UK digital bank Monzo to fight for US market share after £2 bn valuation
Monzo raises £113 million in a fresh round of funding, doubles its customer base to two million...
Category : Fintech
Now Razer allies with Visa for Southeast Asia payments innovation
The value proposition of the Razer-Visa fintech solution is that users need not have a bank account...
Saudi Arabia’s central bank licences 14 new fintech startups
The newly licenced fintech startups are lending startups or payments startups...
New South Korean digital banks: applications by two consortia rejected
External evaluators found the applications led by fintech Viva Republica and brokerage Kiwoom inadequate...
Startup Chile invites women founders to apply for pre-accelerator
Women startup founders will receive $25K equity-free funding, a year-long work visa, and free co-working space...
African payments fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $2.4 mn
Chipper Cash settles money transfers across Africa in real time - a key value proposition for the fintech startup...
Kenyan startup funding rises 136% in 2018, outpacing Nigeria, SA
Nigeria attracted $306 mn over 26 deals while South Africa slowed with $250 mn in startup funding over 37 deals...
Fintech and the future of Africa explained
Seven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies are African, and the continent’s total GDP is forecast to double between 2015 and 2030...
Fintech startups witnessed highest investment levels in 2018: Hampleton report
Nearly 189 transactions with $50bn valuation was recorded in the first half; and 160 transactions with a disclosed value of $13bn was noted in the second half of the year...
Scotland’s ‘Fintech Skills Academy’ pilot becomes a successful initiative
The pilot of Scotland’s new Fintech Skills Academy initiative, announced in September last year, has been hailed as a success. An ‘Introduction to the Retail Card Payments Business’, run in collaboration between Dunfermline payment specialist Renovite Technologies and Fife College, concluded recently...