Money and Finance

Airtel Africa (Airtel.Africa), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”)

EBay, Stripe, Mastercard, Visa and Mercado Pago are all dropping out of Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency project, the companies announced Friday.

Atlanta-based BitMinutes Inc., a financial services technology company that leverages blockchain and pre-paid minutes tokenization to help its partners deliver

UNICEF, the U.N.’s charity for children, launched a cryptocurrency fund that will enable the organization to receive donations in bitcoin

This has been a tough week for bitcoin. The world’s first and largest cryptocurrency plunged more than 20% over seven

Digital money transfer company WorldRemit is significantly expanding its service in Nigeria by introducing a new cash pick-up service at

The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has expanded to Nigeria. The San Francisco-based startup, with offices in Ghana and

Access Bank has successfully issued a Tier II N30 billion Fixed Rate Subordinated Unsecured Bond. The bond has a maturity

MTN will today officially launch mobile money, MoMo, operations in Nigeria, its biggest market and Africa’s most populous nation. Mobile

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) wednesday delisted Skye Bank Plc and Fortis Microfinance Bank Plc following approval from the National

Apple has launched Apple Card, a digital credit card it says is designed to help customers lead a healthier financial

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) N3.8trn six-year Notes will mature in 2023, a report by the Central Bank

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered the lending institutions under its regulation to obtain the CUSTOMERS’ credit history before

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a new law which empowers the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON amendment act 2019)

China’s central bank is nearly ready to issue its own sovereign digital currency, according to a senior official. Mu Changchun,

Bitcoin price soared 9% on Monday, performing like a safe haven asset as it edged past $11,000 for the first

MTN Nigeria has announced that its subsidiary, Yello Digital Financial Services Limited (“YDFS”) has been granted a full Super Agent

Private equity firms have been called all kinds of nasty names over the years: asset strippers, corporate raiders, vulture capitalists.

Facebook has made headlines of late with its plans to create a cryptocurrency. The social media company has been forced

Nigeria unveiled another set of measures aimed at forcing lenders to extend more credit in an effort to revive economic

Banking by mobile phone is expected to become more popular than using high street branches by 2021, according to new

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will pay a total of $69 million to its shareholders as dividend from its 2018