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Countdown To The Launch Of The SIIPS 2025 Report: Africa’s Benchmark For Inclusive Instant Payments

Africa’s digital payment landscape is set for fresh insights as  the AfricaNenda Foundation, in partnership with the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE), the World Bank, and  the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), prepares to unveil the State of Inclusive  Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 Report on November 13, 2025, in Ezulwini, Kingdom of […]

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Mastercard And Smile ID To Scale Digital Identity Across Africa

Partnership combines Mastercard’s global payments network with Smile ID’s capabilities to combat fraud and expand financial inclusion across Africa. From left to right: Selin Bahadirli, executive vice president, services, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mastercard, Mark Straub, CEO Smile ID, Dennis Gamiello executive vice president, and global head of identity at Mastercard Nairobi, […]

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Visa + Onafriq Join Forces To Power Mobile Money & Card Interoperability In The DRC

Onafriq, Africa’s largest digital payments network, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa to launch Visa Pay, a cloud-native Payments-as-a-Service platform designed to expand digital financial access across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Through this partnership, consumers in the DRC will be able to conveniently fund their Visa Pay wallets directly from mobile money […]

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Changing The DNA Of Africa’s Payment Systems

Payments, people and strategy are key to opening up new ways of transacting in South Africa South Africa’s payment ecosystem is a tangle of legacy banks, fintechs, telcos and card schemes, all jostling for a slice of the transaction pie. It’s a space where smart and ingenious capture customer attention, and where people need to […]

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The Evolving Role Of Custodian Banks In Investment Administration

By Adam Bateman, Head: Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Investor Services and Johan De Bruyn, Head: Fund Services, Investor Services at Standard Bank CIB As pension fund investment portfolios grow larger and more diversified, the volume and complexity of investment data have seen investment administration taking a much more central role in how these funds operate. The […]

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