The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced that Kenya shillings 1000 will be the new minimum threshold for negative credit information that lenders will submit to the Credit Reference…

Equity’s Fintech innovation and digitization have powered rapid growth of Diaspora banking boosting the total revenue income by 38%. Diaspora transaction volumes grew by 196% to Kshs 107 Billion while…

Pangea, an international start-up accelerator, has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest sector represented, comprising 27% of the applications. The growing interest…

AllenHark Group recently launched presales to build its AllenHark Terminal, a hardware and software subscription-based platform to provide crypto-traders with real-time data, aggregated news and trading reports to help them…

Fees and commissions saw KCB Group’s total non-interest income read at Ksh 17.5 billion an increase of 18.4% against the same period in 2016. The financial institution posted a pre-tax…

  A total of 2 million bank customers have signed up for the newest money transfer service, PesaLink owned by the bankers’ umbrella body. The milestone has been achieved barely…

Over 32 countries have assembled in Addis Ababa for the annual Africa review and follow up of the progress in achieving the World Summit on Information (WSIS) outcomes. The experts…

Village Capital has announced the first winners of its innovative program, East Africa: Fin Tech for Agriculture 2015. The program supports entrepreneurs in making financial services more affordable and accessible…