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FinTech in Africa is not improving a traditional financial ecosystem, it is creating one. It is estimated that around 66% of the adult population on the continent is unbanked, but the time for change is now and FinTech is the way to do that.

Having left Starling Bank back in 2016, Mark Hipperson is now back with his new venture Ziglu, which has just bagged ?5.25m in seed capital.

Digital identity verification company ForgeRock has closed a $93.5m Series E round at a time when the sector is poised for massive growth.

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a string of new initiatives to boost the InsurTech and FinTech industry as part of his first spring budget.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the new Payment Services Act (PS Act) which bolsters consumer protections within electronic payments.

Cloud banking business nCino is expanding its bank operating system with nCino IQ (nIQ), an artificial intelligence and machine learning-based solution to boost the overall customer experience.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp plans to introduce a digital payment service in India. As part of the process, the country is reviewing an audit report from the company.

Austrian InsurTech bsurance has raised ?4m in a Series A round as it plans expansion into?Western Europe?and the CEE region.UNIQA's?corporate venture capital arm,?UNIQA Ventures...

Regulations are sapping resources and distracting financial institutions away from their cyber defences according to panellists at the Global RegTech Summit 2018.

BNP Paribas Capital Partners has launched a new investment fund to back financial services and insurance startups.