LemFi Launches Instant Access Savings Accounts to help UK immigrants grow their savings and build financial freedom
LemFi launches Instant Access Savings Accounts to help UK immigrants grow their savings and build financial freedom
Central Bank of Nepal Approves LemFi Partnership with Esewa for Enhanced Remittances
RightCard Payment Services Limited, trading as LemFi, is pleased to announce that Nepal Rastra Bank, the Central Bank of Nepal, has approved its partnership with Esewa, Nepal’s leading digital payment platform, to operate remittance services into Nepal.KCB Expands Payment Infrastructure Footprint with Pesapal Minority Stake
KCB Group PLC has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Pesapal, a fintech company runs payment processing for online and point‑of‑sale transactions
Former Employee Accuses M-KOPA of Racism in Employee Share Scheme
Fintech giant M-KOPA and its parent company have been accused of running a racially segregated employee share scheme
Moniepoint Closes Additional US$90Mn In Series C Round to Fuel Expansion
Nigerian fintech unicorn, Moniepoint Inc., has raised US$90 million in fresh funding, bringing the total amount secured under its ongoing Series C round to US$200 million. “The proceeds from our [...]CBK Strips PayU Kenya of Payment Licence
PayU Kenya Limited has been stripped of its operating licence by the Central Bank of Kenya, days after the company entered liquidation, drawing a close to the Prosus-owned payment firm’s [...]
Yango Group Invests in Kenyan Fintech Zanifu to Boost SME Growth
Yango Group, a UAE-based tech company, has announced a new investment in Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech platform that provides access to working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). “Zanifu [...]
Fincra Bets on New Payment Rails to Break Africa’s Cross-Border Bottleneck
Despite the rhetoric that Africa has a booming digital economy, moving money across the continent is still harder than shipping a container to Europe. Cash transfers from Lagos to Accra, [...]How SMEs Can Use Fintech to Grow Faster
Across Kenya and the rest of Africa, small and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation of economic growth. They employ most of the workforce and contribute close to 40 percent of [...]
Kenya Plans To Slash Mobile Money Transaction Fees
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is moving to slash the cost of mobile money transfers in a sweeping effort to reignite financial inclusion in a market that has long [...]M-Pesa Upticks as Airtel Money Plateaus, Users Hit 47M in June 2025
Kenya’s mobile money market steadied in the fourth quarter ended June 2025, breaking a long trend of shifting shares. Three years ago, in June 2022, M-Pesa commanded 96.8% of the [...]How Stablecoins Are Transforming Remittances and Trade Settlements
For a long time, moving money across borders has been expensive, slow, and tangled in red tape. Migrant workers sending remittances lose up to 6% of every dollar to fees. [...]
