Kenya’s Wapi Pay banks a $2.2m pre-seed round to ease remittances between Africa and...
Wapi Pay, based in Singapore and headquartered in Kenya has raised $2.2m in pre-seed funding to scale up global payments and remittances between Africa and Asia.
BharatPe earns the horn, triples valuation to $2.85bn after Tiger Global-led oversubscribed round
Merchant payments and financial services provider BharatPe raised $370m in a primary and secondary mix, as a part of a Series E funding round led by new investor New York-based Tiger Global Management.
PAYFAZZ and Xfers team up to launch new company aimed at increasing financial inclusion...
Indonesia-based FinTech PAYFAZZ has invested $30m into Singapore-based Xfers to create Fazz Financial Group.
Airtel Africa continues funding spree with fresh investment
Airtel Africa continues its funding spree with it reportedly closing a fresh $200m investment from Qatar Holding, an affiliate of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority.
Mexican PayTech Yaydoo to simplify B2B payments after banking $20m in fresh funding
Mexico City-based B2B software and payments company Yaydoo closed a $20.4m in a Series A round co-led by Base10 Partners and monashees.
India unveils new digital currency, Nigeria eyes e-currency launch in October 2021
India has introduced the e-RUPI, which is a cashless and contactless digital payment system to support the global shift towards digital payments.
Token driving UK open banking payments expansion, research finds
Market share statistics by CMA9 – the nine largest UK banks – has found open banking platform Token is driving the adoption of open banking payments in the country.
Jack Dorsey’s Square buys Afterpay in $29bn deal amid buy now, pay later boom
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's digital payments platform Square has acquired Australian 'buy now, pay later' firm Afterpay to create an online payments powerhouse and help accelerate Afterpay’s growth in the US.
Goldman Sachs, Fiserv team to unveil B2B payments facility
US FinTech firm Fiserv and Goldman Sachs have introduced their first product offering from its ongoing strategic partnership.
Uplift scores a $68m credit line from Atalaya Capital Management
Buy now, pay later platform Uplift has scored a $68m credit line from Atalaya Capital Management.