Mastercard has announced a partnership with Samsung, Airtel Africa, and Asante Financial Services Group to drive the digital economy across Africa starting in Uganda through the launch of the Pay-on-Demand…

The clear separation between business and personal finances while you grow your side hustle to enterprise instils the necessary discipline required and is one of the key steps for a…

Pesapal, a Kenyan-based e-commerce platform, has announced the integration of American Express into its payment platform. The integration took place on 27th February, 2017. This means that American Express card holders…

MasterCard is planning to launch new mobile technologies that will allow customers to authenticate their online purchases using selfies or fingerprints. The move is meant to enable the company ditch…

MasterCard today announced a series of Middle East and Africa leadership changes, effective January 1, 2016. Raghu Malhotra has been appointed president, Middle East and Africa, taking over from Michael…

International card brand Verve has entered the Kenyan market in a strategic partnership with Kenya Commercial Bank to expand card acceptance and payment services in Six East African market. The…

MasterCard has launched Start Path Global – a six-month mentorship/ partnership and capacity building Programme for start-ups. The Start Path Global programme will allow innovators and young entrepreneurs to gain…

Guaranty Trust Bank Kenya has announced the launch of the country’s first platinum Mastercard a move that is meant to tap into the increased consumer spending appetite for various goods…

Somali is finally picking its pieces financially after a long isolation from the global economy. The country first broke the chains of informal banking in 2012 after passing a law…

Visa intends to connect financial institutions and technology companies to simplify and accelerate the roll-out of new payment and commerce services with the new Visa Digital Enablement Program (VDEP).  The…

Do you have an idea or innovation tackling big problems affecting East Africa’s financially underserved? An innovation looking to improve access to payments, financial security, accounting, cash management, credit, loans,…

2.5 billion adults around the world are excluded from the formal financial system. These people lack access to basic financial services and are forced to rely on cash, which creates…

Since its establishment in 1995, Helb has funded more than sh44 billion to about 400,000 beneficiaries leaving more than a third or 38 per cent of its loan book dormant….

MasterCard has partnered Grameen Foundation a global nonprofit organization on AppLab Money, an initiative that is designed to create mobile financial services products for the unbanked and underbanked in Kenya….

Nakumatt plan to introduce the multi-currency  MasterCard prepaid cards in Kenya . The existing Nakumatt Cybercash loyalty card will be replaced with the Nakumatt Global MasterCard Prepaid card, allowing customers…