovations and connect with their target audience. With the event expanding to the vast London Olympia campus, doubling its space, opportunities, [...]
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group formed an alliance to provide digital access to critical services to 100 million people and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years. The first efforts of the organizations’ Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa will include providing digital identities [...]
Course Overview The FinTech industry is a fast-growing sector. FinTech is shaping our financial system’s foundation, bringing in its wake innovations and changing how end-users interact with financial services. The global FinTech market is valued at over USD 309.98 billion , with over 20,000 operators worldwide offering a variety of services. FinTech can be broadly segmented by: technology (API; AI; Blockchain; Distributed Computing, robotic process automation (RPA), chatbots), [...]
As part of the 2022 Digital Economy Summit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) in conjunction with AmChams across Africa, is hosting its annual Digital Innovation Competition for African Startups. The competition is targeted towards Digital SMEs and startups that are looking to facilitate the delivery of [...]
Indian FinTech Kiya.ai to debut a “banking metaverse” which will enable users to visit a virtual bank branch in their own homes, a press release states ( Friday June 3) The press release touted this as a way to transact, access banking information and use a number of products virtually. [...]
Coinbase Global Inc. said it will extend a hiring freeze for both new and existing positions for the “foreseeable future” and rescind a number of accepted offers.The largest US cryptocurrency exchange cited market conditions and ongoing business “prioritization efforts” for the decision in a blog post. Bitcoin has tumbled more than [...]
Israel, a global leader in innovation and financial technology (fintech), is supporting Ghana through collaboration with startups to scale up and provide creative solutions to drive financial inclusiveness and development. The two countries are holding a two-day Ghana-Israel fintech summit in Accra on the theme: “Innovations in financial services delivery,” [...]
Foxen, a market leader in financial technology solutions for the real estate industry, today announced a $44 million Series A financing led by growth equity investor Summit Partners, with participation from Level Equity. Foxen will use the funding to accelerate development of its expanding product portfolio and fuel hiring across [...]
Clip Money Inc. (TSXV: CLIP), a Fintech operating in Canada and the United States announces that Glory, a global leader in cash technology solutions to the financial and retail industries, has participated in the latest fundraising round. Clip Money simplifies the challenges businesses face when depositing cash, avoiding trips [...]
