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Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

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New mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia

18 Apr 2017

FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards

FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards

18 Apr 2017

Andrew Torre, Visa president for sub-Saharan Africa. Source:

How Africa's mobile revolution is reaching the unbanked

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2017

Source: Africa Business Communities

Building business around the customer

Peter Alkema 9 Mar 2017

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

14 Feb 2017

Social media sentiment shows why customer expectations matter

JP Kloppers 8 Dec 2016

Standard brings business together in West Africa

6 Oct 2016

Gamification could drive digital payment

Hanna Ziady 29 Sep 2016

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 188: ClickFX discusses personal Forex transfers

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 188: ClickFX discusses personal Forex transfers

8 Sep 2016

[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 188: ClickFX, SA's first online solution to personal Forex transfers

[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 188: ClickFX, SA's first online solution to personal Forex transfers

7 Sep 2016

UnionPay International signs strategic memorandum of understanding with GIM-UEMOA

UnionPay International signs strategic memorandum of understanding with GIM-UEMOA

UnionPay International 21 Jul 2016

Stephen van Coller. Photo:

Barclays in an orderly retreat from Africa

12 Jul 2016

Photo: Martin Rhodes/Business Day

Matlare takes deputy berth at Barclays Africa

4 Jul 2016

Embracing digital disruption to drive banking transformation in Africa

Gary Stocks 1 Jul 2016

Standard Bank named Africa's Best Foreign Exchange Provider

Standard Bank named Africa's Best Foreign Exchange Provider

15 Feb 2016

Namibia joins Africa's mobile phone banking boom

Namibia joins Africa's mobile phone banking boom

10 Feb 2016

Islamic banking powerhouses gather at IFIF 2016

Islamic banking powerhouses gather at IFIF 2016

10 Feb 2016

Using tech to reach the two billion unbanked

Using tech to reach the two billion unbanked

Desné Masie 8 Jan 2016

Dubai, a gateway for trade into Africa

Dubai, a gateway for trade into Africa

Link Media & Public Relations 18 Nov 2015

[Mobile360 Africa]: Mobile access for the continent

[Mobile360 Africa]: Mobile access for the continent

Leigh Andrews 26 Oct 2015

Friends of Africa Remittance Award opens for entries

Friends of Africa Remittance Award opens for entries

16 Sep 2015

Jamii Bora Bank to lend Ksh4bn to SMEs

Ngugi Mungai 31 Aug 2015

Advancing technology shaping financial services in Africa

27 Jul 2015

Brad Gillis, Head of Payments, Personal and Business Banking Africa at Standard Bank.

InstantMoney now in Botswana and Uganda: Namibia to follow

22 Jul 2015

New app will allow SMEs to buy government bonds

New app will allow SMEs to buy government bonds

20 Jul 2015

SimbaPay launches M-Pesa Paybill service

SimbaPay launches M-Pesa Paybill service

11 Jun 2015

MasterCard becomes first international payment network to enter Somalia

MasterCard becomes first international payment network to enter Somalia

3 Jun 2015

Banking Africa's unbanked - Time for a reality check

Banking Africa's unbanked - Time for a reality check

Vahid Monadjem 12 May 2015

Burkina Faso bank chief arrested for embezzlement

Burkina Faso bank chief arrested for embezzlement

11 May 2015

Cash-only Malawi moving forward to digital payments

4 May 2015

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New mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia

18 Apr 2017

FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards

FNB awarded Best Retail Bank in Southern Africa by Banker Africa Awards

18 Apr 2017

Andrew Torre, Visa president for sub-Saharan Africa. Source:

How Africa's mobile revolution is reaching the unbanked

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2017

Source: Africa Business Communities

Building business around the customer

Peter Alkema 9 Mar 2017

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

14 Feb 2017

Social media sentiment shows why customer expectations matter

JP Kloppers 8 Dec 2016

Standard brings business together in West Africa

6 Oct 2016

Gamification could drive digital payment

Hanna Ziady 29 Sep 2016

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 188: ClickFX discusses personal Forex transfers

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 188: ClickFX discusses personal Forex transfers

8 Sep 2016

[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 188: ClickFX, SA's first online solution to personal Forex transfers

[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 188: ClickFX, SA's first online solution to personal Forex transfers

7 Sep 2016

UnionPay International signs strategic memorandum of understanding with GIM-UEMOA

UnionPay International signs strategic memorandum of understanding with GIM-UEMOA

UnionPay International 21 Jul 2016

Stephen van Coller. Photo:

Barclays in an orderly retreat from Africa

12 Jul 2016

Photo: Martin Rhodes/Business Day

Matlare takes deputy berth at Barclays Africa

4 Jul 2016

Embracing digital disruption to drive banking transformation in Africa

Gary Stocks 1 Jul 2016

Standard Bank named Africa's Best Foreign Exchange Provider

Standard Bank named Africa's Best Foreign Exchange Provider

15 Feb 2016

Namibia joins Africa's mobile phone banking boom

Namibia joins Africa's mobile phone banking boom

10 Feb 2016

Islamic banking powerhouses gather at IFIF 2016

Islamic banking powerhouses gather at IFIF 2016

10 Feb 2016

Using tech to reach the two billion unbanked

Using tech to reach the two billion unbanked

Desné Masie 8 Jan 2016

Dubai, a gateway for trade into Africa

Dubai, a gateway for trade into Africa

Link Media & Public Relations 18 Nov 2015

[Mobile360 Africa]: Mobile access for the continent

[Mobile360 Africa]: Mobile access for the continent

Leigh Andrews 26 Oct 2015

Friends of Africa Remittance Award opens for entries

Friends of Africa Remittance Award opens for entries

16 Sep 2015

Jamii Bora Bank to lend Ksh4bn to SMEs

Ngugi Mungai 31 Aug 2015

Advancing technology shaping financial services in Africa

27 Jul 2015

Brad Gillis, Head of Payments, Personal and Business Banking Africa at Standard Bank.

InstantMoney now in Botswana and Uganda: Namibia to follow

22 Jul 2015

New app will allow SMEs to buy government bonds

New app will allow SMEs to buy government bonds

20 Jul 2015

SimbaPay launches M-Pesa Paybill service

SimbaPay launches M-Pesa Paybill service

11 Jun 2015

MasterCard becomes first international payment network to enter Somalia

MasterCard becomes first international payment network to enter Somalia

3 Jun 2015

Banking Africa's unbanked - Time for a reality check

Banking Africa's unbanked - Time for a reality check

Vahid Monadjem 12 May 2015

Burkina Faso bank chief arrested for embezzlement

Burkina Faso bank chief arrested for embezzlement

11 May 2015

Cash-only Malawi moving forward to digital payments

4 May 2015

Vodacom and Tigo agree on mobile money interoperability

Vodacom and Tigo agree on mobile money interoperability

25 Feb 2015

Email scam nets $214m in 14 months: FBI

Email scam nets $214m in 14 months: FBI

23 Jan 2015

DRC's Trust Merchant Bank to expand its rural presence

DRC's Trust Merchant Bank to expand its rural presence

3 Nov 2014

WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

21 Oct 2014

Equity Bank introduces mobile banking smart SIM

Equity Bank introduces mobile banking smart SIM

7 Oct 2014

Vodafone's Michael Joseph says Romania was chosen as a European country to get the Mpesa money transfer system because a large part of that country has an unbanked population. Image:

African technology expands to Europe

13 Aug 2014

MasterCard now accepted in The Gambia

MasterCard now accepted in The Gambia

28 Jul 2014

Bank on change in Africa

Bank on change in Africa

Cobus van Zyl 1 Jul 2014

A customer at a PesaPoint Agent Network outlet.

Kenya's PesaPoint to launch expansive agent network

24 Jun 2014

Africa Rising: Doing business in Africa [part 2]

Africa Rising: Doing business in Africa [part 2]

Authors from Regent Business School 23 Jun 2014