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ITU working groups to report back on digital financial inclusion project

The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Focus Group on Digital Financial Services (FG DFS) is set to meet in Washington DC, 27-29 April to discuss key elements of a global roadmap it is developing to help telecom and financial services regulators and operators around the world use digital and mobile technologies to address the issues around financial exclusion.

27 April 2016

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Barclays Rise Africa to host financial inclusion hackathon

Rise Africa, part of Barclays’ global financial technology and innovation community, will host a hackathon in May focused on creating solutions to foster greater financial inclusion.

26 April 2016

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Ingenico Group deployed for cashless revenue collection in Kenya

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), the global leader in seamless payment, deployed, jointly with its local partner Tracom, a Revenue Collection solution in the County of Nyeri in Kenya.

25 April 2016

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Mexican online lender Kueski scores funding

Kueski, the leading online lending company in Mexico offering real-time, micro loans to Mexican consumers, announced today the close of a US$35 million round of equity and debt funding, with the potential to increase to US$100 million in total funding, the largest capital funding in Mexico for a fintech startup.

21 April 2016

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Warwick University team wins Swift Institute Challenge

SWIFT announces today that a student team from the University of Warwick, Warwick Business School has won the inaugural SWIFT Institute Challenge, a competition asking students to submit solutions to financial services industry challenges.

21 April 2016

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Uphold brings corss-border payments to India

Uphold, the world's fastest growing cloud-based financial platform, today announces services into India.

31 March 2016

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Tigo Tanzania launches 'nano lending' scheme

Leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo, announced today that it will launch an easy to access nano lending product to its stable of mobile financial services.

17 March 2016

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B2 Group announces multi-bank integrator for Africa

The B2 Group, provider of financial systems integration solutions announced today, its advanced Multi-Bank Integrator automated banking platform for corporate cash and treasury management will now integrate with a number of African banks.

07 March 2016

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Visa expands footprint in francophone Africa

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a global payment company, today announced its intention to open an office in Côte d'Ivoire to reinforce its position as a leading payments technology company and to help bringing the benefits of electronic payments to the economy and a broader range of consumers and merchants across the region.

01 March 2016

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Visa and China UnionPay sign MoU

China UnionPay (CUP) and Visa Inc. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Shanghai with both parties agreeing to collaborate on payments security, innovation and financial inclusion.

25 February 2016

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Xendpay extends African mobile money network

The world’s cheapest online money transfer service, which operates a unique ‘pay-what-you-want’ model, where customers decide the fees, will expand its international reach by launching new integrated mobile wallet routes across key African countries – Tanzania and Burkina Faso.

25 February 2016

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HomeSend and Vodafone to extend M-Pesa remittance agreement to five new markets in 2016

Today at Mobile World Congress, HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub, announced the expansion of its global framework agreement with Vodafone Group for M-Pesa, including the launch of remittance services into five new markets during 2016.

24 February 2016

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