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130 stories on the Finance & Fintech desk in the last 30 days (130 this week). Latest: Safaricom taps Pesapal’s 30,000 POS terminals to take M-PESA contactless. Updated 1 October 2026.

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• Safaricom taps Pesapal’s 30,000 POS terminals to take M-PESA contactless ↗

  1 October 2026

• Luno built a crypto exchange. Now it wants to sell crypto as a service. ↗

  1 October 2026

• Pan-African fintech Kora adds stablecoins to its payment infrastructure ↗

  1 October 2026

• How secure payment innovation is reshaping Zimbabwe’s digital retail economy ↗

  28 May 2026 · raise card

• Swiss National Bank Stablecoins Warning Over Monetary Policy ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kredete Acquires Gravv to Expand Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• SA’s Walletdoc launches Visa Payment Passkeys for safer, frictionless online checkout ↗

  1 October 2026

• European Payment Networks Unite to Challenge Visa and Mastercard ↗

  30 September 2026

• UAE’s largest bank considers sharing exposure to Nigeria’s $5 billion swap ↗

  1 October 2026

• UAE’s largest bank weighs syndicating part of Nigeria’s $5bn swap ↗

  1 October 2026

• MNT-Halan takes $1.4bn fintech valuation to Egyptian Stock Exchange with 20% IPO ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Safaricom, Pesapal Expand M-PESA QR And Tap-to-Pay Services ↗

  1 October 2026

• Kora launches ‘One Rail’ to bridge fiat and stablecoin payments for African merchants ↗

  4 October 2026

• Experts Urge Step-by-Step Rollout for Payments Data Localisation ↗

  30 September 2026

• Attijariwafa Bank to acquire majority stake in Société Générale Ghana ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Banks and fintechs push back against CBN’s January 2027 data deadline ↗

  30 September 2026

• Egypt’s first fintech unicorn plans to sell 20% of local business in Cairo stock market debut ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Airtel Money gets $7 billion price tag as investors prepare to sell shares in African fintech ↗

  2 October 2026

• Egyptian Fintech MNT-Halan Raises $82M As it Prepares for Planned IPO ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Theparkpay Technologies Limited strengthens global payments infrastructure with UK FCA Licence ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Digital Finance For AI-Driven Economies: Africa’s Role In The Next Phase Of Cross-Border Commerce ↗

  30 September 2026

• Crypto Regulations Put South Africa’s Top Banks In Conflict Over Payments ↗

  30 September 2026

• OPay names top 10 teams in N18m national innovation challenge ↗

  30 September 2026

• Beyond remittances: Freelancers and China trade are big cross-border payment flows for Africa ↗

  29 September 2026

• Zimbabweans can buy Dangote shares, but not quite through an app ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kora Adds Stablecoin Payments for African Merchants ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s digital payment boom is leaving mobile money agents stranded ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s SunCulture closes $10M securitisation with Mirova to fund more solar irrigation loans ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• GTCO’s fintech is moving deeper into Nigeria’s payment infrastructure ↗

  29 September 2026

• Yellow Card Appoints Ross Everett as Group CFO ↗

  29 September 2026

• Tomorrow, West Africa's Central Bank Finds Out Who Really Runs Its Payments Market ↗

  29 September 2026

• Nigeria’s Financial Crime Response Lags as Millions in Funds Move Across Borders ↗

  29 September 2026

• GTCO’s HabariPay, pension and fund managers post N15.94 billion pre-tax profit in H1 2026 ↗

  29 September 2026

• African fintechs invited to apply for inaugural TWIF Changemakers competition ↗

  29 September 2026

• OPay Threatens Legal Action Over False Account Number Claim ↗

  28 September 2026

• OPay dominates Nigerian smartphones as fintech apps outpace banks ↗

  28 September 2026

• NIBSS spends N150 million monthly on power to keep Nigeria’s payments running ↗

  28 September 2026

• Why CBN rate cuts don’t mean more SME lending ↗

  28 September 2026

• Obiflex Among First In SA To Offer Buy-Now-Pay-Later For Prescription Medicine ↗

  28 September 2026

• Millions Left Vulnerable As Financial Exclusion Fuels Illegal Lending In South Africa ↗

  28 September 2026

• AvadaPay: The Best Payment Provider for Digital Platforms in Africa ↗

  28 September 2026

• Kredete Acquires Gravv To Expand Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Banks yet to lower lending rates nearly a week after CBN’s MPR cut ↗

  28 September 2026

• Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money ↗

  27 September 2026

• Kenyan Insurtech Turaco Secures Investment From 3IF Ventures To Expand Affordable Insurance ↗

  27 September 2026 · raise card

• Egyptian fintech startup Paymob raises $35m pre-Series C funding round ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Egypt’s MoneyHash partners with Geidea to widen payment access in MENA ↗

  30 September 2026

• How Capitec’s Fintech Business Is Extending Its Value Proposition Beyond Traditional Banking ↗

  30 September 2026

• Nigeria’s domestic debt service declines to N2.14 trillion in Q2 2026 ↗

  26 September 2026

• Mastercard Launches Advanced B2B Analytics Platform ↗

  30 September 2026

• Mastercard Partners With Mojaloop, AfricaNenda on Payments ↗

  30 September 2026

• CBN says capital buffer is a starting point of recapitalisation reform, not the end ↗

  30 September 2026

• IFC commits $90M investment in Airtel Money ahead of $8B+ London IPO ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Apple finally launches Apple Pay in India in partnership with Axis Bank ↗

  30 September 2026

• CBN challenges recapitalised banks to expand productive lending ↗

  30 September 2026

• Nigeria’s central bank data localisation push is about more than local servers ↗

  29 September 2026

• Algeria is opening the door to telco-led mobile money. Can it work? ↗

  29 September 2026

• Meet the African founder building an AI agent that could move your money, but only with your approval ↗

  29 September 2026

• How OnePurze’s 20-country launch exposes the regulatory realities of cross-border fintech ↗

  29 September 2026

• OPay Wins Two Consumer Awards, Reaffirms Nationwide Trust ↗

  29 September 2026

• Mambu, Mastercard Partner on Cross-Border Payments ↗

  29 September 2026

• Nigeria’s external debt service falls to $870.7 million in Q2 2026 ↗

  26 September 2026

• Zenith Bank: the best-in-class lender beyond balance-sheet size ↗

  29 July 2026

• Trust is cracking in Nigeria’s N1.07 quadrillion payment system ↗

  29 July 2026

• SASSA Gold Card: 280,000 People Still Need To Switch ↗

  29 July 2026

• 10 things Bridgforte’s report reveals about trust in Nigeria’s financial system ↗

  31 July 2026

• Africa's most indebted country to the IMF unlocks an extra $1.8 billion from the global lender ↗

  31 July 2026

• Kenya’s Sevi Secures Oxano Capital Investment To Expand B2B fintech Platform ↗

  29 July 2026 · raise card

• Carrefour Kenya, KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard Launch Prepaid card for Smarter Grocery Budgeting ↗

  30 July 2026

• CBN Data Localisation: Why Nigerian Payment Data Must Now Stay Inside Nigeria ↗

  29 July 2026

• Lebara partners Payaza as exclusive payment partner to power new commerce hub ↗

  3 August 2026

• Why So Many People End Up Juggling Five Different Finance Apps ↗

  1 August 2026

• Flutterwave’s Bank Acquisition Plan Signals a Bigger Ambition: Becoming Africa’s JPMorgan ↗

  2 August 2026 · raise card

• How Fintechs Make Money: Inside the Business Behind Your Favourite Finance Apps ↗

  31 July 2026

• The FinTech Safari Launches For Africa’s Digital Finance Leaders ↗

  31 July 2026

• MoMo wallets hit 5 million as MTN prepares fintech separation ↗

  31 July 2026

• The Startup Compliance Mistake Fintech Founders Keep Making ↗

  25 September 2026

• Paystack Launches Onsite Card Checkout for Shopify ↗

  25 September 2026

• CBN identifies 40 million Nigerians with disabilities as untapped fintech market ↗

  25 September 2026

• HIFI Raises $37 Million To Scale Stablecoin Payments and Tokenized Markets Infrastructure ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• Kenswitch launches a Kenyan Card Scheme without naming a single issuing Bank ↗

  25 September 2026

• Bank Zero Turns a Profit as It Gains 500,000 Mukuru Customers ↗

  25 September 2026

• Eight Years On, OPay Keeps Nigerian Businesses Moving ↗

  25 September 2026

• Airtime Lending Turf War Rocks South African Fintech Quietly Dominant In Nigeria ↗

  25 September 2026

• Old Mutual launches OM Bank to challenge South Africa’s big four lenders ↗

  25 September 2026

• What happens when a PoS terminal becomes an investment outlet? ↗

  25 September 2026

• The Kiosk That Taught Kenya To Trust Digital Money Is Dying ↗

  24 September 2026

• Bank of Kigali becomes first East African bank to join China’s CIPS as direct participant ↗

  24 September 2026

• Bank of Kigali joins China’s CIPS payment network ↗

  24 September 2026

• Fintechs must move beyond payments to become economic infrastructure — Lagos Deputy Governor ↗

  24 September 2026

• LECON Finance Company Limited Warns Public Against Fraudulent Loan Offers and Impersonation ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenswitch enters Kenya’s card market with domestic card scheme ↗

  24 September 2026

• Rwanda’s most important bank joins China’s payment network as Africa’s de-dollarisation push grows ↗

  24 September 2026

• MAN warns 23% MPR cut may have little impact with lending rates at 30% ↗

  24 September 2026

• Nigeria’s CreditChek Acquires Ugandan Fintech Algosys To Expand Into East Africa ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Egyptian Fintech Zeal Raises USD 10 M To Expand Payment Technology Globally ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• More large IPOs needed to meet Nigeria’s growing retail investor demand — Bamboo ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Remita launches all-in-one super app as it expands into consumer financial services ↗

  23 September 2026

• Bank of Algeria authorizes Djezzy to launch payment unit ↗

  23 September 2026

• SARB Hikes Rates By 25 Basis Points As Global Oil Shock Intensifies Inflation Risks ↗

  23 September 2026

• Kenya proposes steep $1.93 million capital thresholds for payment companies ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• 3IF Ventures backs embedded insurtech Turaco ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Algeria approves telecoms giant Djezzy to enter digital payments ↗

  23 September 2026

• Egypt’s Paymob Raises USD 35 M To Expand Digital Payments Across MENA ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Remita pivots to retail fintech with multi-bank consumer super app ↗

  23 September 2026

• LemFi Appoints Former CBN Adviser as West Africa Policy Head ↗

  23 September 2026

• FairMoney Redeems ₦5.86 Billion Series 6 Commercial Paper ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Mission Mobile secures $30.90 million investment from DNI for smartphone financing ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Chari appoints former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to board as independent director ↗

  23 September 2026

• CPPE urges banks to lower lending rates after CBN’s 350bps cut ↗

  23 September 2026

• How OPay is leveraging technology to create social value in Nigeria ↗

  23 September 2026

• African Fintech Giant Airtel Money Plans London IPO ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Bank Zero reaches break-even milestone 5 years after launch ↗

  23 September 2026

• Airtel Money Prepares $800 Million+ London IPO at $9 Billion Valuation ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• 20 years after, Remita launches consumer super app to bring banking, investing and payments into one place ↗

  23 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Paid-up or priced out ↗

  23 September 2026

• Egyptian state bank to acquire Banque Misr’s UAE branches after US links 103 companies to Iran’s shadow banking network ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Foreign-Owned banks dominate Ghana’s secured lending market ↗

  23 September 2026

• Nigeria’s foreign reserves cross $55 billion as diaspora remittances surge ↗

  22 September 2026

• KCB’s 22.23% Pesapal Stake reveals how the bank is building its payments business ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Kredete acquires stablecoin infrastructure platform Gravv to power global agentic payments ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Beyond Cash and Cards: How Closed-Loop Voucher Systems Are Reshaping Micro-Credit in Africa ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya proposes up to $1.93m capital requirement for payment firms ↗

  22 September 2026

• Why the payment network WAEMU built has stalled ↗

  22 September 2026

• Inside the compliance sprint that reshaped Nigeria’s fintech sector ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya’s new payments bill could force banks to share customer data ↗

  22 September 2026

• Tanzania regulator reveals KCB’s 22.23% stake in payments firm Pesapal ↗

  22 September 2026

• Verto Unveils Visa-Backed Multi-Currency Card for Cross-Border Payments ↗

  21 September 2026

• OPay at 8: From POS Terminals to Millions of Nigerians, How the Fintech Grew With the Country ↗

  21 September 2026

• Paymob secures $35M pre-Series C led by Mubadala and EBRD ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card