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US Tennis Player Serena Williams’ VC Firm Leads Ugandan Fintech’s $12.3 Million Pre-Series A Funding Round

The Uganda-based digital lending fintech startup, Numida, has said it will start offering its services to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in other African countries. Numida’s plans to offer its…

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Ivory Coast-Based Payments Fintech Secures $5 Million From Its Pre-Series A Funding Round

The Ivorian payments financial technology (fintech) startup, Julaya, recently concluded its pre-Series A round with an additional $5 million capital raise. This brings to $7 million the total capital that…

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Digital Asset Exchange Platform Granted ‘Crypto Financial Services Provider License’ by Israeli Regulator

An Israeli capital markets regulator, the Insurance and Savings Capital Market Authority, recently granted a “crypto financial services provider license” to Bits of Gold, the first such license for an…

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Crypto Payment Infrastructure Firm Opennode to Test Bitcoin Payments in Bahrain

Opennode, a bitcoin payment infrastructure firm, recently said it will run trials of its bitcoin processing and payout solution through the Central Bank of Bahrain’s regulatory sandbox. According to Dalal…

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Payments Firm Bolt Scraps Deal to Acquire Crypto Company Wyre

California-based online payments company Bolt is pulling out of an agreement to buy crypto provider Wyre. The news of the scrapped deal, which was agreed to earlier this year, comes…

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Ghanaian Central Bank Allays Fears That a CBDC Will Disrupt Mobile Money Operations

The Bank of Ghana has said the expected implementation of the central bank digital currency will not disrupt or negatively impact the operations of mobile money operators. Rather, the central…

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Fintech Unicorn Flutterwave Granted ‘Game Changing’ License by Nigerian Central Bank

The Nigerian fintech Flutterwave has said the switching and processing license it recently received from the Central Bank of Nigeria allows it to “deliver an improved experience to our customers.”…

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Kenyan Fintech Pezesha Raises $11 Million in Pre-Series a Round Backed by Cardano Blockchain Builder

Pezesha, a Kenyan fintech focused on providing bridging finance to small and medium-sized enterprises, recently raised $11 million in pre-Series A debt-equity funding round. The Women’s World Banking Capital Partners…

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