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Nomba scaled its payments API from ₦37 million to ₦1.7 billion in daily volume in one year, processing ₦105bn in Q4 2025.
PayPal is now live in Nigeria through Paga, allowing users to receive international payments and withdraw funds locally in naira.
Flutterwave has launched stablecoin balances for merchants through a partnership with Turnkey and Nuvion, enabling USDC and USDT transactions alongside fiat currencies.
Under the terms of the acquisition, Mono will continue to operate independently, with no changes. Go deeper.
Paystack has pushed new digital-bank-like updates to Zap, including Checkout integration, after a clash with the CBN over compliance. How will it compete with OPay, Kuda and Moniepoint?
Through LemFi, Nigerians can now open USD and GBP accounts. This opens up a new market for the startup while intensifying competition.
NALA will need to learn from the prior circumstances of its predecessors, regarding BoG bans and suspensions, as it expands to Ghana.
Moniepoint to roll out its own GBP accounts, following the acquisition of Bancom, a UK EMI, starting in December 2025.
Moniebook is designed to replace the manual "pen and paper" ledgers prevalent among Nigerian SMEs.
Wise expands to South Africa with regulatory approval from the central bank. Here is why it chose the country as its first African market.
AXIAN Group and Mastercard enter a new partnership to launch digital payment solutions across five African markets, expanding cross-border payments.
Axian Group has rebranded its fintech arm to Digibank & Fintech and strengthened its board to drive digital banking expansion across Africa.
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