fintech

‘One-click API’ Stitch now makes it easier to move money

Payments and data API fintech start-up Stitch has unveiled its latest solution, Stitch Payouts, set to make it easier and faster for businesses to…

Visa opens Innovation Studio in Africa to advance future payment solutions

The global payments company, Visa (Visa Inc), has opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)….

Egypt fintech, Lucky, raises $25M in Series A

Lucky, the leading app in Egypt for credit products, offers and cashback rewards, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round. The…

Lightrock continues developing market support with 4G Capital Series C

Lightrock led a $18.5 million Series C funding round for Kenya-based neobank fintech 4G Capital, continuing a busy 2022 investing in developing markets. Lightrock…

Luno launches early-stage investment arm

Cryptocurrency company, Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), has launched Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support fintech and crypto/web3…

Moove raises $105M in Series A2 round to power global expansion

Nigeria’s pioneering mobility fintech Moove attracted four new investors in a successful $105 million Series A2 funding round. AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude, and…

Fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited, acquires Responsive Technology

South African fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited has acquired the Responsive Technology group for the purchase price of R48,68 million. The acquisition includes 100% of…

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in fintech, TradeSafe

Standard Bank has acquired a 35% equity stake in digital escrow company TradeSafe Escrow. The partnership will allow for TradeSafe to target commodity and M&A transactions…

Current environment offers opportunities for digital entrepreneurs to solve new pain points

The current environment offers many opportunities for entrepreneurs in the digital space according to fintech experts, Willem Roos, CEO of Rain (former OUTsurance CEO), and Dominique…

Four key metrics from Carbon’s financials in the past three years

Nigerian fintech startup, Carbon, on Tuesday, released a report detailing its key activities and metrics for 2019. Last year when the startup, Carbon, formerly…

Fintech startups and PCI DSS compliance: what you need to know [Opinion]

With roughly 46% of consumers today using digital channels exclusively for banking, this equates to almost half of the world’s banking customers relying on…

Fintech JUMO secures $55m from new and existing investors [Updated]

UPDATE (3 March 2020): Subsequent to the publication of this story, JUMO told Ventureburn that of the $55-million, $30-million was in equity and $25-million…

How Meerkat’s fintech platform aims to lower debt counselling service for clients [Q&A]

SA fintech startup Meerkat has been selected as one of six startups to take part in US fintech accelerator Catalyst Fund‘s latest cohort. The accelerator…

How SA brothers in their early 20s launched cash-advance fintech after lessons learnt in US

So eager were they to learn how to run a cash-advance business, that SA brothers Maxi, 22 and Sebastian Cohen, 24, started a merchant…

Africa-focused fintech Chipper Cash raises a further $6m

San Francisco based fintech startup Chipper Cash announced yesterday that it had raised a further $6-million, in a seed round led by California-based Deciens…

Nigeria’s Lidya set on being biggest non-bank lender to SMEs with Polish, Czech expansion

Nigerian fintech startup Lidya is on a drive to become the world’s biggest non-bank lender to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the world. “The…

Fintech lender Investmint links small firms looking for funding, with investor

Chris Bruchhausen and Gareth Price are behind one of SA’s latest fintech lenders, Investmint — which links investors with small businesses looking for finance….

Ukheshe, Mindbridge named winners of SA Reserve Bank’s global fintech hackcelerator

The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) has named SA’s uKheshe and Canada’s MindBridge Analytics the winners of its 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa…

My-iMali looking to raise R25m to save employers thousands of rands in bank charges

A SA fintech startup wants to save employers thousands of rands in bank charges by getting them to pay their employees through a new…

‘Egypt’s central bank to launch over $50m fintech fund’

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is reportedly planning to launch a $50-million to $100-million fintech fund by early next year. So, says Egypt’s…

Standard Bank leads $4m investment round in SA fintech Nomanini [Updated]

UPDATE (27 August 2019): We neglected to mention in the initial version of this story that Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments also participated in the…

Fincheck has landed R4.4m from investors reveals founder

SA startup Fincheck has netted R4.4-million in investment from two investors, Benatar Capital and Parktown Capital, the startup’s founder Michael Bowren revealed yesterday. Fincheck allows consumers to…

Fincheck acquires stake in FundingHub, takes over management of platform

Fincheck — a SA startup that allows consumers to compare financial services products — has taken an undisclosed minority stake in FundingHub and has also assumed full…

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