-
MyZoi Raises $14 Million to Bolster Financial Inclusion Among Low-Income Migrant Workers
myZoi aims to use the funds raised to expand its inclusive and differentiated proposition for the underbanked and their families.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
-
Ugandan Fintech Asaak Acquires Flexclub Mexico as It Expands to Latin America
Asaak joins Nigeria’s Paga as one of the few African tech companies to expand to Latin America.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
-
Anchor Closes $2.4 Million to Scale Banking-As-A-Service for African Businesses
Anchor charges users for accessing the platform, but also takes a cut of every billable transaction.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
MFast Gets Backing from Wavemaker Partners to Increase Financial Services Access in Vietnam
MFast announced it has raised $6 million in its Series A funding round, led by Wavemaker Partners.
- Categories
- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
-
LemFi Bags $33 Million in Series a Funding Round to Fuel Global Expansion
LemFi launched in Canada in 2020 to enable “easy and low-cost” remittances to Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- fintech, remittances
-
Goldman Sachs-Backed Digital Bank Starling to Expand in Hotly Competitive Asia-Pacific Market
Starling, which is backed by Goldman Sachs, is in talks with an Asian bank about launching its Engine banking-as-a-service platform in the Asia-Pacific market.
- Categories
- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
-
Zanifu Raises $11.2 Million to Scale Its Inventory Financing Offering in Kenya
The fintech provides inventory credit to retailers, and the new funding will enable it to expand the solution to distributors too.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- distribution, financial inclusion, fintech, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
-
Paymentology and Mastercard Join Forces to Foster Financial Inclusion in Northern Central America
Mastercard has committed to bringing 5 million people and 1 million micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into the digital economy.
- Categories
- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America