List of 88 licensed remittance companies in Ethiopia 2025

See the complete list of all the 88 companies approved to handle cross-border services in Ethiopia.

Visa Direct hands $80tn payments push to new Global Head Vira Platonova

Platonova sees stablecoins as a “powerful extension” of Visa Direct, as she streamlines non-card rails like Currencycloud and VPL.

Visa pilots stablecoins as pre-funding currency for global payouts

Stablecoins move from crypto gimmick to financial plumbing as Visa makes them part of its global payments network.

YC-backed Munify raises $3M to serve Egyptian diaspora with cross-border neobank

YC-backed fintech Munify raises $3M to transform remittances, giving Egyptians abroad a faster, cheaper neobank to send money home.

HoneyCoin raises $4.9M Seed to kill correspondent banking in Africa

Kenyan fintech HoneyCoin taps stablecoins and global funding to simplify cross-border payments.

Nigeria’s Startbutton, SA’s Zazu, and 20 others admitted to 4th Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator

Visa has announced the fourth cohort of its Africa Fintech Accelerator program. The program has already boosted 64 fintechs across three cohorts, which later raised $55M

Fincra secures PSP licence in Tanzania. Here is what it means

Fincra secures a license from the Bank of Tanzania, enabling real-time cross-border payments and expanding its pan-African fintech infrastructure.